Car Canvas

This conjecture explores the ideas of new interactive technologies to turn the car into a child's canvas. Art is used as a form of meditation and in some religions like Buddhism, as a mindful practice to promote mindfulness (Cleveland Clinic, 2022). This form of exploration will allow children to explore movement, color, and shapes. The brush is activated by movement, which allows kids free range to express themselves, even in primarily stationary aspects. My literary review from the Cleveland Art Museum explored new interactive technologies that allowed for creative expression and art exploration (Cleveland Museum, 2017). This new type of technology can have the potential to be implemented in the car, creating engagement in the backseat environment.

Potential implications with this conjecture can be that movement activation may cause children to get fidgety by wanted to explore the car further. This is an issue as kid out of position in cars is a leading cause to accidents and driver distraction (Charlton, 2013).

References:

Charlton, J., Koppel, S., Cross, S., Kuo, J., Rudin-Brown, C., Arbogast, K., Loeb, H., Eby, D., Bohman, K., Svensson, M., Jakobsson, L., & Stockman, I. (2013, December). Naturalistic observation of children in cars: An international partnership https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301893570_Naturalistic_Observation_of_Children_in_Cars_An_International_Partnership

Cleveland Clinic. (2022, May 22). Meditation: What it is, benefits & types. Cleveland Clinic. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/17906-meditation

Cleveland Museum of Art. (2017, June 21). ARTLENS Gallery: A touchscreen-free approach to integrating art, interpretation and technology [Press release]. Cleveland Museum of Art. https://www.clevelandart.org/about/press/cleveland-museum-art-introduces-artlens-gallery-touchscreen-free-approach-integrating