S-M-I-L-E-R

The SMILER

• SMILER is an assistant tool that improves our experience of 'book-reading'.

The Functions

• SMILER has four major functions.

1. Page Holder	2. Bookmark	3. Pen Holder	4. Ruler
It can hold the book page, making us hands-free.	It can be used as bookmarks.	It prevents a pen from droping down the table.	It is a handy tool for drawings straight lines.

 

Building a SMILER

A SMILER is a simple and effective design that can be built in minutes.

• STEP 1 : Find a card, e.g., as an expired bankcard, telephone card, your own namecard, etc.
  
   
• STEP 2 : Cut the card into two pieces with cuts at the specified positions as shown in the following figure.
  
   
• STEP 3 : Join the two pieces together.
  

Why 'SMILER'?

The name S-M-I-L-E-R stands for,
-- S : Simply, the best      M : Multi functional      I : Individual      L : Love and be Loved      E : Especial      R : Revolutional
 

Background

We invented this SMILER, and gave a presentation to market this design for the project of Oral English course given by Jaclyn at Fudan University, 2003. As in a six-member team, we received five A's grades.

© SMILER Group : Chunhua Chen, Yue Zhao, Hao Du, Xiaofeng Tang, Jing Zhang, Xiupin Guo. Apr.28, 2003
 

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