Wrapped in a deceptively cute package, Pip is a speculative cell phone charger that helps you take enforced breaks from your screen. When a user puts their phone in Pip's charging dock, the device activates a one-hour timer which locks the phone screen. If the user tries to retrieve their phone before the hour is up, Pip delivers a little shock. The more you reach, the more shocking Pip becomes.

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Unlike the way my other thesis projects explored how the smartphone serves as a facilitator of integrated physical and digital experiences, Pip investigates how to intervene in the physical and mental aspects of teen relationships with their devices. Looking at the smartphone as a barrier to adolescents engaging with the real-world due to their physical attachment to the object, Pip seeks to playfully remove the phone from the equation.