Since people are going to be living longer and getting older, they’ll just have to learn to be babies longer.

- Andy Warhol

let’s use thisidea to get people off their butts

(and relieve stresses associated with sitting in chairs for long periods of time, the stressor of my expert focus)

Idea #1 by MeYouHealth

Monumental iPhone app

•A simulation app that makes walking stairs not

just exercise, but goal oriented.

•Users are presented with

various cartoon simulations of famous tall

structures in the world (e.g. Eifel Tower).

•The only way to beat the level is to climb stairs in

the real world to get to the top of virtual structures.

Relation to expert focus: Give people incentive to get up, get exercising after sitting for the better part of the day.

Idea #2 by Nike

Nike+ GPSiPod app

• An app that keeps track of where you’ve

run/walked, how far you’ve gone, and how

much time you’ve spent exercising.

• Is closely integrated with music which can be used to

motivate, coach, teach.

• Uploads data to an online community with which you

can interact, share, and befriend.

Relation to expert focus: Give people a way to track their walking progress, so that they can see their own achievements.

Amazing way to track time and distance one has engaged in walking meditation.

Idea #3 by Coulton Bunney

the floor is lava!The Floor

is LavaARG

(Alternate Reality Game)

• Uses technology (texting, website, emails) to immerse people into a “storyline of the week.”

• These storylines require people to get outside and

engage with their environments (slow motion biking, only

stepping on grass, etc.)

• Used after last class of day on way back to dorm. Lasts only five minutes or

so, per day.

Relation to expert focus: By diverting attention away from schooling, one can have fun while immersing himself in a game we all used to love to play. In the spirit of text adventures and childish games, reduce stress from

sitting all day while having fun and being focused.