Reflection

We learned that Force Sensitive Resistors are very sensitive! But this is a perfect accidental finding for our project because it makes the seemingly over-sensitivity of the FSR a positive. The impreciseness of the FSR is okay since we just need to have it read above a certain pressure level, and not at a precise level, to then activate the fan. The user doesn't need to worry about providing a certain amount of pressure initiate the interaction with their partner.

Ideating around the topic of connected relationships made us realize the extreme size of opportunities for development in this area right now. This made it difficult for us to narrow in on a single idea to focus on, so we ultimately agreed to focus on improving connection for a romantic long distance relationship and proceeded to ideate upon that. We also wanted to explore activating less explored senses to improve connection between these types of partners and learned that not much has been developed that initiates sense of smell. We were all very passionate about exploring this opportunity, which ultimately led to the group brainstorm, development and agreement on creating "Aura you sleeping?".

Next Steps:

1. Control the fan speed by setting it to run at different speeds depending on different pressure or to be activated by either pressure or a button, so that the person could turn it on and off at any time. This would be beneficial for people who live in different time zones or for a person who might want to stop the device from releasing the smell because it is too potent or maybe they don't want to smell their partner that night.

2. Get a larger FSR so that it covers more of the pillow or connect the FSR to a surface that is more reactive and that cover more surface area than what we were able to with this time frame. This way, the partner doesn't need to worry about "missing" the sensor when they lay their head on the pillow to go to sleep and can be more certain that doing so will activate the other partner's scent diffuser/fan.