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Concept 2: HANDY

The Bionic Hand Programming & Personalisation app

CONCEPT: 
The idea behind this app is to help people in their day to day lives be able to interact with new technologies. Prosthetics can be a personal thing, which can change lives for the better. But as well as changing lives, it will also change lifestyles. I want to look at how users of a bionic hand feel when they interact with it. This is why I came up with HANDY, this app can personalise the bionic hand to suit the users specific needs

 WHO?:
This concept is aimed at people who are already using prosthetics and bionic limbs. The aim is to make the user feel included with the changing technologies all around the. Currently I am just basing this app for the user of Bionic hands but I plan to expand this idea to be open to all users of prosthetics and bionic enhancements. 


 INTERFACE DESIGNS: 
These are some possible app designs I tried out from a hand drawn sketch to a digital mock up. These are just a few ideas of what the app could look like. Once the users bionic hand is connected to the app you will be able to edit and add different 'extensions' to your hand. The same way how you can now pay for things using your phone, you can now use your hand. 
Some of the features would include: 

  • In Hand Entertainment (AUX, USB, Headphone Jack)
  • Bluetooth Connection
  • Time, Date and Temperature Feature
  • Wallet Services
  • Travel/Oyster Card




 BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Kim, M. (2018). Mobile UI Design Trends In 2018 – UX Planet. [online] UX Planet. Available at: https://uxplanet.org/mobile-ui-design-trends-in-2018-ccd26031dfd8 [Accessed 17 Oct. 2018].

 Iconfinder. (2018). 'ProGlyphs - Communication and Devices' by ProGlyphs. [online] Available at: https://www.iconfinder.com/icons/367776/connector_universal_serial_bus_usb_icon [Accessed 17 Oct. 2018].

Alingal, R. (2018). Free Pixel 3 XL mockups - Freebiesbug. [online] Freebiesbug. Available at: https://freebiesbug.com/psd-freebies/pixel-3-xl/ [Accessed 17 Oct. 2018].

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