We've all experienced it before: you're deep into your beauty rest, catching some Zs, when someone storms into your room to wake you up.
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Growing up, it's your siblings.
In college, it's your dorm mates.
In adulthood, it's your children.
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A good night's sleep is a vital for every person of every age, so we became inspired to create a product to help facilitate its success.
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We've all experienced it before: you're deep into your beauty rest, catching some Zs, when someone storms into your room to wake you up.
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Growing up, it's your siblings.
In college, it's your dorm mates.
In adulthood, it's your children.
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A good night's sleep is a vital for every person of every age, so we became inspired to create a product to help facilitate its success.
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For the manufacturing of the Sleep Switch, we chose to use acrylic and 3D printing processes, secured by very sturdy hardware to ensure the durability of the piece.
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For the manufacturing of the Sleep Switch, we chose to use acrylic and 3D printing processes, secured by very sturdy hardware to ensure the durability of the piece.
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ME102 FINAL PROJECT-THE SLEEP SWITCH
CHLOE HUANG & SPENCER HANSON
We've all experienced it before: you're deep into your beauty rest, catching some Zs, when someone storms into your room to wake you up.
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Growing up, it's your siblings.
In college, it's your dorm mates.
In adulthood, it's your children.
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A good night's sleep is a vital for every person of every age, so we became inspired to create a product to help facilitate its success.
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USER STORY & INSPIRATION
HOW IT WORKS
The Sleep Switch is simple, it only sits in two states:
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"Do Not Disturb"
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"Come On In"
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Though these signs are often found —in their flimsiest state— in hotel rooms, they are almost never incorporated into other parts of our lives. Yet, we see such wide potential for its use. The minimalist design of the piece allows it to be incorporated into any environment in which it is needed, and the extreme durability of the product and mechanism guarantees a lifetime of use.
TARGET AUDIENCES
PARENTS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN:
Parents with young children are consistently being woken up by their kids. When designing this product, we realized that there are no alternative solutions other than locking the door to prevent children from unintentionally interrupting their parent's sleep. Because there are cases in which the child does need to reach the parent (emergency, etc...), parents typically do not lock doors. We invented the Sleep Switch for parents to inform their children of whether they are sleeping or awake, and train them to understand the responsibility of being considerate through their understanding of the switch.
COLLEGE STUDENTS:
As the creators of the Sleep Switch are both students in college, this population's complicated relationship with sleep is one they can particularly relate to. Part of the vibrancy of a dorm environment comes from the blurred boundaries between rooms and common spaces. While this environment helps facilitate a sense of community and lifelong friendships, it can also make it difficult to get proper alone time or sleep. We thought that college students could particularly use this product to not only inform their peers of when they are resting, but also when they are studying in their room or looking for some alone time and do not want to be disturbed.
HOTELS:
The Sleep Switch is most similar to card stock "room occupied" door signs found in all hotel rooms for guests to inform the cleaning staff of whether or not they are still in the room. Although the paper signs are a cheap solution, they constantly need to be replaced due to their fragility, which unnecessarily contributes to the global waste crisis. We aim to implement The Sleep Switch on all room doors in hotels as a more modern and upscale, permanent solution for a timelessly practical product.