Designing an assistive technology for a transgenerational population: the product development process

It is a fact that most people will forget to take their dose on time due to time pressure, multi-tasking, amnesia etc. Considering people’s age, the problem will become more severe due to the increased number of medications prescribed by doctors and the differing frequency they have to take each of those medications per day. An additional encumbrance on top of keeping track of each of the doses is a person’s disability such as impaired hearing, vision and memory. While there are a large number of pill organizers on the market, they are either too large with complex computer-aided systems or too simple without enough accommodating functions. The value of this thesis is that a portable pill dispenser and reminder with simple but intuitive interface will be developed to assist medication users while they are unable to access their home pill dispenser because of working, traveling and outdoor activity.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.F.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Art and Design

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2010

Author dc:creator

• Cao, Teng

Contributors dc:contributor

• McDonagh, Deana C.

• medication management
• pill dispenser and reminder
• portable
• user interface
• universal design

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2010 Teng Cao

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/16972

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/16972