Step 9: Make the wood box!

Wireless testing 1

The computer knows how much you put into the check box, when there are more than 100 cents, the check mark show up on the LED.

Step 8: Make it wireless!

The wireless devices I used called "Xbee". I use two Xbee, one connects to computer, another one connects to the count counter.

Step 7: Connect with four 8x8 Led Matrix and put them into a foam board box

Step 6: Design the website and logo

The website not only show how much money you have in the check box, also tells you what you can buy with the money you have. It also shows the record of the money you put in past, so you can tell your saving habit.

To encourage people to check this website frecquently, instead of showing how much money you put in on the box, we make it only shows on the website.

Step 5: Desiging the box and come up the names

We thought about names like "Show Me the Money!", "I Love Money", or "Time is Money" etc. The reason we go for "Check Box" is because this is a piggy bank that helps people to achieve their goals, to complete their dreams. It's like the to-do list, you check it when you finish one thing.

We hope the interaction happens between the user and the box, will make the user feel good about themself, feel proud even. So when the user achieve the goal, there will be a check mark show up on the wood box as a reward.

Step 4: Connect with internet (Twitter)

When you put money in to the box, it sends message to Twitter like, "Good job!", "Almost there!", "You made it!" etc. To bring up more discussions or conversations among friends on Twitter.