Light Bob

Inspiration

Light Bob was inspired by a common issue in shared homes: wasted energy and roommate tension. The root cause is the Diffusion of Responsibility — when no one feels directly accountable for turning off the lights. This leads to both energy waste and small conflicts like, “I thought you did it.” Light Bob offers a friendly, playful reminder system that builds clear accountability and helps everyone develop an eco-conscious, respectful nightly routine.

What it does

Dynamically assigns light-off duty and tracks savings.

How we built it

The Onboarding Flow, The Daily Loop (the core value proposition), and the Feedback and Improvement Cycle.

Challenges we ran into

1. Overcame Diffusion of Responsibility and friction.
2. Conflict Avoidance
3. Balancing AI and Awareness

Accomplishments that we're proud of

1. We are proud of successfully reframing sustainability as a series of small, mindful gestures—such as turning off a light—rather than focusing on large-scale systems
2. The implementation of AI Dynamic Duty Assignment provides customized, contextual accountability ## What we learned
3. The project reframes sustainability as a series of small, mindful gestures, like turning off a light, rather than large-scale systems or data-driven efficiency.
4. AI is used not to control behavior, but to observe, visualize, and gently remind, encouraging human awareness instead of removing it. ## What's next for Untitled
5. AI Suggestions: The AI is designed to analyze the light switch locations and usage patterns to suggest permanent, energy-saving improvements for the room.
6. Continuous Improvement Cycle: The system will continue to refine its AI Behavior Analysis and Prediction to improve the accuracy of duty assignment and personalized insights.
7. Daily Log Expansion: Further development can enhance the Daily Log function for deeper data visualization and habit tracking.

Built With

• adobe-aftereffect
• figma
• manus