Tag: week 9

This week was our last week at the Fab Lab, and we started by finishing up our watches. This was really cool because we were able to actually make something. I haven’t worked with electronics or wires in a long time and it was super inspiring to be able to make what we did, to show us what’s possible.

It was also eye opening to be able to have a code and then connected it through a wire and have it added to our watch. It made something that looks so advanced on the outside feel a little more simple. Building this and learning through these workshops has definitely taught us that we can make a lot in the Fab Lab and the more we come in the more we will be able to grow and learn. I know my team will definitely be using the Fab Lab to help us make the final version of our product and I am excited to come back now with the knew making knowledge that I have.

After we finished our watches, we worked on designing the experience we want our users to have with our product. One of the pieces of the storyboard we created is displayed below.

We will bring our gloves to Beckwith first, to have residents get to try them on and use them in the common room. Then they will have the option to take it out with them if they want. Our ideal experience involves them being able to comfortably eat out with friends while being able to feed themselves. Then they will tell their friends about their experience and that’s out we would spread the word about our product.

Moving forward we still have a lot of work to do. We want to have a user that we can use as someone to help us design the glove for and test prototypes with. I will reach out to my friend Brandon this week to see if there is anyone he can think of that would like to help us by testing our prototypes. The end of the semester is coming quickly which is putting pressure on us to finalize our products, which is exciting and stressful at the same time. I am nervous that about the time crunch but know that we have put a lot of work in so I am hoping for the best.