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Idropo

A Hydroponic Planting System

Advance User Interfaces A.A. 2017-2018

Carrozzo Federica Faccini Ruben Falci Angelo Redaelli Beatrice fede.carrozzo@libero.it ruben.faccini@mail.polimi.it angelo.falci@mail.polimi.it beatrice.redaelli@mail.polimi.it Professor Franca Garzotto Tutor Mirko Gelsomini

Needs

Actively involve children in cultivation

STAKEHOLDERS

Children, their families and their schools

GOAL

A smart product that educate through cultivation and play

constrains

Playable by multiple children at the same time

Idropo

PROBLEM

PROBLEM

60 - 90 € [different sizes] 90 - 350 € [different sizes] 99 - 265 € [different sizes] Smart soil Built-in sensors Pre-seeded pods Grow faster More nutritious No pesticides Grow faster Easy to use Grow faster Easy to use Self regulating based on timer

• 1. click and grow
• 2. miracle-gro aerogarden
• 3. plantui

price price price technology technology technology

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goals goals goals

• Nice design, attractive
• Different plants, grow fast
• Indipendent system,

requires minimal care and maintenance - Simple setup

• LED lights consume less
• Indipendent system
• Includes screen to control

plants’ needs and an app for your smart device

• nice and useful design
• Indipendent system
• Different plants, grow fast
• Simple setup of the timer

through a button on the top

• Low energy consumption
• Expensive (also refjlls)
• Problems with timer
• Sometimes need to reset
• Expensive (also refjlls)
• Needs nutrients adding
• Water pump a bit noisy
• Expensive
• Needs nutrients adding

LCD screen App related Built-in sensors Pre-seeded pods Buttons to regulate timer Built-in sensors Pre-seeded pods

Idropo

REQUIREMENTS

For kids growing plants is challenging, they tend to lose interest easily. Children are interested in dynamic activities, and usual plants are statycs.

OPPORTUNITIES

Reducing the time of cultivation by using an hydroponical system. Creating a smart device that is dynamic and friendly, like a friend or a puppet.

SOLUTION

Idropo

SMART PRODUCT

1. 2.

Create a catchy and dynamic vase to make it appealing to children. The child can understand the state of his plant by the “eyes” of it. CONCEPT

Idropo

LED

for the plants

Water sensor LCD Mp3

df player

LIGHT SENSOR arduino BUTTONS CONCEPT

Idropo

INTERACTION BUTTONS

START PLANT calendar curiosity

To start playing with Idropo. A tutorial will start that will guide you step by step in explaining the functioning of Idropo. To set up arduino, allowing the calendar to work. To tell how long the current crop has started and approximately how much time will be left for harvesting Collection of curiosities concerning the world of plants and fruits

CONCEPT

Idropo

SOLUTION - SCENARIO

Idropo

Idropo has been tested in two difgerent schools:

• A kindergarten through groups made by 4 children of 5 years old.
• A second class of an elementary school through groups made by 4 children of 7 years.

KINDERGARTEN ELEMENTARY

Idropo

EVALUATION

3,60

4

3,45

4

3,33

4

3,40

4

3,9

4

*results exclusively from elementary school

CHILDREN take care of:

PLANTS BOTH ANIMALS

33% 57%

10%

CHILDREN like to play idropo:

*results exclusively from elementary school manual games eleCtronic games

CHILDREn PREFER TO PLAY:

BOTH

28% 70%

2%

GENERAL TEST IDROPO TEST scores

CHILDREN like to play idropo:

EVALUATION

alone not answered with friends BOTH

16,4%

75%

4,3% 4,3%

Idropo

57,6% 37%

3% 2,4% at home not answered BOTH at school

VALUE PROPOSITION

Idropo

• An attractive shape for children.
• Don’t t take away the manual work of children
• Which type of technology was most suitable for our target.

Critical aspects

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CHALLENGEs

• A product that can infused in children the passion for plants.
• A product that invites them to interact periodically.
• Gave a pedagogy content about nature.

potential

Idropo is the fjrst product that includes a semi-automated hydroponic cultivation and is directed in a simple and direct way to children.

There are currently no hydroponic systems designed specifjcally for children. We can therefore say that at the moment Idropo is unique in its kind and its purpose.

FUTURE WORK

From the qualitative interviews with the children and through our direct participation during the various tests, we have listed the most requested improvements by the children: Indirectly, we have also noticed other implementations:

• Choice of color
• Greater choice of curiosities that Idropo says
• Vocal chatbot
• That he had arms and legs
• Volume adjustment
• Each button must generate a tangible reaction

Idropo

Idropo

• Luca, 7 years old

“Can I buy it at the Bennet?”

Professor Franca Garzotto Tutor Mirko Gelsomini

Advance User Interfaces A.A. 2017-2018

Carrozzo Federica Faccini Ruben Falci Angelo Redaelli Beatrice fede.carrozzo@libero.it ruben.faccini@mail.polimi.it angelo.falci@mail.polimi.it beatrice.redaelli@mail.polimi.it