We are planning to build a personal vending machine that functions as a reward system to help users improve their focus, energy, and productivity. One problem that we’ve often noticed limits our own productivity in our day-to-day lives is having a lack of dedicated and structured work sessions, as well as falling victim to procrastination, which we feel is enhanced by the want for instant gratification and oftentimes disguised as an excuse to go to the vending machine or go on social media for a couple minutes. Our vending machine aims to provide a solution to this productivity problem by helping users apply more structure around their work sessions and providing a reward system, which only comes into play after they’ve worked for a certain amount of time.
Our vending machine will function the same way as a regular vending machine (at a miniaturized scale), where the user will be able to choose a certain item to dispense. However, at the same time, it will also prompt the user to select a specific amount of time, which corresponds to the amount of time the user will have to wait, or or work for, until the vending machine dispenses their item/candy.