Brian Carter
BFA Industrial Design
The University of Kansas (2003)
Bachelor of Fine Arts - KU
Aura Thesis
Books and magazines are stored on electronic memory card libraries, but imagine a basket full of these physically identical cards. How many libraries would you insert before finding the right one, and how exactly do you remove and insert them? Someone with blindness may not know Braille, and users with low vision may not be able to read small print. After this task analysis, the solution places a digital recording microchip in the grip of the library card. Pressing a button located off-center of, and recessed in, the library card grip summarizes the contents of that library. The grip's size is easy to grasp and physically necessitates which end of the card to insert. Additionally, the Aura digital reader has a flat area for card alignment, eliminating the usability difficulties of mid-air slot finding. Tested with actual target users. Library card may be removed with one hand.