AI-powered Cognitive Bloom device provides prompts for self-reflection

AI is a tool for deep contemplation rather than quick gratification in Cognitive Bloom, a device concept created by industrial design studio Map Project Office and recent Royal College of Art graduate Chanwoo Lee.

Map and Lee imagine Cognitive Bloom as a personal device that sits in the user's home, inviting daily rituals of reflection and, if they keep up the habit, growing a virtual garden in response.

The device consists of two elements, the Pond and the Garden, which sit nested together.