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BRADY ENSTAD: Hi,
everybody, we're Team Paul.

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I'm Brady Enstad,
and I've primarily

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been the interviewer
for the project.

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LEXI DIEN: I'm Lexi Dien, and
I've primarily the videographer

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and video editor.

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YI ZHONG: And I'm Yi Zhong.

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I've been the lead
scribe for this project.

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[INAUDIBLE]

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So the first thing
we started with

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is contextual inquiry using
the HAAT model so just

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a quick review of what
the HAAT model is.

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We are looking at the
human activity assistive

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technology and then the
context, and then trying

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to get all the
aspect of the problem

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that we're trying to solve.

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So the first thing we're
going to talk about

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is Paul, our client.

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He has been an amputee
for the past 30 years.

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He worked in IT before, but
for the past two or three years

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he had a really
severe hip problem.

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He couldn't really get around,
and he had to stay home a lot.

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And he had a surgery
in June, so he's

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able to walk again but
with reduced arm strength.

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So that means he wouldn't be
able to walk a long distance.

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He wouldn't be able to
carry really heavy things.

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And this is the AT he uses.

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It's custom-made
forearm crutches.

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It's really expensive, and
it's customized to Paul.

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And so some of the
activities that he

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wanted us to do a project on
are self-standing crutches,

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a mechanism to pull
a suitcase, something

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to carry a slice
of pizza, something

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to carry a cup of coffee,
a self-standing umbrella,

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so he doesn't get
wet in the rain.

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So all of these activities
just kind of show

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that Paul really just wants
to do things that people do

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and that he really wants to get
out there again after this hip

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problem isn't bothering him.

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And we narrowed it
down to this problem;

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this is a quote by
Paul, "it would be nice

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if I can bring my way
of a cup of coffee.

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Wouldn't that be nice?"

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And we think, yeah, so
this is the problem we

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that ended up pursuing.

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And then we dove into the
context of this problem more.

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So looking at it from
a few perspectives,

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so culturally he doesn't
want to use a wheelchair.

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Like I said, he had
a hip problem before,

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so he had to be on
an electric scooter,

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and he actually
didn't like that all.

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He wants to use crutches.

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He wants to be able to stand.

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But because of the
nature of his injury,

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he couldn't use prosthetics,
so he had to use crutches.

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And socially his wife helps
him with many activities,

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including bringing him coffee.

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But his wife does have
work, so he needs to do this

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by himself when he's at home.

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And physically he just wants
to do this in his apartment.

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When he brews a cup of
coffee in the morning.

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He wants to be able to
carry it to the living room,

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something like simple like that.

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And looking at it one
statement, so this

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is our problem
statement-- a design,

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a mechanism, that help him carry
a cup of coffee around his home

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without spilling,
and such that he

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doesn't have to grab onto it.

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And this is the way he
carries it right now.

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It's kind of a grip
and then while trying

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to use crutches at the same
time, so you can imagine,

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it's really tough.

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And we kind of break it down
to two main problems, which

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is how do we do it hands-free,
so he doesn't have to hold it,

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and how do we do no-spill,
so he doesn't spill coffee

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on his hands.

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And I'll let Lexi talk
about the success metrics.

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LEXI DIEN: So right
now, basically, Paul

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can carry a cup of coffee
around with that claw grip,

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and he can only fill
it about a third

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full if he doesn't want to
spill it all over his hands

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or on the floor.

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We'd like to make that a
larger amount of coffee,

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and we'd like to make sure
that it isn't spilled.

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So for a livable goal we
decided that maybe the coffee

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would be 2/3 full and
he could not spill it.

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And then as an
ambitious goal, we

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would say 3/4 full
and also no spill.

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Some other additional
things we talked about

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were making it easy to
remove from his crutch

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or from whatever it is;
the technology is just

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easy to use and take away.

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And so we said 20 seconds for
a livable and then 10 seconds

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preferably.

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We want it to be
as quick possible.

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We also decided that
we wanted to take

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Paul's perspective into this.

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I think that's very important.

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We wanted, especially,
him to rate

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it, and we're hoping ambitiously
to get an 8 out of 10.

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More livably, we
think a 6 out of 10

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will be something
that we'd accept,

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but we really want to get as
high as possible on his rating.

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And the last thing we
wanted to make sure

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is that we actually are
able to use it with a mug.

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He uses his own mugs, and wants
to be able to use his own mugs.

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So we want to make sure that
it works for at least that mug,

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and preferably it works
for a lot of his mugs

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or all of his mugs.

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So we're going to show you
the video that we put together

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that gives you a little bit
more background into Paul.

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[VIDEO PLAYBACK]

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-You know, it would be
just nice if I could

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bring my wife cup of coffee.

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I mean, wouldn't that be nice?

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My name's Paul [? Nershimski. ?]
I'm 62 years old.

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I've been disabled
since I was 24.

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-Paul uses forearm crutches
because his imputation

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doesn't allow for a prosthetic.

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Despite the fact that his
forearm crutches don't really

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let him carry things while
he's walking, for Paul,

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the most important
thing is to be

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able to move around
and go places.

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-And one the big
dreams of my life

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has been to be able to
carry around a coffee

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cup around the house
like a normal human

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being with burning my
fingers and ruining the rug.

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-What really drew me to Paul
was just the very simple nature

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of what he wanted, something
that you and I take

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for granted, just the ability
to transport food and even just

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a cup of coffee from his
crutches to his living room

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without spilling it
all over his floor.

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-Cup full of water,
not far from the brim,

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I would have to carry it like
that, with my hand wrapped

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around the crutch handle.

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And maybe you can realized
that would be a horror show.

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-He wants to carry
a cup of coffee

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around without burning himself,
and that's very, very different

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from other people, other
clients, had in mind.

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But this project's
very mechanical.

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It' very simple, yet a
really challenging problem.

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-That may seem like not
much to most people,

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but it's huge to me.

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-There are many, many
ideas floating around,

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but one of them is a
gyroscope, something

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that would with the
gyroscopic motion

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that can keep the coffee level
while he's with his crutches.

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And this is one of
the designs that we

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saw online that kind of
resembles what we want to have.

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It's basically a cup
holder that allows

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motion, that allows it to stay
level when there is motion.

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-There's a kind of silicon cover
that goes over the coffee mug,

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and if it gets a good seal, then
it works really, really well.

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-Silicone cover does
wonders-- nothing.

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[LAUGHTER]

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-So you have water in there?

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-Yeah, it's pretty full.

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-Wow, that's great.

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-That really works.

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I mean, that's full.

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I try no to over think things,
get like a real simple thing

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that I couldn't do.

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And you're making it so I'm
going to be able to do it.

