Project: Touch screen menus

General Description _
This touch screen menu is for ordering meals at restaurants efficiently. After customers input food data on the touch screen, the data will go to a chef without waiters. E-menu provides organization, detailed information about meals, and expanded views of menu applications. It is very efficient and sustainable because touch screen menus can reduce miscommunication between waitress and customers, and can upload new data easily without printing.

My focus is making this idea popular with efficient, organized, and convenient design, and I want to make unique ideas compared to existing e-menus. In my application, I try to provide design elements that relate to the cultural identity of the food. It can be exotic for people who experience different cultures, and learned about food and culture. Also, e-menus will provide video contents to show vivid food, education contents about how to cook this food, and contents to control the amounts of sources like salt and sugars. While waiting for an order, customers can enjoy playing games related to culture or food. After eating, customers can review about the food which they eat, so that customers who didn’t eat the meals get good information from reviews.

Scenario_
Andy who is an American working in New York goes to an Asian restaurant. After sitting on a seat, he touches on the screen to order meals for lunch. He checks today's lunch special menu and looking thorough customers reviews because he does not know about the food. First, he finds the food getting many starts from customers. By numbers of starts, foods are decided best food rankings. He chooses ‘Bibimbab’ for his lunch. He can know how to be supposed to mix it watching a short video though touch screen. After he pushes select button, he controls the amount of sources for mixing spice with the meal he chose. And then he pays by swiping a credit card from a card reader machine connecting with a touch screen menu. The records go to a chef without waiters. He is playing game and looking over another menus during waiting for the food. Finally, a waiter brings the food with a receipt. After eating, he records some review about the food,and then he goes back to his work place.