1. Stanford University, Spring 2010 CS377v - Creating Health Habits habits.stanford.edu habitbuddies A conceptual design by Victor Gane Benjamin Olmsted Design Challenge To: Design a system to help individuals develop the habit of applying sunscreen everyday. Time spent: 3 hours

2. Stanford University, Spring 2010 CS377v - Creating Health Habits habits.stanford.edu habitbuddies Persuasive Purpose Create a habit of applying sunscreen daily to help reduce UV radiation and sunburn. Industrial Design ? Prize

3. Stanford University, Spring 2010 CS377v - Creating Health Habits habits.stanford.edu User Description Bikers who live off campus and want to wear sunscreen. They are aware of the dangers of living in a sun intensive climate but forget to apply sunscreen They are/have: - Professors - Graduate students - Undergraduate students - Routine mornings - Access to Email - Access to cell phones ?

4. Stanford University, Spring 2010 CS377v - Creating Health Habits habits.stanford.edu Commuting to Stanford Both Mary and Joe apply sunscreen before biking to campus. In the evening, both receive an email reminder from the daily survey service asking them to report wether they applied sunscreen or not. After completing the survey, they notice they are the leading buddy pair. Joe moves off campus. His daily bike commute takes 30 minutes each way. Second day of his new routine, he gets sun burned. His roommate points him to habitbuddies. Joe signs up and gets connected with Mary. She experiences the same problem. Today is Monday, the first day of the month long challenge: Joe calls Mary to remind her to wear sunscreen. Tomorrow, Mary will call Joe. Joe and Mary enjoy the spoils of having won this months Habit Challenge. They applied sunscreen most consistently out of all buddy pairs.

5. Stanford University, Spring 2010 CS377v - Creating Health Habits habits.stanford.edu Prototype of habitbuddies Daily buddy reminder call Both use sunscreen Both complete daily survey ? Prize