AumStone Design Process

So what did the paper make me want to achieve?
My idea-ish
I decided I want to create a device that covers most of what is proven there to be good ways of training mindfulness
through interactive games.
Breathing and breath counting games
Breath counting is proven to be a valuable method to train awareness in the context of mindfulness.
Example game: pressing the point finger button on every inhale, the middle finger button on every
exhale, and the thumb button on every tenth breath.
Sound games
Sound is a good mean of making the practice more effective by shortening times of unawareness when
the minds wanders off (i.e., dreaming away).
Example game: Aum Stone plays music and at random short intervals the music slowly fades out and
before it completely disappears, the user must press a button (causing the music to slowly fade in
again), otherwise the stone vibrates bringing their attention back.
Temperature games
Used for training awareness towards outer experiences i.e. clear perception and experience ofexternal
stimuli. Uses the 5 temperature points on each side
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Example game: Passively observing the flow of heat from one point to another or actively reacting to
it’s pattern changes (press a button when it changes otherwise vibration)