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[END PLAYBACK]

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LEXI DIEN: So, as
you saw in the video,

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we've been trying out a
lot of different prototypes

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with Paul, mainly things
that we found online,

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some things like this on-stage
cup holder, which is basically

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a cup holder that can
statically be just clicked

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on to his crutch, and it
doesn't help tipping at all,

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so if it was an open cup,
it would just pour out.

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But it's something that
helps the hands-free aspect.

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And something like the
water bottle holder

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would also do this maybe,
except for it might not

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fit a mug very well.

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So right now we're looking
into some snap-on clamps,

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like this one.

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It would just be easy to
snap on and off of his crutch

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so that he could take
it off and on the crutch

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very easily and very quickly.

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So I'm going to
pass these around

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for people to look at it.

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Some ideas for the
no-spill solution-- as you

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saw, we were thinking
gyroscope maybe.

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It turns out that that's a
little bit more complicated

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than we thought it would be.

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It's a little touchy.

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So we're trying to look a
little bit in a different way.

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The second thing we
did was the CoverFlex,

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which we showed in the video.

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It takes a little bit of time
to put on and off though,

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so we were looking into some
other ways, which one of them

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is this suction cover.

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So this is a mug, very easy.

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I'm going to pour
some water into it

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and then put one of these
section covers on top of it,

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and no water will spill out.

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So we're hoping that this will
be able to work for his mugs

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as well, and work on
that a little bit.

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Another thing that we're looking
into, which is coming in today,

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is this Spill-Not, which is
a device that's specifically

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made to counteract movement.

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When you place a mug
on it, basically, that

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would make it so that it
wouldn't spill hopefully.

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So we're looking into
that a little bit more.

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BRADY ENSTAD: So at
our client meaning

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for the first
prototype, like I said,

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we showed Paul the
on-stage microphone clip,

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and we showed him the
CoverFlex silicon cover,

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and we left those with
him this past week,

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and we're going to go back
on Wednesday after class

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and get is feedback on those.

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He was actually more
excited because we told him

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that the Spill-Not was coming.

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He was more excited about
that than anything else.

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But the CoverFlex, as
you saw in the video,

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actually worked
really, really well.

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The only difficulty with
it is that once you have it

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on and take it off,
like if there's

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been any spillage at all,
it's a little difficult

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to get it back on again,
which is why we decided to go

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with these suction covers.

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The only problem with those is
they might not fit his mugs.

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So there's a
possibility that we'll

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have to do a little bit
more shopping around

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to find larger covers that
will probably fit his mugs.

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That's honestly the biggest
problem is his mugs are huge.

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So coffee addict, or
something, but yeah,

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like I said he's super, duper
excited about the Spill-Not.

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And honestly one of
our biggest visions

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for what will end
up happening is

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that we'll be able to
incorporate the Spill-Not

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with a quick on-and-off
clamp, like the one that's

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going around.

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Like I said, the clamp, it
works really well on-stage,

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but it doesn't really
prevent spilling,

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and it's pretty slow because
it's a screw-on/screw-off type

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mechanism, as opposed
to just a quick clamp.

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He liked the CoverFlex,
but if there's

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something that's easier,
like those suction covers,

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then he would prefer that.

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So for future work,
as I said, we're

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going to be testing more
off-the-shell prototypes,

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different suction
mug covers maybe.

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The bike cup holder,
we haven't entirely

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abandoned that idea yet either.

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And then obviously,
the Spill-Not

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is what we're most
excited about.

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We're going to go get
feedback from Paul.

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And if he has some
feedback for us

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that we can't meet with any
off-the-shelf prototypes,

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then we're just going
to do some customization

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for his final prototype.

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PROFESSOR: So first
of all, you guys

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have scoped this really well, in
the sense that this is a really

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well-defined problem that
you've worked out with Paul.

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And it seems like you're
finding a lot of pieces

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to the solution that are already
out there, that maybe you

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can combine to make something
that's really good for him.

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So I would encourage you, or
have you thought about-- let

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me phrase this as a question.

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Have you thought about
the sustainability

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of your solution?

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So these cover flex things,
for example, how do they fail?

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And how will things break?

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And what is going
to have to replace?

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And sort of what is
the lifetime of what

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you're building for him?

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BRADY ENSTAD: So the great
thing about the CoverFlex

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is that it's actually
oven and dishwasher safe.

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So presumably, it's got a
relatively long life cycle,

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and we're thinking, honestly,
on the order of, hopefully,

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years because it is oven
and dishwasher safe,

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unless he somehow super-duper
heats it beyond what it's rated

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for, which I don't
really know how you'd

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do that because it's oven safe.

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And as far as the clamp, the
hands-free solution goes,

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frankly it's a purely
mechanical systems.

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So unless he finds
some way to snap off

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the clamp, which it could
happen, don't get me wrong,

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but the great thing about
these components that we found

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is that they're actually
relatively inexpensive.

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And so the idea we have
is that after the class

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is over we would leave him
with these part numbers.

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Because he has a computer
at home-- he's tech savvy.

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He used to work in IT-- so
if something were to break,

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he could just purchased
himself another one,

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assuming that there's not a
great deal of customization

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that goes into it.

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And we don't actually know the
scope of customization that's

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going to have to go into it
just yet because, as I said,

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what we're most excited
about is the Spill-Not,

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and we're not really
sure how that's

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going to be incorporated
with the clamp just yet.

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PROFESSOR 2: So I would
just kind of encourage

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as you're thinking about
the failure modes, not just

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the individual failure
modes, but kind

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of the cross-coupled
failure modes--

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as I was looking at the
seal, one of the ways

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that you release the seal is
by kind of flipping that edge,

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so you want to be careful
that that edge isn't actually

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going to be affected by
whatever your mechanism is

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for holding it.

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So think about the
kind of the coupling

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that you get between
your solutions,

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and not just the independent
issues that you have with them.

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One of the questions that
I had for you was regarding

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your performance metrics,
how you selected those on/off

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times, and how that
related to his function

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versus the mechanical
structure itself?

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And kind of from looking
at some of your video,

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I'm wondering--
I couldn't really

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tell if he had any additional
tremors or other issues

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as well that might
affect his function that

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might affect that timing.

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So if you could just talk on
that generation of timing?

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BRADY ENSTAD: Yeah, sure, so
honestly, we just asked Paul.

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We said, Paul, how quickly do
you want this thing be put on

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and be taken off?

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And he said, well,
relatively quickly,

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and he wouldn't give
us a solid number.

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So we were just
like, OK, you know,

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20 seconds is a little long.

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10 seconds seems like
a reasonable time.

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The great thing about Paul
is the only disability

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that he has is the fact
that his leg is amputated.

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So doesn't have any
tremors or anything

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else, any other
sort of disability.

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So I mean, as we talked
about actually in lecture

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earlier today, it's
possible as he gets older,

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those hands might start
shaking and that sort of thing.

