Meet the Food You Eat
Where We Started
Focusing on
Sustainability
Our Project
Brainstorming 
& Building
Refining our Concept: More Prototyping
Presenting our
High Resolution /
High Fidelity Prototype
Key Learnings
Eilidh Dickson, Siddharth Muthyala, Adam Little
Social Issues
Personal Informatics
Tangible & Playful
Internet of Things
Nauge Vert
Nike Plus
The Key Table
Mir:ror
What Is It?
A scale that measures a food product's environmental impact. It looks at the carbon emitted as a result of transporting the food and measures this in terms of how many trees would be required to offset that carbon over one year.
Who Is It For?
The scale is an exhibition piece intended to make the general public think about the environmental implications of the food they purchase.
Why Is It Valuable?
It is an exploration in how tangible interfaces can be used to interact with data on the web.
It will raise questions about the food you buy, where it comes from and how it is transported.
Can also be viewed as a hypothetical kitchen appliance or point to a future grocery store service.
Build often and early to develop quickly
Brainstorm as many ideas as possible
Test the metaphor with users from different backgrounds
Combining hand built mechanics with 
electronics is very challenging!
CIID/DKDS Pilot Year. January 2009.
Building the Final Prototype
User Testing
Mechanics
Form
Materials
Electronics