TomTom

The TomTom project was my first project on the TU. The project description was very broad: Find new opportunities for TomTom. Hence the name for the project, TomTOPportunities. The outcome of the project consisted of two parts. The first part was a redesign of the interface. The redesigned interface was more minimalistic and should offer a more user friendly experience. For example, changing the volume could be done by tapping the time. This absolutely made no sense, therefore the flow menu was born. Something like this is very normal these days on Android phones, but almost two years ago, this was something that people already would consider very valueable. There was also a possibility for the user to select the widgets he wanted to see.

The second part of the outcome is the Smart Fuel System. This was an intelligent aid which would help you with planning your gas stops. New TomTom systems are connected to the car computer, and therefore know a lot more information, like mileage, fuel level and as a result of those two, the fuel range. Sometimes you have 100km left in your tank, but if you miss a gas station you could run out of gas on the highway. The system would prevent this by making sure that, according to your trip, you would never run out of gas. The system had different settings which corresponded to the amount of actions the user has to do to let TomTom take a small detour. These detours can be cost saving, because sometimes the gas stations 5km of the highway can be a lot cheaper than the ones on the highway.