“I find it so difficult to study”, This year is my PSLE. Help

Jason is in primary school. After school, he always sits in the living room and plays TV games (his favourite Plants vs Zombies). Recently he got into an argument with his mum for lying about his game addiction. His mum wants Jason to first shower, complete an hour of homework, then be allowed game time.

Mum controls the main power to the TV. She set the time. A customised focus study mode was programmed for Jason. It optimises his light, aircon, music with an inbuilt timer. After 1 hour of sitting at the study chair (tracked by presence sensor), Jason can activate the TV and his game 

Jason came home and showered immediately instead of delaying for hours. He was able to study for 1 hour consistently.

Grandma’s Dementia is getting worse, she forgets to take her medication, and leaves the house in the middle of the night.

A smart door lock + CCTV was installed at her home. It can track whenever grandma entered or exited the house. If grandma leaves the house at 2am, Speakers will say “Ah Ma Please go back to bedroom” 

Location tracking on her phone was enabled.

A contact sensor is placed at the medicine cabinet to approximately track when medicine is taken.

The family is save from worry and hassle. If Ah ma goes out at the wrong time, family members are alerted. Medication is taken regularly

Mrs Tan is in her 70s. She suffered from stroke, they family is worried sick that he might have another stroke or faint

Smart occupancy timers are placed in toilets. If more than 30mins in Toilet, Alert is sent to family group chat to check on Mrs Tan. Emergency buttons are placed in key areas around the house. Mrs Tan is trained to use them when required.

The family can sleep a lot better and with less worry.

The family lives in a big house, it is hard to call the helper to the different rooms

Helper Call Button is placed in grandparents rooms. Voice command to call helper is created for rest of family.

When activated, Helpers’ bedside lamp will flash Blue. Speakers will play “Need assistance at ‘

With the knowledge of being monitored, Susu’s performance improved.

Martin has been visiting doctors and taking medication for a year because of his runny nose. His nose always feels itchy which has affected his concentration.

3 Hypotheses were made: Cat in the house, food sensitivity or fumes from the coffee shop under the block. Air quality sensors were installed in each of his rooms. A smart log was implemented for Martin to track his runny nose.

Martin’s runny nose coincided with bad air quality (PM10 and VOC) usually before his meal times. Martin concluded that it was the fumes from the coffee shop. He shifted his room and bought better air purifiers. He was thankful to still be able to enjoy good food and his pet cat.

Fiona always blamed herself for having poor self-control of her food addiction and laziness to exercise. She wanted to lose weight badly. During the discovery session, we noticed pastries and sweet drinks on the living room table. When asked, Fiona mentioned it always reminded her of her lack of discipline.

An automation dashboard will show her weight loss journey in a graph. She started replacing her cookies and sweet drinks with plain water and a yoga mat. She schedules 2 workout routines daily, each session lasting for 10mins. At the appointed time, her workout music will play with her lights and curtains opening automatically. Her friend subsequently agreed to the same routine, joining in by video chat.

Fiona felt proud of herself that she had healthier habits. Instead of blaming herself, she recognised that environment and having habits were huge factors that helped her weight loss journey.

John rented out rooms with electrical bills included for extra income. He discovered his electrical bills almost increased by 50%.

Smart sockets and presence detectors were installed to monitor activity and electrical consumption.

John discovered high consumption in 1 room. Upon investigation, bitcoin mining machines were running 24/7. John managed to renegotiate with his tenant and increase the rental price.