Unconventional Switch: Electronics Team 9 - William Correa Espitia & Jacqueline Pavlat

Spoon Rest Indicator

Did you remember not to put your spoon in the sink?

    We've all been there: you're cooking and go to put down your spoon, and you put it in a bad spot, or, even worse, you forget you still needed that spoon and put it in the sink. How can we make it clearer whether or not your spoon is in its proper place?

    A standard spoon rest works, but easy to forget about if you struggle with focus retention. Something as simple as a little red light to bring attention to it, however, can make all the difference.

    For Electronics Team 9's Unconventional Switch, we created a switch that lights an LED when the user places a spoon fully onto a spoon rest. 

    Here's a demonstration: