About Teco
TECO is an educational activity kit which teaches kids basic electronic concepts through different
projects in the kit. The name teco comes from the combination of words technology and Eco-friendly .
The kit introduces a character named teco who has a background story , which unfolds with each of the
project. This character is acts as a mentor and a friend for children and helps them finish their projects
by giving inputs . This character is said to have come from the future to stop water scarcity in the future,
as he is the last drop of pure water in his time . So with each projects he gives tips to children on how we
can live in harmony with nature without causing pollution and harm to our environment . This helps in
building a strong sense of concern for the world around us in small children .
Teco activity kit is the first of its kind. It has an AR (Augmented Reality) enabled app that comes with the kit. The app is aimed at using the current technology to make the learning process better and more efficient . This lets children learn at their own pace rather than waiting for someone to teach them stuff. The projects are arranged based on their difficulty level starting from the base level. The kit also has an art section where children can unleash their creativity by coloring their buddy teco. This kit is thus aimed at developing skills at different areas while foucssing on one major topic / subject .
Character and story design
Each series of the activity kit will have a story line associated with it . These stories focuses on giving
awareness to the kids about the current environment condition and how it’s getting worser day by day.
Through each experiment I’m trying to imbibe any particular action which kids can do, so that they can
contribute for the betterment of our environment and this idea gets into their head from a young age.
The character or the mascot figure in this kit is also named teco, who
curates the entire storyline of the kit while he takes the kids through different projects .
Teco is from the future , he is the last drop of pure water in the world. In his time , most of the places in
the world have become inhabitable due to pollution and other factors . Water and air are completely
contaminated, tress have been chopped down , temperature is too high to survive and natural calamities
are destroying everything that's left. Teco came back in time from future to prevent what has happened
to his time and set events on a different course this time with the help of his fellow friends .
Before designing him , I wrote down some features about how I wanted him to look like , so that I would
get a better idea while designing him. Also, Teco is a gender neutral character .
Character Features
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Cartoonish
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Cute
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Funny
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Friend
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Mentor
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A representation of water
Rough sketches
Activity kit design
Teco App UI design
