Sensing Brainrot

Inspiration

• As people who also struggle with scrolling reels before sleep, we became curious about the internet’s growing use of the term “brain rot.” Despite widespread awareness of its negative effects, people, including us, continue to fall into the habit of late-night scrolling. This contradiction sparked our interest in exploring the behavior more deeply.

What it does

• This project explores how late-night consumption of short-form content affects sleep behavior and seeks to design ways to help users unwind without relying on overstimulating reels. By understanding why users continue scrolling despite knowing its negative effects, the project aims to encourage healthier nighttime media habits and support a smoother transition from stimulation to rest.

How we built it

• We used Figma Make to generate a few prototype variations but our final prototype is built on Figma Design.

Challenges we ran into-

-Disagreements about how human behaivour which was resolved after conducting user interviews.

• Time management
• Speculating a scenario for the future- had two different directions of possibilities but did not know which possibility is more prone to happen.
• Not getting the time for user testing

Accomplishments that we're proud of

• Being able to come up with a concept that we would love to have implement in the existing scenario
• Completing the whole design process and have a prototype

What we learned

• We learnt that there is a possibility of developing a new concept in just 3 days
• We learnt how to manage time and prioritize a few steps over others, in order to optimizing the time usage.

What's next for Sensing Brainrot

-Prototype testing with users -Refining content detection

• Expanding beyond reels

Built With

• chatgpt
• figjam
• figma
• figmamake
• figmaslides
• gemini