FoTus: A time controlled electromagnetic desktop puzzle to help desk based workers focus better

Abstract

People working in offices often lose interest in their work after sometime especially desk based workers which decreases their work productivity. These workers then try to find a distraction or unintentionally get distracted from their work. The root cause ofwhich is usually thought to be excessive focus during work which is wrongly thought to be necessary to get more work done. Excessive focus exhausts the brain circuits. A research was conducted between a group of30 individuals, ranging from the age of 21 to 35 years, which included design students and professional designers. Surveys and direct interviews were conducted to see what people usually do during such situations. The findings from the research interviews and surveys concluded that the target group usually uses any kind of distraction they can afford to get away from their work for some time. This behavior was then studied under some ofthe professional researches by Dr. Sirini Pillay and Jerome Singer which showed that human brain can work optimally when it toggles between focus and unfocus and any kind ofdistraction that the designer uses is a tool to unfocus which help his mind to unwind all his thoughts. PCD is a key tool for relieving stress and stimulating creativity thus enhancing the right focus during work and keeps our mind from wandering away in the wrong direction, which can be activated by any low-key activity. The results suggested the need for a product that could help a person to tap into PCD and also serve as a helpful distraction that helps him regain focus while simultaneously inspiring him so that his productivity enhances which is done through an electromagnet based desktop puzzle that is time controlled which means that it turns off after the set time so that the user can take a short break according to the time that he needs off and not get completely distracted. (Pillay,2017) (Singer, 2013)