The Wallace Clock may look rather standard, excusing the tiered border for a moment, but it a couple of clever tricks up its sleeve. It is an interactive time-teller that plays with people's perspective as soon as they begin to approach it. Equipped with an Arduino Uno light and a distance sensor, the Wallace Clock slows down as it senses someone is close and speeds up to the proper time as soon as they walk away.
Designed by Marlene Kettner and Sharon Williams, students at the Interaction Design at the Umeå Institute of Design in Sweden, the Wallace Clock is so subtle that people might not realize what it is doing right away. Nevertheless, when the lights are turned off, people will notice when it starts ticking backwards.
What's Driving This Trend
- Interactive Time-tellers
- Opportunity for creating innovative and engaging time-telling devices that interact with people.
- Sensory Technology
- Potential for developing technologies that use sensors to respond to the presence of people or objects.
- Perspective-shifting Designs
- Opportunity for designing products that play with people's perception and offer unique experiences.
Who This Affects Most
- Product Design
- Opportunity for product designers to create interactive and engaging time-telling devices with sensory technology.
- Consumer Electronics
- Potential for incorporating sensors into consumer electronics to create products that respond to the presence of people.
- Art and Installation
- Opportunity for artists and designers to create perspective-shifting installations that surprise and engage viewers.
