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Shutter Paathshaala

The essential idea is to re-purpose the idle shutter of closed shops for teaching at night, in an interactive fashion, the alphabet and similar content to slum kids.

Open information in a public space will increase their access to and curiosity for the material, while the element of interaction will gamify the process of imparting education to them. It ensures that the student will share a long term interaction with the information on the shutter, facilitating inquiry based learning, thereby helping
them to grasp it better.
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Charging:
The shop owner charges the battery through a retractable cord which can be pulled out and connected to a charging point inside the shop. When shutting the shop, he pulls out the wire, which gets retracted. He then switches on the installation via a switch provided next to the cord outside the shop. 

Standby Mode:
When the sensors don’t detect an entity / group within a 7 feet radius, the LEDs will be on standby mode, glowing dimly, which saves power. The standby mode will have all 7 colours of the LED frame glowing consecutively in a loop, which will help attract the children to the shutter. 

Active Mode:
As soon as someone within the stated radius is recognized, the LEDs will switch to active mode, creating a bright white frame for lighting around the shutter, thus making the information clear and easy to read. It will be simultaneously be followed by a voice message, introducing the child to the installation. 

Interaction:
When a child touches a particular element (eg alphabet), it will activate the voice message assigned to that element. Simultaneously, the LEDs for that moment will switch to another colour. As soon as the hand is taken away, it will go back to the default white light mode. 
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