Purpose: Audio + Education Design Challenge sprint, hosted by Bose & Autodesk at UC Berkeley.

Prompt: leverage current audio technology by Bose, to educate children as to the importance of having two ears.

Strategy: design thinking – from user empathy of pain points to solution building.

Challenge duration: ~ 5 hours

Empathy Build

Solution

Summary: with this custom headset, including a directional mic that regulates sound perception directionality, we can teach children how their auditive sense plays a huge role in perception of surroundings.

NOTE: this is not a product that will be released by BOSE, all illustrations and designs are hypothetical and were presented as part of the challenge.