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But that's actually why
we're excited about the clamp

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is because there's less
precision involved.

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It's just a pretty
simple snapping motion.

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So as far as like
generating those numbers,

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it was just basically a
kind of a general feeling

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we got from Paul, and
we went with, well,

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what do you think
about these numbers?

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And the great thing
about Paul is also

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one of the worst things
he's incredibly laid back,

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so he wasn't particularly
zealous about giving

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us had numbers.

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So he was pretty
willing to along

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with anything that we suggested.

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PROFESSOR 2: What are ways that
you think that you guys might

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be able to validate those
numbers a little bit more

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as you keep going
and looking at some

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of these different designs?

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BRADY ENSTAD: Sure, so if
you take a look at the clamp,

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between positioning
it and snapping it,

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I think you're probably looking
at realistically probably

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less than five seconds.

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It's not real picky about
where you put it on the crutch.

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So obviously, we're
just going to keep

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adjusting those
numbers as what's

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realistic becomes more apparent.

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Like I said, we don't
really know the degree

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of customization we're going to
have to go to yet, especially

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if we're going to
incorporate the Spill-Not.

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So once we get that and we do
a little bit more prototyping,

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I'd be able to give you
more solid answer for that.

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But as of right now,
we don't really know.

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PROFESSOR 3: I am a
coffee aficionado,

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and I just am OCD about
the cup that I have.

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I have two or three
mugs that I just love.

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I can press the Keurig twice,
and it fills it up just right.

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So I get that.

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But I'm wondering,
have you talked

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with this gentleman about
his ability or willingness

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to negotiate?

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To me, one of the
obvious solutions

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would be to have-- because
he has good hand function,

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presumably-- is to
fill up a thermos mug

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and have a simple clip that
you can put on his foreleg

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crutches, walk to a
table, and pour the coffee

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into his delightful cup.

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BRADY ENSTAD: So that's actually
one of the very first thoughts

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that we had, and we
asked Paul about that.

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And his reply honestly
surprised us a little bit.

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He's not honestly
concerned about carrying

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the cup of coffee
so much for himself,

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as it is that he wants
to help his wife out.

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Because while he was stuck in
the wheelchair, he was really,

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really reliant on
her, and so he wants

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to be able to carry a cup
of coffee for his wife.

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And his whole
thing about that is

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that I want to be able
to carry it in the mug

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and just give it
to her, and I don't

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want have to pour it out at the
table or anything like that.

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PROFESSOR 4: One or two quick
questions from the audience.

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AUDIENCE: So his Paul willing to
have something on his crutches,

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or is that [INAUDIBLE],
like the [INAUDIBLE]?

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BRADY ENSTAD: So that's why we
were talking about quick on/off

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times, and the answer to
that is, no, not really.

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He's OK with using it for
the short period of time

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that it takes to transport
the cup of coffee.

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But once he gets
to the couch, he

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wants to be able to take
it off because the way

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that he stores his crutches
when he's sitting down,

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is he puts them on the floor.

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And so if there's
anything attached to them

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that might possibly get in
the way was his concerned.

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So the quicker on/off
time, the better.

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PROFESSOR 4: [INAUDIBLE]
last question,

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then we can have Team Margaret
also begin to set up as well.

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PROFESSOR 3: The other
quick thing I wanted to ask

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is, have you consulted
an occupational therapist

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at all, someone who deals
with these kinds of approaches

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on a daily basis?

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There might be some other simple
solution that-- or maybe not so

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simple solution,
but an established

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solution that someone
has already dealt with.

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Because obviously, amputation
and this kind of injury

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is fairly common and ubiquitous.

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BRADY ENSTAD: And the answer
to that is, no, we haven't.

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But that sounds like
a really great idea,

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so we'll look into that.

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PROFESSOR 4: Thank you.

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BRADY ENSTAD: Thanks.

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TANYA TALKAR: So, hi, everyone.

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We're Team Margaret.

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I'm Tanya.

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LAURA D'AQUILA: I'm Laura.

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TANYA TALKAR: And
Beth his third member,

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but she's unable to get make
it to the presentation today.

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So this is the team.

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I think we might have shown
you this picture last week,

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but this is
Margaret, our client.

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Interesting story
about this picture--

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she was actually the
one who suggested

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that we take a selfie.

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So she's a great person.

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So a little bit about
her as a person.

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She is an artist, so she loves
to paint, loves to make arts

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and crafts.

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Her room is filled
with a bunch of crafts.

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She's also an advocate, so
she's on the Safety Council

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for The Boston Home,
which means that she's

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talking a lot with residents
to make sure that they are

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comfortable with their
position at The Boston Home

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and everything that's going on.

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And Laura will talk a little
bit about The Boston Home.

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She's also a friend.

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She FaceTimes a lot on her
iPad with friends and family,

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And she's an immensely
helpful mentor,

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not only to us, but also
all of the other residents

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of the Boston Home.

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So about her
disability-- she was

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diagnosed with
multiple sclerosis,

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and she decided on her own
to live at The Boston Home.

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So she has been
at The Boston Home

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for about eight years, gotten
during admission process.

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She gets around on a
motorized wheelchair.

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All of the resonance
have wheelchairs,

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and she's relatively
independent.

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She has some fatigue in terms
of trying to sign documents,

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or after using her iPad for a
while, she will get fatigued,

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and her fingers will drag.

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But she is still
relatively independent.

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And she was a social
worker before she

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came to The Boston
Home, which means

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that all of her thoughts and
actions are really altruistic.

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She's always thinking
about other people.

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LAURA D'AQUILA:
So this over here

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is a picture of The Boston Home.

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It's located in
Dorchester, Massachusetts.

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And Beth, Tanya, and I
go visit it every Friday

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to meet with Margaret,
other residents, and staff

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members of the home.

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To tell you a little
bit more about the home,

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it was founded in 1881
as a long-term care

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center for adults with
multiple sclerosis

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and other progressive
neurodegenerative diseases.

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The average resident in The
Boston Home is 58 years old,

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and The Boston Home
places great emphasis

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on independence of residents.

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So we'll see later
on that there's

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a lot of assistive
technology that does

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exist within The Boston Home.

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There's 96 residents in the
home and approximately 200 staff

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members.

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And it's a really
nice place to live.

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They have activities,
meetings, other social events,

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and it's known nationally for
providing exceptional care

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to residents.

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And this over here is a picture
of Don, one of our panelists.

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He's done a lot of
great work in the home

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for making sure that
residents do have access

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to assistive technology.

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For example, he mounts iPads
on the motorized wheelchairs

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of residents.

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He also has a 3D
printer that he's

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used to design pieces
of assistive technology.

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TANYA TALKAR: So
specifically, the activity

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that we've been working
with for the past month has

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been the nurse call system
or the call light system.

