A revolutionary new sleep tracker app specifically made to help individuals with Narcolepsy manage and understand their condition.
People with Narcolepsy have no way of tracking and understanding their sleep cycles.
Using body metrics taken from a sleep tracking ring and information based on Narcoleptic sleep cycles REM Logic is able to deliver users with accurate data of their sleep cycles which enables them to further understand their condition.
4 weeks
Figma, Powerpoint
Research, Conceptualize, Design, Prototype, Presentation
Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that disrupts the sleep-wake cycle, causing extreme exhaustion. This medical condition causes "sleep attacks" which are sudden, uncontrollable feelings of tiredness that are similar to what someone would feel after staying awake for 48-72 hours.
People with Narcolepsy struggle to understand their condition and manage their symptoms. Regular wearable sleep tracking technology help users understand their sleep by combining body metrics and information from regular sleep cycles. However, since people with Narcolepsy have anything but regular sleep cycles, sleep trackers produce inaccurate results, leaving those with Narcolepsy with no resource to understand their sleep.
I create two user personas to help guide the concept and design direction of REM Logic. These personas helped me to understand who would use this app, and what they would use it for.
After thorough research was conducted on the limits those with Narcolepsy face, I moved into the conceptualization phase. Regular sleep trackers are not fit for individuals with Narcolepsy, so I immediently knew that something was wrong. REM Logic looks to solve this problem by using a sleep tracking ring that combines data on your body metrics and typical Narcoleptic sleep cycles.
Creating a user flow allowed me to define what screens of the application would be necessary to design.
I explored my concepts visually with mid-fidelity wireframes. I found inspiration for informational data design to intuitively portray the user's sleep cycles.
After designing wireframes and defining REM Logic's brand look, I began designing the app comps. Each morning, users can complete the Sleep Quality Survey, which allows REM Logic to gather qualitative data about the user's sleep, which can be view on the sleep data page. Other app screens include the home screen, medication, and resources page.
From the resources page, user's have the opportunity to share their data with their doctors to receive professional feedback on their sleep cycles. The doctor can find the information on the desktop dashboard, where they can access daily, weekly, and monthly views of their patients sleep data.
This prototype shows the Sleep Quality Survey, where users can add qualitative information to their sleep data. At the end of the video shows where user and doctors can connect through the app and the desktop dashboard.
At the end of the fourth week of this project, I presented a final presentation detailing the background, problem, and how REM Logic goes about solving it with the sleep tracking ring and mobile app. Including user personas in the presentation helped my audience to understand who would be using this app. The prototype videos showed examples of user flows, and how people with Narcolepsy could greatly benefit from this app.
I am very grateful to have experienced working on projects like this. Starting with defining a problem and developing an entire product idea was great practice of the design thinking process. I especially enjoy working on projects that help those who once had no resources.
The challenge for me on this project was designing the doctor's desktop dashboard. Deciding how to display all the data and determining which information was the most important was a process that involved much critical thinking. Despite the challenge, I'm grateful to have had the practice.
