Flowy: Designing an assistive wearable technology for children with AD(H)D that increases attention in class

Flowy: Designing an assistive wearable technology for children with AD(H)D that increases attention in class

Voorendt, Jesper (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering)

Oberdorf, Jos (mentor)
Bourgeois, Jacky (mentor)
Hogenbirk, H.W. (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

Strategic Product Design

2018-11-05

Behavioral treatment shows long-term success among children with AD(H)D, but is often expensive and hard to bring into practice. Flowy is a wristband that supports behavioral interventions by giving rhythmic vibrations as reminders for behavioral change.
Rhythmic vibrations on the wrist have shown to have a calming effect, and can alert users to think of behavioral interventions. Different vibration patterns can foster self-regulating thoughts such as asking “Am I behaving as I intended to do?” or “Am I still focused?”. This increases the self-regulating ability of a child during individual tasks at school.
Flowy is designed like a buddy for children with AD(H)D. It is like a helping friend that motivates them to study longer. It also gives the child ownership of self-regulation, because it let children create own vibration patterns for activities. This is realized by providing an app that brings the ‘buddy’ alive, explains self- regulation techniques and involves parents to monitor the process to create a positive reinforcement within the family.

ADHD disorder
Wearable Technology
Vibrations
Attention
new product development
behavioral change

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Student theses

master thesis

© 2018 Jesper Voorendt