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And so what this is,
is that residents,

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if they're in their room, can
press a button-- we'll show it

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in a bit-- to call a
nurse and call and aide

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to come and help
them in their room.

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So there's a wired-in
call light system.

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It's a button that it has
been wired to the wall,

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and nurses are currently
trained to place this button

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in the middle of bed.

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Many times though,
it's forgotten about.

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So it's either not placed
in the middle of the better,

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or it's placed in
an unreachable spot.

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So Margaret sometimes
has to come up to a table

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and has to either
pull on the wire

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or pull on sheets to
try and get the button.

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And there's also just no
way of using the system

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if the resident is
outside the home.

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So.

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For example, there was a
resident who had gone outside,

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got stuck in a ditch, and
his wheelchair tipped over,

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and he was unable to call
The Boston Home to let them

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know that this has happened.

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So they had to have someone
who was passing by tell them

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that that happened.

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So this is the
call light system.

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The button is pretty
easy to press.

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It's just like a simple press.

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But, again, it's placed in
this kind of inconvenient spot,

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where Margaret can't reach.

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She doesn't have
much of a reach,

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so she can't reach up to
press the button if need be.

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And so in addition to that,
there's some other issues.

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Only one nurse is allowed to
answer the calls at any time.

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Her name's Angela.

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And so she sit at
the front desk,

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and this takes a
long time if there

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are multiple
residents calling in

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or if she has gone from
the desk and has to address

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another resident's issues.

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So an aide also has to come in
to turn off the call system,

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otherwise it keeps
on beeping, and that

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is quite annoying for both
the resident and the nurse.

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Many times, if there are
two rooms within a suite,

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as it is with Margaret,
so enter a door

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and there are two rooms there,
sometimes the wrong room

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is answered, so you'll have the
nurse call into the other room.

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And since this is
a speaker system,

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if the resident is unable
to speak really loudly,

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or, in Margaret's case, she once
pulling out a chest of drawers

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and it fell on her.

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So she was unable to both
reach the call light system.

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And if she had,
she wouldn't have

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been able to speak loud enough
for the nurse to hear her.

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And actually, to add
to that, so that's

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the reason why we're
planning on using

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an iPad for this solution.

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So we're planning on
creating application,

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because Margaret always
has her iPod with her,

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such that she can just
press a couple of buttons

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and be able to talk with
the nurses directly.

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LAURA D'AQUILA: So to talk more
about assistive technology,

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both what Margaret
herself uses and what

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other residents at
The Boston Home use,

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Margaret, along with
many other residents,

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uses a motorized
wheelchair to get around.

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And Margaret is very tech savvy.

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She owns both an
iPad and an iPhone,

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which she always has with her.

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And she owns a special
stylus so that she's actually

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able to use her iPad and
reach all ends of the screen.

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And they've come in handy
in emergency situations.

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Tanya mentioned the time when
the drawer fell on Margaret

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and she was unable to reach
the existing call light system

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button.

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But fortunately, because
she had her iPhone,

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she was able to call
for help that way.

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And the Tanya had mentioned
that Margaret is an artist,

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and she's able to
use a mouthpiece

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to hold her paintbrush,
and that's something

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that Don had designed for her.

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And along with other
residents in the home,

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Margaret has the call light
system button in her bedroom

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and also in the bathroom.

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So thanks to much of Don's work,
The Boston Home is very open

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to assistive
technology, and it's

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very prevalent
within the home now.

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For example, there exists a
cyber cafe, where resonance

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are able to use computers, and
both the keyboards and mice

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within the cyber cafe are
accessible to the needs

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of the residents with
their limited arm mobility.

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And there are also speech
therapists and occupational

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therapists on site, and these
individuals use technology,

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such as iPads, in
order to assess

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the progress of the residents.

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And Don has added many
features to wheelchairs

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throughout his time
their too, accommodating

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the different needs
of the residents.

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TANYA TALKAR: So to assess
how this application is going

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to work for Margaret and for the
residents, because her vision

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is that at the
end of this, we'll

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be able to have all 35
residents who are using iPads

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also use the system.

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We have a couple
of success metrics.

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They're mostly qualitative.

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So, one, we just
want to make sure

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that the correct iPad is
being called and answered

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and that the correct
resident is getting aid.

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We will also want to
time the amount of time

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that it takes for a
task to be completed.

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So suppose Margaret
needs a refill of water,

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so the nurse will come in
with the call light system,

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get the request, and then
go back to get the water.

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versus if we have this on the
iPad application, how much time

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that'll take.

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And then just success overall--
does this application actually

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integrate into the current
system with the nurses?

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Will the nurses actually
end up using the system?

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Will the residents actually end
up using the system as well?

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LAURA D'AQUILA: So
a few weeks ago we

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started discussing with
Margaret potential solutions

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to this problem.

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Tanya had mentioned that we're
going to be using an iPad.

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We work with Margaret to get
her input and her feedback

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to actually develop some
early sketches of what

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her end of this app looked like.

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And then within
the next week, we

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developed this into a
low fidelity iOS app,

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which I'll walk through now.

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So this is the home
screen of the app

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that Margaret is going
to have access to.

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It has two large
by things that are

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color-coded red and black, for
urgent and non-urgent requests.

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And should Margaret
press Non-Urgent Request,

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she's taken to the
next screen, which

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has six potentially customizable
buttons for a common requests

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that Margaret may
have for the nurse.

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For example, if she
needs a cup of water

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or if she wants a nurse
to come to a room,

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if she wants to be able to
video conference with a nurse,

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these are all buttons
that are easily

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accessible for her to press.

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And similarly, if Margaret
presses the Urgent button,

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she's taken directly into
a video call with a nurse.

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And at the bottom, there is
a Cancel Call button for her

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to cancel in the event
that she inadvertently

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pressed the button.

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TANYA TALKAR: So
amazingly enough,

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right after we transferred
this application to her iPad,

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she immediately
went off to go talk

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to some of the other residents
about the application, which

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is great.

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And so some of the feedback
that she came up with

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was that she wanted to make
sure that the buttons were

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large enough, in case residents
end up having some fatigue

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and their fingers start
dragging on the iPad.

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So she uses a stylus, but
not all of the residents do.

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So we just make sure that we
have larger buttons for this.

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She also wanted to make
sure that there was

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an option to type in messages.

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So suppose any of the
requests that a resident

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has isn't on the screen
with six buttons,

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that they will be able to
type in their own customized

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request.

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She also wants to make
sure that she's always

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talking with the nurse
through a video call

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because sometimes her
message or what she wants

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isn't conveyed through text.

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And something that all of the
residents said they wanted

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was that the application
be voice-activated

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because not all of
them are able to press

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the buttons at every
time, and that they'll

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be able to go forward
with this if they

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can't speak super well either.

