O le mamanu Cobble Fa'ailoga Bluetooth e Eric Wu o se manumalo maualuga tele o le fa'ailoga mamalu 2025 A' Design Award Uʻamea i le Vaega Tauva Masini Fa'aaogaina Eletise.

UʻameaMasini Eletise· 2025

Cobble Fa'ailoga Bluetooth

na mamanuina e Eric Wu

Tagata Fa'atau: EW Design

Manumalo o le A' Design Award Uʻamea i le Vaega Masini Eletise

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Le Mamanu

E Uiga ia Cobble Fa'ailoga Bluetooth

Cobble o se fa'aili Bluetooth o loʻo tuʻu i luga o fata tusi, e iai se feso'ota'iga fegalegaleai i luga o le pito i luga. E mafai ona tu'u ni faomai fa'amaneta e fa i ni ata eseese i luga o se fa'ata'ita'iga sikuea. A maeʻa ona faia se mamanu ua uma ona fa'ataatia mai, ona ta'alo lea o le fa'aili i se leo ua sefe muamua, e pei o se pa'u leo mai le natura po'o se pi'o leo pa'epa'e. E mafai fo'i ona galue le Cobble e pei o se fa'aili Bluetooth masani mo leo mai se masini ua feso'ota'i. O le tu'uina o faomai e faamanatu mai ai le ta'aloga laupapa Go ma valaaulia ai se taimi puupuu mo se mafaufauga filemu. O le fa'ata'ita'iga ua fa'aaogaina se atigi laupapa, papa akulika ua 'sand-blasted', ma fasi moli LED.

Le Fa'ailogaina

E Uiga i le A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Cobble Fa'ailoga Bluetooth, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Cobble Fa'ailoga Bluetooth e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Cobble Fa'ailoga Bluetooth ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

I Tua o le Mamanu

Pepa Fa'asalalau

Fa'amaoniaga, sui o le 'au ma fa'amatalaga fa'atekinisi na saunia e le tagata mamanu.

Uiga Fa'apitoa: Cobble is a speaker with an interactive interface at the top. The user has access to 4 pegs that they can place in various patterns. When preset patterns connect, the speaker plays a saved tone. The speaker is made with the concept of "inadvertent mindfulness." Studies have found that the simple action of concentrating on one's actions offer moments of respite. By placing pegs, much like how one places stones in a Go game, the user enjoys a moment of peace.
Fua & Fa'apipi'i: 7 1/2" (width) * 7 5/16" (depth) * 2" (height)
Fa'ailoga: Speaker, Office, Mindfulness, Audio, Music
Tekonolosi Gaosiga: The prototype was constructed with a wooden casing with a four-panel construction. Sand-blasted acrylic panels are used to diffuse the lighting from LED light strips. The prototype control panel was made from an Arduino nano and will be replaced with more efficient chips in mass production. We experimented with various sensing methods and settled on magnetic sensing with Hall effect sensors as they appeared to be the most reliable.
Lu'itau o le Mamanu: The hardest part was figuring out the sweet spot of a big enough surface area and a compact enough footprint, the product being a shelf speaker after all. People wanted to engage with the interface but too much of it offered diminishing returns and research participants had more complaints of space constraints.
Su'esu'ega: User research was conducted in collaboration with co-working spaces. We tested hypotheses like the following:
- How much spacing and how big do people prefer the pegs to be
- How many rows and columns work the best, offering novelty and comfort without overloading the user
- What footprint works the best without sacrificing too much room for interaction
Fa'aosofia: The design originated in a desire to question the prevalence of active mindfulness practices today. We have meditation apps, mindfulness sessions offered by corporations, and many more. While mindfulness is great, there are alternative activities that humans go to for similar purposes, without bearing the label of "mindfulness." Go, the Asian board game using stones, was a primary inspiration. What if we could have something built in that stimulates a sense of mindfulness, just like Go?
Umi o le Poloketi: Duration: 6 months
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Fa'agasologa o Galuega: The product behaves like a normal bluetooth speaker, so the user can connect to it with an end device and play whatever they want.

The unique interaction is that it can save and activate various sound profiles, which can be activated via placement of the magnetic pegs. The user would have to download a mobile app to change the default profiles, which are nature and white noise sound loops.
Sui o le 'Au: Eric Wu
Fa'aaloaloga o Ata: Photos: Eric Wu