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Design

05 Product Name

We went through several iterations on our product name. We wanted something that would exemplify the combination of family and being active, without being cheesy.

Health Coach

We initially referred to our system as a Health Coach, but knew that we wanted to move away from this as we were focusing on activity.

KinMotion

After writing a long list on the whiteboard of different synonyms for family and for activity, we spun off of the concept to being "in motion" to create KinMotion. Here the kin is to stand for your family kin. The name was not as clear as we wished it to be, so we performed an iteration on our name.

Kinetics

Keeping the kin but making it less pronounced, we liked the use of Kinetics, because it conveys activity and motion. Our tag line "Family Activity Awareness System" clarifies our goal.


IID 2007 . Human-Computer Interaction Institute . Carnegie Mellon University
Anne Connell . Josh Ehlke . Saara Kamppari