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LAURA D'AQUILA: So in
addition to Margaret,

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because of the nature of the
system that we're building,

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we actually have an
additional client,

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and that's the nurse on
the other end of the system

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that Margaret's trying to reach.

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So we had mentioned all
of these nice features

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that we want the app to have,
for example, video chat.

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And none of this stuff is
feasible with the existing

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call light system that exists
already within the home.

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So because of that, we're
hoping to bypass the existing

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system altogether and have
the nurse on the other end

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have an iPad or
a computer screen

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as well with an instance
of this app running

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00:32:23,170 --> 00:32:25,980
so that she can receive
the requests from Margaret

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on this app.

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So because of this, we've
had to speak with and work

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with Angela, who,
as Tanya mentioned,

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is the nurse on the first floor,
which is Margaret's floor, so

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that we can make sure that
we can accommodate her needs.

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In addition to Margaret's
needs in terms of what

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00:32:41,430 --> 00:32:43,180
this application should have.

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And we've also worked
with Don to make sure

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that this app is feasible to
be adopted within the nurse's

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00:32:49,890 --> 00:32:50,660
station.

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And within the next
few weeks, we're

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also going to work on speaking
with other management level

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00:32:57,390 --> 00:32:59,270
people within The
Boston Home to make sure

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that we're able to get
their go-to as well.

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00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,940
And one potential thing
that we're still discussing

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00:33:05,940 --> 00:33:12,260
is how to acquire a potential
iPad that the nurse would

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00:33:12,260 --> 00:33:13,094
need at her station.

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So we're looking into whether
this is something The Boston

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00:33:15,510 --> 00:33:17,450
Home would purchase, or
whether it's something

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00:33:17,450 --> 00:33:19,840
that we may need to get
with our own team budget.

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So in terms of the timeline, we
spent the first month speaking

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with Margaret, getting
to know her, her needs,

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00:33:28,460 --> 00:33:31,380
and what she's looking for
in a potential solution.

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And then in October,
we were able to assess

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00:33:34,225 --> 00:33:35,980
in greater detail
the feasibility

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of an iPad-based
solution on both ends.

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We worked with
Margaret and Angela.

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We developed a low fidelity
prototypes for Margaret

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00:33:43,710 --> 00:33:46,960
and tested this out
and received feedback.

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00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:49,710
And then in November,
our plans include

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developing a low fidelity
prototypes for Angela,

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00:33:52,590 --> 00:33:55,619
for the nurses' side of
the nurse call system.

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We hope to receive
feedback from that

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00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,510
and iterate through
those prototypes as well.

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We also want to work on the
back end of actually sending

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requests from Margaret's
iPad to the nurses' iPads.

725
00:34:06,430 --> 00:34:09,810
And we want to get video
conferencing set up

726
00:34:09,810 --> 00:34:11,090
the week after that.

727
00:34:11,090 --> 00:34:13,205
And then finally, hopefully
by the end of November

728
00:34:13,205 --> 00:34:14,790
or beginning of
December, we'll have

729
00:34:14,790 --> 00:34:17,310
an app that's able to
be used within the home

730
00:34:17,310 --> 00:34:20,330
by not only Margaret, but
potentially other residents

731
00:34:20,330 --> 00:34:23,489
in the home as well, and we can
continue to test it out and get

732
00:34:23,489 --> 00:34:24,354
feedback from them.

733
00:34:27,855 --> 00:34:29,480
TANYA TALKAR: So a
little bit about how

734
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,360
the logistics for this
project go-- our meetings are

735
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:33,364
pretty conversational.

736
00:34:33,364 --> 00:34:35,030
They're less like an
interview, and more

737
00:34:35,030 --> 00:34:38,760
just us talking with
Margaret, Angela, Don.

738
00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,699
So Laura is mostly in charge
of the videos and pictures,

739
00:34:41,699 --> 00:34:44,250
and then Beth and I are the
ones who are taking notes,

740
00:34:44,250 --> 00:34:46,270
asking the questions.

741
00:34:46,270 --> 00:34:51,790
And we meet before the meetings
to go over speaking notes

742
00:34:51,790 --> 00:34:53,810
and go over an agenda
of what exactly

743
00:34:53,810 --> 00:34:57,130
we want to be accomplished
during the meeting.

744
00:34:57,130 --> 00:35:00,370
As for division of work for the
application itself, all of us

745
00:35:00,370 --> 00:35:02,410
are new to iOS development.

746
00:35:02,410 --> 00:35:04,120
So we're learning
all of this together.

747
00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,244
We're planning on mostly
working on the application

748
00:35:06,244 --> 00:35:08,650
as a team, all three
of us together.

749
00:35:08,650 --> 00:35:10,840
And then for other things,
Beth and Laura mainly

750
00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:14,069
worked on the video, and I was
mostly in charge of the report

751
00:35:14,069 --> 00:35:16,110
and the presentation for
the mid-semester panels.

752
00:35:21,019 --> 00:35:22,560
LAURA D'AQUILA: So
to conclude, we're

753
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,287
very excited to be working
on this project with Margaret

754
00:35:25,287 --> 00:35:25,870
this semester.

755
00:35:25,870 --> 00:35:28,460
It's been a lot of fun so
far, and it's exciting to us

756
00:35:28,460 --> 00:35:30,570
that this is something
that could potentially not

757
00:35:30,570 --> 00:35:32,390
only benefit Margaret,
but could also

758
00:35:32,390 --> 00:35:35,530
benefit many other residents
of The Boston Home,

759
00:35:35,530 --> 00:35:37,640
should this be more
universally adopted.

760
00:35:48,386 --> 00:35:49,760
PROFESSOR 2: So
one of the things

761
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:51,400
that you guys mentioned
at the beginning,

762
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:53,150
as you were talking
about the call system,

763
00:35:53,150 --> 00:35:55,940
was some of the regulations
that are in place at the home.

764
00:35:55,940 --> 00:35:59,270
Can you talk about how
your system actually

765
00:35:59,270 --> 00:36:01,550
can map to some of
those regulations,

766
00:36:01,550 --> 00:36:06,110
and if they have to change in
any way to use your system?

767
00:36:08,294 --> 00:36:10,460
TANYA TALKAR: So that was
actually one of the things

768
00:36:10,460 --> 00:36:13,043
that we are considering when we
were thinking about whether we

769
00:36:13,043 --> 00:36:15,830
wanted to interface with the
current call light system,

770
00:36:15,830 --> 00:36:18,539
or whether we would create
this separate iPad application.

771
00:36:18,539 --> 00:36:20,080
And that's also one
of things we need

772
00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,490
to talk with for administration.

773
00:36:22,490 --> 00:36:27,190
We believe that due to this
being a separate application,

774
00:36:27,190 --> 00:36:30,450
we shouldn't need to
have the nurses go in

775
00:36:30,450 --> 00:36:34,290
and turn off anything
on the iPad, which

776
00:36:34,290 --> 00:36:38,140
is what they need to currently
do with the call light system.

