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I tried to keep the colors simple when I created the style guide then I started to play around with different colors while applying colors from the style guide. As the critique went last week that some suggested to have brighter and more various colors so each icon has its own identity. I agreed with them because with different colors for each button is less confusing and more recognizable for users.

Also the way of page indication that I will have to figure out another way to indicate the users which page they are in now, color might be the option.

LUIS from diluvio on Vimeo

an awesome video!

BETA

BETA- logotype and color palette

BETA project- use case

digiPILL

General Description

digiPILL is a digital pill reminder and dispenser with a user friendly interface for seniors. It has a built-in alarm system accompanying a digital file of the patient’s medication information. Added features include : electronic record of when pills are taken; electronic transfer of patient’s medication history to doctor, pharmacy, and family; reminder for refill or doctor appointment; automated phone call to user or family member when the doses are missed; access lock with facial recognition; and automatic organization of the medication during refill.

Medication is one of the many concerns for seniors. Many of them rely on their medications for their health. All of the functions performed by the device exist to reduce the risk of medication errors for seniors such as missing doses, taking medicines at incorrect time, or taking the wrong pills.

Scenario

James is a 72 years old man who lives by himself and is 2 hours away from his daughter’s house. It is a nice sunny morning and James decides to sit in the backyard and enjoy the nice weather. Few moments later, he falls asleep on the chair. It is noon time and James is supposed to take his medication. digiPILL is beeping loudly in the house every 5 minutes twice when the doses are missed but he can't hear it. Finally it stops and a few minutes later the phone rings. James answers the phone next to him; it's an operator calling to remind him his missing doses. He gets up and goes inside the house to take his noon medicine. He turns off the “missing pill sign” on digiPILL, and a message from the doctor's office pops out with a sound to remind him that his appointment is today at 3:30 pm. He confirms the message. digiPILL records and shows the medication information while he takes them.

Two hours later, James is at the doctor's office. The doctor connects James's digiPILL profile to his computer and notices he needs to refill his medications in 2 days so the doctor sets the alarm on James's digiPILL for refilling. He also prescribes James high blood pressure medication on digiPILL so he can pick it up at the pharmacy where the pharmacist also has an access to digiPil. After James gets his prescription, he goes home and scans the bottle on digiPILL. James confirms the medication information and pours the pills into digiPILL, it automatically organizes the medicine for him. James is now happy and secured that he’ll never miss any medication or doctor appointments.

Keep It Simple

Essay in New York Times

After reading this essay, it reminds me of this cellphone I have.

Im using a 3 or 4 years old cellphone. It was one of the smart phones came out years ago when I first bought it. It has many functions but I only use the basis of a cellphone such as calling and text. I even barely use the built in camera and mp3 player.

I was attracted to the design then the functions became a plus so I bought it. Once I started to use it, all these functions became useless to me because I found it hard and complicated to use. The application wasn't compatible for some reasons, I had to download some other things and so on. There are too many things going on so I decided not to bother and just use it as what it is- cellphone.

I thought technology suppose to make life easier but not in my case of cellphone use I guess. Maybe I am just too old fashioned. I am still looking for a phone that can really work like a cellphone and yet a simple design of technology. (I still vote for Nokia just because it always gets the best reception)

BETA project- digital pill dispenser for seniors

Seniors often forget to take pills or even take multiple times a day without realizing it. It might not be a problem if they have someone taken care of, but there are also cases of seniors live by themselves or there is a time when they are alone. Then it might be a problem.

Therefore, I would like to propose a digital dispenser for seniors. It is a device with a monitor which including alarm, medical information, functions that control the amount of pills to take, record the time when take pills so it's easier to track, reminder when it needs to refill, and the medical information is connected to the computer so the doctor, pharmacist, and the family can easily access.

This device is designed for seniors thus the interface would have big letters and easy to operate.