I think that the concept of the JUGO is amazing. It is meant to teach kids that exercising and physical activity are much more beneficial than playing games on your phone or social media. I think this app is great to target obesity due to dependence and addiction to technology, but I think that this app should be taken a step further. Not only can parents require a minimum number of points before they gain access to their phones, but also there should be the ability to lock children out of their phones for things like school or dinner. The idea of this would make the JUGO more appealing to parents, but with your targeting to have this system distributed through the schools would make this idea less feasible. The only way I can see this working well is if the JUGO is given out through the schools but the parents are the sole people in charge of its settings. The only thing the school would do would be to maintain them and distribute them. Another feature that would be amazing is the ability for the JUGO to measure the amount of time spent on apps. This way, a parent could measure and restrict the access to certain apps based on how much activity the child has done, and it would encourage the child to remain active throughout the day, not only until they get the access to their games. The problem with having this app only restrict access to their apps until they earn so many points is that once they earn those points, they would more than likely stop. By giving them incentives to complete more physical activity, they remain active, and try to earn as many points as possible, more than they would if they only had to complete the minimum. Another problem with the JUGO that I foresee is the fact that it is a bracelet. Many children like wearing colorful wristbands, but another option that I think presents more benefits is to put the sensor into the children’s shoes. This way, they cannot just take it off and they cannot lose it as easily. I would imagine the design something similar to the Nike+ Sensor. This way the child cannot also give their buddy an incentive to wear his and ten other people’s bracelet so that they can rack up the points. I would probably just put it on my dog, but the point I am making is that kids are smart. Not only are they smart, but they are also lazy, and moving the JUGO from a bracelet to a shoe insert would help to cut back on annoyances and also on abuse of the system. I think that the JUGO directly addresses one of the great problems within today’s youth. I know that we can only address these problems one at a time, and the overall idea of this is great. I know that looking back on my life growing up, having a JUGO would have been beneficial to correct my lifestyle for the better while it was still developing.
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I think that the concept of the JUGO is amazing. It is meant to teach kids that exercising and physical activity are much more beneficial than playing games on your phone or social media. I think this app is great to target obesity due to dependence and addiction to technology, but I think that this app should be taken a step further. Not only can parents require a minimum number of points before they gain access to their phones, but also there should be the ability to lock children out of their phones for things like school or dinner. The idea of this would make the JUGO more appealing to parents, but with your targeting to have this system distributed through the schools would make this idea less feasible. The only way I can see this working well is if the JUGO is given out through the schools but the parents are the sole people in charge of its settings. The only thing the school would do would be to maintain them and distribute them. Another feature that would be amazing is the ability for the JUGO to measure the amount of time spent on apps. This way, a parent could measure and restrict the access to certain apps based on how much activity the child has done, and it would encourage the child to remain active throughout the day, not only until they get the access to their games. The problem with having this app only restrict access to their apps until they earn so many points is that once they earn those points, they would more than likely stop. By giving them incentives to complete more physical activity, they remain active, and try to earn as many points as possible, more than they would if they only had to complete the minimum. Another problem with the JUGO that I foresee is the fact that it is a bracelet. Many children like wearing colorful wristbands, but another option that I think presents more benefits is to put the sensor into the children’s shoes. This way, they cannot just take it off and they cannot lose it as easily. I would imagine the design something similar to the Nike+ Sensor. This way the child cannot also give their buddy an incentive to wear his and ten other people’s bracelet so that they can rack up the points. I would probably just put it on my dog, but the point I am making is that kids are smart. Not only are they smart, but they are also lazy, and moving the JUGO from a bracelet to a shoe insert would help to cut back on annoyances and also on abuse of the system. I think that the JUGO directly addresses one of the great problems within today’s youth. I know that we can only address these problems one at a time, and the overall idea of this is great. I know that looking back on my life growing up, having a JUGO would have been beneficial to correct my lifestyle for the better while it was still developing.
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