777
00:36:38,140 --> 00:36:40,570
And that's something that
the company themselves

778
00:36:40,570 --> 00:36:42,490
had come up with as
a regulation, that it

779
00:36:42,490 --> 00:36:44,700
would have to be turned
off by a nurse aide.

780
00:36:44,700 --> 00:36:48,630
But for this, because it's the
resident who's in charge of it,

781
00:36:48,630 --> 00:36:50,810
and they'll be video
calling with the nurse,

782
00:36:50,810 --> 00:36:52,561
we believe that it
shouldn't be a problem.

783
00:36:52,561 --> 00:36:54,560
PROFESSOR 2: So I guess
my question is, how does

784
00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:55,880
that regulation actually map?

785
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:58,710
So not the fact that
the system requires it,

786
00:36:58,710 --> 00:37:00,720
but what is the kind of
the purpose of having

787
00:37:00,720 --> 00:37:02,244
that regulation
requirement, and is

788
00:37:02,244 --> 00:37:04,410
it something that you guys
should be matching or not

789
00:37:04,410 --> 00:37:05,280
matching?

790
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,210
It's an open question.

791
00:37:07,210 --> 00:37:10,260
Is there a benefit to having
the nurse specifically

792
00:37:10,260 --> 00:37:12,750
go there and turn
off, and did they

793
00:37:12,750 --> 00:37:15,122
design that into the
system not because it

794
00:37:15,122 --> 00:37:16,830
was needed for the
system, but because it

795
00:37:16,830 --> 00:37:20,010
was important for the task?

796
00:37:20,010 --> 00:37:22,774
TANYA TALKAR: So we've
asked everyone about that.

797
00:37:22,774 --> 00:37:24,440
They haven't really
been able to come up

798
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,550
with an answer for that.

799
00:37:27,550 --> 00:37:30,410
Margaret herself kind
of finds it intrusive

800
00:37:30,410 --> 00:37:33,090
that you have to come in and
turn off the light manually,

801
00:37:33,090 --> 00:37:36,650
instead of her just being
able to turn it off.

802
00:37:36,650 --> 00:37:39,310
So, yeah, we're not
really completely sure

803
00:37:39,310 --> 00:37:42,194
why that is there.

804
00:37:42,194 --> 00:37:44,360
We just know that it's a
regulation on the company's

805
00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:46,580
part.

806
00:37:46,580 --> 00:37:50,700
PROFESSOR 3: Well, it's clearly
a Department of Public Health

807
00:37:50,700 --> 00:37:54,740
regulation, and it evolved out
of abuse and neglect issues,

808
00:37:54,740 --> 00:38:00,210
where you could
respond to a resident

809
00:38:00,210 --> 00:38:03,670
or just repeatedly shut
their call request off,

810
00:38:03,670 --> 00:38:05,340
without really
addressing a need.

811
00:38:05,340 --> 00:38:12,180
But skirting DPH--
sometimes you sort of

812
00:38:12,180 --> 00:38:15,170
have to play the
game a little bit.

813
00:38:15,170 --> 00:38:20,430
So if it's an experimental
or a redundant system,

814
00:38:20,430 --> 00:38:22,880
it may not have to
match their regulations

815
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:29,900
as long as the primary one meets
those specific requirements

816
00:38:29,900 --> 00:38:36,730
of having someone go
to attend to them.

817
00:38:36,730 --> 00:38:44,150
But I am curious how you honed
in on that specific approach

818
00:38:44,150 --> 00:38:49,130
that you've taken of using the
iPad and using that simple GUI,

819
00:38:49,130 --> 00:38:52,385
versus some of the ideas
I had pitched initially.

820
00:38:54,607 --> 00:38:56,690
TANYA TALKAR: So I think
I was mostly through just

821
00:38:56,690 --> 00:38:58,020
talking to Margaret.

822
00:38:58,020 --> 00:39:03,200
And her approach to this was
that if she was in a situation

823
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:05,780
where she wasn't able to
reach the call light system,

824
00:39:05,780 --> 00:39:11,940
her immediate thought
would be to use her iPhone

825
00:39:11,940 --> 00:39:13,740
and call The Boston
Home and try and reach

826
00:39:13,740 --> 00:39:15,055
the nurses through that.

827
00:39:15,055 --> 00:39:18,960
And so we felt that that would
be a little easier to interface

828
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,630
in that way, in terms of
she always has her iPad

829
00:39:21,630 --> 00:39:23,790
or her iPhone with her.

830
00:39:23,790 --> 00:39:27,890
And so suppose there were
connectivity issues in terms

831
00:39:27,890 --> 00:39:31,667
of like we weren't unable
to reach the-- suppose

832
00:39:31,667 --> 00:39:34,250
there was like a Bluetooth that
was attached to the call light

833
00:39:34,250 --> 00:39:38,410
system, if that connectivity
wasn't established and wasn't

834
00:39:38,410 --> 00:39:40,310
stable, then that
would be an issue,

835
00:39:40,310 --> 00:39:42,730
as opposed to having
Wi-Fi, which I think

836
00:39:42,730 --> 00:39:45,653
would be more reliable
within the home and slightly

837
00:39:45,653 --> 00:39:46,819
outside of the home as well.

838
00:39:47,145 --> 00:39:47,895
PROFESSOR 3: Good.

839
00:39:53,550 --> 00:39:57,400
PROFESSOR 1: What I would ask is
how much function does Margaret

840
00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,090
herself actually have?

841
00:39:59,090 --> 00:40:01,190
It's clear that you're
trying to broaden

842
00:40:01,190 --> 00:40:03,700
this other members of The
Boston Home, which is great,

843
00:40:03,700 --> 00:40:07,960
but what can Margaret
herself do with an iPad app,

844
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:11,550
and have you measured
that, or have you observed

845
00:40:11,550 --> 00:40:14,920
her use of the prototype?

846
00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:19,230
LAURA D'AQUILA: So Margaret
has limited use of her arms,

847
00:40:19,230 --> 00:40:22,160
and it varies depending
on how tired she is.

848
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,050
So when she's
particularly fatigued,

849
00:40:24,050 --> 00:40:30,530
it's even harder for her
to reach the full screen

850
00:40:30,530 --> 00:40:32,160
coverage of the iPad.

851
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:35,180
But because of the fact that
she has a stylus that definitely

852
00:40:35,180 --> 00:40:37,150
helps, but that's also
part of the reason

853
00:40:37,150 --> 00:40:41,650
why we had looked into
adding the large buttons

854
00:40:41,650 --> 00:40:45,980
so that it's more feasible for
Margaret and other residents

855
00:40:45,980 --> 00:40:51,940
to be able to use all of these
functionalities of the app.

