Brainasium

Pimapa Charuchandr

Pim.chadr1997@gmail.com / www.pim-apa.com

Nowadays, the number of the elderly population is increasing continuously and most of them are stop working at the age of 60 and stay home happily after working for a long time. However, relax activity seems to be a good thing to do after retirement but it isn’t because the brain needs to be trained and used to stimulated the hidden braincells to grow.

For this reason, Brainasium has selected the four activities which help the brain to be used in every part includes the Left brain, Right brain, Forebrain, and hindbrain. The activities are Messy words puzzle for left-brain, Creative corner for the right brain, Sensory Order cards for Hindbrain, and Infinity cube for Forebrain. All activity has redesigned and adjusted the context to be more suitable for the Thai elderly.

 
 
The brainasium toolkit for retirement people with colorful color. Because about 50% of the 60 y/o people have an abnormal color vision which increases significantly with aging so colorful design can help with that problem also, the color gives a sen…

The brainasium toolkit for retirement people with colorful color. Because about 50% of the 60 y/o people have an abnormal color vision which increases significantly with aging so colorful design can help with that problem also, the color gives a sense of fresh and lively.

(Top View) The brainasium toolkit for retirement people.

(Top View) The brainasium toolkit for retirement people.

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Sensory Order cards - The Hindbrain activityThis activity is adapted from the book “keep your brain alive” the famous brain training book in 1999. It is interesting that this book uses our 5 senses or called Neurobic exercise and our daily life to t…

Sensory Order cards - The Hindbrain activity

This activity is adapted from the book “keep your brain alive” the famous brain training book in 1999. It is interesting that this book uses our 5 senses or called Neurobic exercise and our daily life to train the brain. The core idea of the book is to participate in all five senses. Also, use the sense that you barely use or do things that you never did.

The cards contain tasks that focus on five senses which are touching, smelling, hearing, tasting, and seeing and some social interaction task.

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Messy Words Puzzle - The left brain activityThe common logic games which are Finding words has selected to develop because it is simple and well-known so the seniors can relate to it easily so they don’t have to learn a whole thing.  This activity h…

Messy Words Puzzle - The left brain activity

The common logic games which are Finding words has selected to develop because it is simple and well-known so the seniors can relate to it easily so they don’t have to learn a whole thing. This activity has 30 cards for 30 days. 14 cards are in the Thai language and 16 cards are in English.

The user has to find 10 words in each card that follow the given topic which is a topic that relates to daily life such as fruits, kitchen, house, places, health, music. And if the user cannot find all of the words, there will be a hint in the instruction manual.

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Creative Corner - The right brain activityThe coloring book which is widely used in children and it has proved that coloring books are good for creativity not only for children but for every age. The coloring goes beyond being a fun activity. Choosi…

Creative Corner - The right brain activity

The coloring book which is widely used in children and it has proved that coloring books are good for creativity not only for children but for every age. The coloring goes beyond being a fun activity. Choosing colors also generates a creative thought process.

For this toolkit, there are 30 cards for 30 days. These cards have divided into 3 sections. First, the outline is given and color to complete the image like other coloring books. The second level, the dashed lines are given. The user has to draw a picture following the dashed line before color. The last section is the hardest and funniest part, the user should draw objects up to their imagination to complete the picture.

Infinity Cube - The Forebrain activityIt is a fidget toy that can be transformed from a square to a rectangle. It can be changed into many forms and shapes and is widely used for relieving stress. It helps to practice the elderly’s hands and mental …

Infinity Cube - The Forebrain activity

It is a fidget toy that can be transformed from a square to a rectangle. It can be changed into many forms and shapes and is widely used for relieving stress. It helps to practice the elderly’s hands and mental practice because the user has to focus while playing this.

The cube can be flipped 6 times before it comes back to the starting point. On one side, I use one color, the user can see when it completes into one side and separate and see the color that changes during the flip. So it can play ” find the color” also.

Instruction ManualIn the manual, it has a short description of the toolkit and the reason why the toolkit is created. Also, a short function of each brain part and instruction of activities with the key answer of logic part activity.

Instruction Manual

In the manual, it has a short description of the toolkit and the reason why the toolkit is created. Also, a short function of each brain part and instruction of activities with the key answer of logic part activity.

Maze box It is the extra activity to play. It is the combination of the maze in the logic part, concentration and sensory because to play this box, the user has to use their finger in a path. It can be played with both eyes-open or close up to the u…

Maze box

It is the extra activity to play. It is the combination of the maze in the logic part, concentration and sensory because to play this box, the user has to use their finger in a path. It can be played with both eyes-open or close up to the user


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