QUAN: Smart Counting

Smart counting that keeps your eyes off the screen

QUAN is a platform that includes a physical device with a corresponding mobile application. The device, the Quanometer, records feedback given to it via a simple,
color-based button interface. Feedback given to the device is recorded in a mobile app.
It takes advantage of the data recording abilities that an app can have while also providing an interface that is a touch away and does not pull the user away
from their activity of focus.

As technology and its applications become more and more quotidian and
integrated in modern lifestyle, it is common to feel a disconnect from the
 physical world. The virtual world, though full of utility, constantly begs
the attention of its users. Quan is a project that addresses this paradox
of productivity and distraction that is ever present on mobile devices.

Some users may use it for keeping track of how much water they drink or how many pushups they do in a day. Other users may want to measure how many different species of birds they saw in a week or how many plastic containers they threw in the recycling. The range of applications is broad so that users can be in control
of their data tracking; QUANs position is solely as
a tool to enable fluid data collection.