856
00:40:51,940 --> 00:40:54,650
But, yeah, she can move her
arms a little bit, but not very

857
00:40:54,650 --> 00:40:55,480
much.

858
00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:58,110
Tanya had mentioned that on
the first day we met with her,

859
00:40:58,110 --> 00:41:04,900
we needed her to sign a
contract for our team contract,

860
00:41:04,900 --> 00:41:07,380
and it was clearly
a struggle for her

861
00:41:07,380 --> 00:41:10,590
to be able to move her
arms to sign the document.

862
00:41:10,590 --> 00:41:13,920
When she paints, she
uses a mouthpiece

863
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:15,970
so that she can do it that way.

864
00:41:15,970 --> 00:41:25,080
So I'd say that her arm
movement is pretty limited,

865
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:29,040
but because of the stylus,
she's able to at least get

866
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:29,787
by with the iPad.

867
00:41:32,591 --> 00:41:34,757
PROFESSOR 2: We can probably
take another one or two

868
00:41:34,757 --> 00:41:37,242
questions if anyone
has comments.

869
00:41:43,206 --> 00:41:45,691
AUDIENCE: I have a question.

870
00:41:45,691 --> 00:41:48,673
You talked about there was that
situation when someone fell

871
00:41:48,673 --> 00:41:50,164
over and was stuck in a ditch.

872
00:41:50,164 --> 00:41:55,850
How could they access this
application in the iPad?

873
00:41:55,850 --> 00:41:57,215
Are you considering [INAUDIBLE]?

874
00:41:59,890 --> 00:42:01,630
LAURA D'AQUILA: Right,
so maybe depending

875
00:42:01,630 --> 00:42:04,760
on the exact situation,
they personally may not

876
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:06,120
be able to use this app.

877
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:08,130
But in the event
that maybe there's

878
00:42:08,130 --> 00:42:09,935
another resident
who's also outside,

879
00:42:09,935 --> 00:42:13,240
it may be a little bit easier
for that second resident

880
00:42:13,240 --> 00:42:16,090
to call for help while they're
still outside, as opposed

881
00:42:16,090 --> 00:42:18,200
to having to go
into the building

882
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:21,305
to alert the nurses
of what had happened.

883
00:42:21,305 --> 00:42:22,680
But, yeah, in the
event that it's

884
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:28,860
just one person outside and
depending on the situation,

885
00:42:28,860 --> 00:42:31,470
if they're not able to use
the iPad, like if it fell

886
00:42:31,470 --> 00:42:34,005
or something, then I guess
it wouldn't help them.

887
00:42:34,005 --> 00:42:35,380
But it's more so
in the situation

888
00:42:35,380 --> 00:42:36,630
where there's multiple people.

889
00:42:39,386 --> 00:42:40,969
AUDIENCE: I thought
it was interesting

890
00:42:40,969 --> 00:42:43,915
that you had identified the
nurses as your second client.

891
00:42:43,915 --> 00:42:46,870
It's very smart
of you to do that.

892
00:42:46,870 --> 00:42:51,699
How many signals are they being
bombarded by on an average day,

893
00:42:51,699 --> 00:42:58,327
and how is that going to
affect how you would get

894
00:42:58,327 --> 00:43:01,630
their attention [INAUDIBLE]?

895
00:43:01,630 --> 00:43:03,780
TANYA TALKAR: So
Angela currently just

896
00:43:03,780 --> 00:43:07,500
has the nurse call system plus
a computer set up at the desk.

897
00:43:07,500 --> 00:43:09,360
And then, of course,
if there any nurses

898
00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:11,060
who are coming up
to her to talk,

899
00:43:11,060 --> 00:43:12,900
that will be a
distraction as well.

900
00:43:12,900 --> 00:43:14,910
So that was one of
the primary things

901
00:43:14,910 --> 00:43:18,460
that we wanted to address with
her when we talked to her.

902
00:43:18,460 --> 00:43:20,960
So that's why we're wondering,
should it be on the computer,

903
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:22,540
or should it be on
a separate iPad?

904
00:43:22,540 --> 00:43:25,380
And she did tell us that
with all the signals

905
00:43:25,380 --> 00:43:27,410
that she's getting, if
it was on the computer,

906
00:43:27,410 --> 00:43:30,470
she would not be looking at it
because you'll be most probably

907
00:43:30,470 --> 00:43:34,340
browsing other applications,
if it's email or whatever.

908
00:43:34,340 --> 00:43:36,290
And then with the
call light system,

909
00:43:36,290 --> 00:43:39,620
that is also something that
beeps whenever someone calls

910
00:43:39,620 --> 00:43:40,840
in, so she will address that.

911
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:42,600
But if there is an
iPad just mounted

912
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:44,480
like right in the
middle there, she'll

913
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:47,260
be able to see that as a
notification coming in.

914
00:43:47,260 --> 00:43:50,490
And she said that
because of where

915
00:43:50,490 --> 00:43:53,310
she is sitting at the desk,
then she'll be able to see that.

916
00:43:59,706 --> 00:44:01,674
AUDIENCE: I just had a question.

917
00:44:01,674 --> 00:44:04,872
I noticed I didn't hear
anything about what

918
00:44:04,872 --> 00:44:08,070
was the client [INAUDIBLE]
nurse [INAUDIBLE]

919
00:44:08,070 --> 00:44:11,514
in terms of the [? hybrid ?]
liability of this application.

920
00:44:11,514 --> 00:44:14,466
Have you guys considered
putting that into your metric

921
00:44:14,466 --> 00:44:16,450
as well for success?

922
00:44:16,450 --> 00:44:19,240
Like what does
she expect to work

923
00:44:19,240 --> 00:44:22,120
90% of the time,
80% of the time?

924
00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:26,100
And also, what [INAUDIBLE]?

925
00:44:26,100 --> 00:44:27,974
You know, complicated
systems are complicated

926
00:44:27,974 --> 00:44:31,646
for a reason Maybe that's
something-- like have you

927
00:44:31,646 --> 00:44:33,770
guys had a conversation
with the client about this?

928
00:44:37,496 --> 00:44:39,370
LAURA D'AQUILA: We
haven't had a conversation

929
00:44:39,370 --> 00:44:42,060
about a specific number,
but one of the benefits

930
00:44:42,060 --> 00:44:45,820
to the fact that we have
this iPad system on top

931
00:44:45,820 --> 00:44:49,680
of the existing system is that
in the event that Wi-Fi goes

932
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:51,390
out or something like
that in the home,

933
00:44:51,390 --> 00:44:54,730
and the iPad app
that isn't working,

934
00:44:54,730 --> 00:44:57,090
then Margaret does
have the ability

935
00:44:57,090 --> 00:45:01,540
to simply use the system
that's in place, which I think

936
00:45:01,540 --> 00:45:05,970
is known to at least go through
to the nurse pretty reliably,

937
00:45:05,970 --> 00:45:08,740
if not receive a
response all the time.

