The FlaVR Labs Interactive Eating Plate is the creation of an interactive eating plate designed to help parents get their picky eaters (aged 4-10) to eat a full range of nutritious food without struggle by creating external motivational factors for kids while also gamifying the eating process.
The FlaVR Labs Interactive Eating Plate is the creation of an interactive eating plate designed to help parents get their picky eaters (aged 4-10) to eat a full range of nutritious food without struggle by creating external motivational factors for kids while also gamifying the eating process. The plate seeks out to make feeding picky eaters easier for parents, while also helping parents keep their children engaged throughout the entirety of a meal. The plate utilizes three load cells to calculate weight values that communicate with LED lights. As food is eaten off the plate, lights on an LED tracker begin to light up to display meal progress. Once all 10 stars are achieved, the eater gets a predetermined award from their parents for completing their meal. This can include trips to the park, books, or screen time. Below you can find images of the final product.
Below are component diagrams of the project. These are the 3D models, projected onto a 2D surface to help understand how the plate is constructed, and what technology is embedded in it.
This projected was developed using an agile development methodology. The agile development process includes iterations and within those iterations there is a speculate, explore, and adapt phase. This project contained three iterations, and specific content from each iteration can be found at the buttons below. Essentially, the blog posts seen for each iteration served as a process and documentation blog for the project. To get to the next post within an iteration, at the bottom of the blog there are arrows to navigate between the previous or next post.