#interaction

This Pomodoro Timer Cries Until You Pick It Up and Gently Rock It with Both Hands

Rock-a-Pomo is a Pomodoro timer that starts crying when a work session ends and will not begin the break until the user picks it up with both hands and gently rocks it. A few seconds of appropriately gentle, rhythmic motion gradually fills a soothing meter; once the robot is calm and smiling, the break timer begins.

A single hard shake does not work, and rocking it too violently does not increase the meter either. The enclosure is deliberately large enough to encourage two-handed use so the user has to let go of the keyboard and mouse. It was created by nabekura.

ファニトロちゃん:くすくす

Instead of making a break reminder louder or harder to dismiss, it adds a new task: soothe a crying robot. Taking a break now begins with a tiny piece of simulated childcare.

Details: nabekura ↗

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