Next Steps

The next steps to make this into a useful product would be to decide how to display the information in a useful way. Requiring a user to pull out their phone, log on to a website or open an app, select a device, etc. just to see the machine state is rather cumbersome when compared to an ambient display. Perhaps a small, tangible display of sorts, like a picture frame on the wall near the cellar stairs or a small figure or statue placed on a bookshelf can display the single-pixel data in a playful way that is non-obtrusive. Designing an enclosure for the particle and sensor would be a relatively straightforward process - a simple box with an adhesive strip, allowing it to stick to the side of the washing machine would suffice, but again, making it more playful can perhaps bring a bit of joy to the tedium of doing the laundry.