HydrateNow is a solution designed to remind users to take breaks and stay hydrated regularly.
- Place special NFC tags near water dispensers at the office or home.
- Run a program on your PC or mobile device that monitors continuous work or entertainment activities. After a certain amount of time, it will keep prompting you to take a break and drink water.
- To disable the reminders, you must complete a task: leave your seat and use your phone to scan the NFC tag, with a specified interval between scans.
- In special situations where you cannot complete the task immediately, you can use a forced unlock feature to skip the task once. This feature has a limited number of uses, such as starting with three. Each time you complete a certain number of tasks, you gain one more forced unlock, with a maximum limit.
- If all forced unlocks are used up and you cannot complete the task, you can use a remote unlock program to disable the reminder once. This program can also pre-schedule exemption periods from forced reminders. It is recommended to install the remote unlock program on a close family member's phone to keep yourself accountable and handle emergencies.
- PC Continuous Work Monitoring Client: Retrieves user configurations from a public network service; monitors continuous work time on Windows and Mac PCs through keyboard inputs, mouse movements, and screen status; prompts the user to complete NFC tag tasks when it is time to take a break until it receives an unlock notification from the public network service.
- Mobile Continuous Entertainment Monitoring Client: Similar to the PC monitoring client but focuses on monitoring continuous entertainment activities.
- Mobile NFC Tag Creation Client: Reads and writes NFC tags based on user information, tag type, and task name.
- Public Network Service: Manages user information, status, and message routing.
- Remote Unlock Program (Mobile App): Allows temporary disabling of the break task without completing the NFC tag task.
Develop a self-use demo version to validate its feasibility and value. It should at least include:
- Windows Continuous Work Monitoring Client
- Use of third-party generic NFC tag reading/writing tools
- No public network service, only for use within a local network