This week at the Fab Lab, we finished making the last part of our watches. As a reminder, the watch is for outpatients who need to perform arm exercises, such as bicep curls and wrist twists. We used Arduinos to sense the movements of the watch.
The materials that came in the Arduino kit. 
A Fab Lab employee teaching us about the functions of the Arduino.
First, in order to familiarize ourselves with Arduinos, we used attached wires and an LED light into the Arduino. Then, we plugged the Arduino into the computer and uploaded code to it in order to illuminate the light.
Uploading code to the Arduino. 
Lighting up the LED on the Arduino.
Once we felt comfortable working with the Arduino, we removed the LED and added a tilt sensor. As we learned 2 weeks ago, tilt sensors can detect orientation, positioning, and inclination. Adding this to the Arduino will allow the watch to detect when the outpatient user is doing their exercises. The code that Brandon, one of the Fab Lab employees wrote, detects the movements and reports them to the computer. Then, we put the wooden parts, the Arduino, and the strap all together to make the watch.
The last part of the class was dedicated to creating storyboard for the users of our teams’ products. This was my first time making a storyboard, but it led to great insight on the user experience. It will help us gain a more complete understanding of everything that we need to take into consideration when designing our tread. You can see the storyboard my team briefly came up with below.
Hi there! I am a Senior studying Marketing and Information Systems/Information Technology. I chose to take this course in order to expand my creative and design thinking skills that I can apply to my future career. I am grateful that we are provided the opportunity to take this course as Business majors.
Great post emma! It was very descriptive yet to the point. I really like the watch design you used! Good use of ink scape / laser jet printing.