This week, after being introduced to some of the established technology in culture lab and visiting the Maker Fair, I have been inspired to take a different approach for my next idea.
We were shown a device which acted as a memory trigger for people with Parkinson’s disease. This reminded me of a technique that a teacher told me about years ago which I still use to this day. Just before you fall to sleep you can sometimes get an idea or remember that there is something you have to do in the morning. To remind yourself of this thought in the morning, you should put your bedside lamp on its side or do something else irregular before you go to sleep. When you wake up and move to turn the light on, you see it is on it’s side this instantly acts as a memory trigger.
This led me on to thinking about an issue close to a lot of architects. A lot of people who tend to be creative have dyslexia. In some people dyslexia results in a poor short term memory and is one of the many reasons tasks like spelling is difficult. It doesn't matter how many times you read a word, like a lot of information, its in one ear out the other!
There are a couple hands in the architect studio that look like this.
When asking why people feel the need to do this, it is usually because the notes are a constant reminder to do the task in hand (pun intended), where as writing it on their phone or on a note is just not as effective.
This led me on to thinking whether there could be a jewellery piece that could be designed to help overcome this. Would it be possible to create a ring that could be programmed for a particular user to act as a memory trigger?
The Memory Goldfish.
One possible idea is to have a ring that that has the ability to be illuminated when a task is thought of and stay on until the user no longer needs this reminder and can turn it off. Different colours or different parts of the ring could represent different tasks.
I am fully aware that this might work……….or it might not!
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