Yufei Wang (P)
[ A physical wearable product that encourages people to spend less time watching phones while dining with others ]
As phones slowly and steadily integrate into our daily lives, people can easily spend a considerable amount of time on their phones without noticing it. Having a little entertainment before bed, during breaks, or on the dinner table is not uncommon. While people are spending more than 7 hours of their day on screens, studies also have shown that using the phone during a meal with families and friends can make everyone at the table feel less satisfied, including the one who used the phone. To help people keep track of the time they had spent on their phones and make dining with friends and families a better experience, we propose PhoneLess, a wrist band that keeps track of the time the user had spent on their phones and remind people to put down their phones after a certain period of time.