938
00:45:08,740 --> 00:45:11,240
PROFESSOR 2: All right, let's
have Team [? Aaron ?] come up.

939
00:45:20,070 --> 00:45:21,840
PHILIP: So hello, everyone.

940
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:23,400
We're Team Kate.

941
00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:24,979
My name is Philip [INAUDIBLE].

942
00:45:24,979 --> 00:45:26,104
And my teammates here are--

943
00:45:26,104 --> 00:45:28,096
JENNY: Jenny.

944
00:45:28,096 --> 00:45:30,090
RAQUEL: Hi, I'm Raquel.

945
00:45:30,090 --> 00:45:32,751
[? PHILIP: So ?] today we're
just going to talk about

946
00:45:32,751 --> 00:45:35,250
the progress that we've made
over the course of the last few

947
00:45:35,250 --> 00:45:37,760
weeks in our project with Kate.

948
00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:41,090
Let me quickly introduce
who our client is.

949
00:45:41,090 --> 00:45:44,070
Over the last few weeks,
we've been talking about Kate.

950
00:45:44,070 --> 00:45:47,130
She's our client, and she works
at the Cambridge Disabilities

951
00:45:47,130 --> 00:45:48,400
Commission.

952
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:52,680
She has profound hearing loss,
and wears a cochlear implant.

953
00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:55,740
We also have this really short
video, about two minutes long,

954
00:45:55,740 --> 00:45:58,250
in which talks about herself
and a little bit more

955
00:45:58,250 --> 00:46:00,340
about the hearing
impairment that she has.

956
00:46:00,340 --> 00:46:03,322
[VIDEO PLAYBACK]

957
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:11,790
-Without my cochlear implants,
I have no residual hearing

958
00:46:11,790 --> 00:46:15,940
at all, so that would
be considered profound.

959
00:46:15,940 --> 00:46:21,106
With my cochlear implants, I
have a mild to moderate hearing

960
00:46:21,106 --> 00:46:21,605
loss.

961
00:46:21,605 --> 00:46:24,360
But obviously, I do really
well with my implants.

962
00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:25,940
You through in any
background noise,

963
00:46:25,940 --> 00:46:27,870
and it's just you
can forget about it.

964
00:46:27,870 --> 00:46:29,360
In this kind of
setting I do really

965
00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:30,651
well with my cochlear implants.

966
00:46:35,970 --> 00:46:38,875
So I was born with a
very mild hearing loss.

967
00:46:38,875 --> 00:46:41,360
I just had like preferential
seating in school.

968
00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:44,110
And it became profound
or rapidly progressive

969
00:46:44,110 --> 00:46:46,080
when I was 13.

970
00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:50,230
It went from mild to moderate
to severe and then to profound.

971
00:46:50,230 --> 00:46:54,210
I got my first cochlear
implant my left side in 1999.

972
00:46:54,210 --> 00:47:03,230
I had my right side done in
2008, so nine years later.

973
00:47:03,230 --> 00:47:06,020
It is not a quick fix.

974
00:47:06,020 --> 00:47:08,314
So when it was first
turned on, everything,

975
00:47:08,314 --> 00:47:10,230
like my brother's would
like stomp their feet,

976
00:47:10,230 --> 00:47:12,604
and it would sound like someone
was ringing little bells.

977
00:47:12,604 --> 00:47:13,370
It was weird.

978
00:47:13,370 --> 00:47:15,790
And I couldn't
understand any speech,

979
00:47:15,790 --> 00:47:18,780
but I had to force myself
to turn my hearing aid off

980
00:47:18,780 --> 00:47:19,960
on the right side.

981
00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:25,200
And I was home from college
for six or seven weeks.

982
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:28,970
and I did all these listening
exercises with my family.

983
00:47:28,970 --> 00:47:30,150
We made it a game.

984
00:47:30,150 --> 00:47:32,220
Like my mom would
take children's books.

985
00:47:32,220 --> 00:47:34,950
And at first, she
would read them aloud,

986
00:47:34,950 --> 00:47:36,970
and I would follow along,
trying to place what

987
00:47:36,970 --> 00:47:38,421
I was hearing with the words.

988
00:47:38,421 --> 00:47:39,920
And then I would
graduate from that,

989
00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:43,009
and I wasn't allowed to
follow along-- to read along.

990
00:47:43,009 --> 00:47:44,550
and I was trying to
follow the story,

991
00:47:44,550 --> 00:47:47,060
just basically
training my brain.

992
00:47:47,060 --> 00:47:51,560
So my brain was receiving the
signal in a slightly new way.

993
00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:53,580
And so I basically had
to retrain my brain

994
00:47:53,580 --> 00:47:56,420
how to take that signal and
interpret it into usable sound.

995
00:48:00,560 --> 00:48:02,630
I mean, I can't
tell you how much

996
00:48:02,630 --> 00:48:03,990
it has changed my life though.

997
00:48:03,990 --> 00:48:05,800
Like I used to
walk around college

998
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:09,130
with a little whiteboard, and
people would write notes to me.

999
00:48:09,130 --> 00:48:13,670
It has completely changed
my life-- completely.

1000
00:48:13,670 --> 00:48:14,650
So for me.

1001
00:48:14,650 --> 00:48:16,880
It was so worth it.

1002
00:48:20,608 --> 00:48:24,427
[END PLAYBACK]

1003
00:48:24,427 --> 00:48:26,260
PHILIP: So we've already
seen from the video

1004
00:48:26,260 --> 00:48:27,990
that Katie uses
cochlear implants,

1005
00:48:27,990 --> 00:48:31,490
and on this I would
just like to mention

1006
00:48:31,490 --> 00:48:34,420
that a lot of people who
have hearing impediments

1007
00:48:34,420 --> 00:48:39,650
still have functional nerve
ending, the auditory nerves.

1008
00:48:39,650 --> 00:48:42,104
The main problem is
just that the part

1009
00:48:42,104 --> 00:48:44,860
of the ear that is
responsible for transmitting

1010
00:48:44,860 --> 00:48:49,160
sound to an electric
signals that are translated

1011
00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:52,000
by the brain aren't functional.

1012
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:55,700
So it is that part of the
ear that the cochlear implant

1013
00:48:55,700 --> 00:48:57,905
tries to fix.

1014
00:48:57,905 --> 00:48:59,280
So the cochlear
implant basically

1015
00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:01,390
provides a new channel
through which sound

1016
00:49:01,390 --> 00:49:05,400
signals can be transmitted
to electrical signals

1017
00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:07,840
for the brain to interpret.

1018
00:49:07,840 --> 00:49:10,300
RAQUEL: So now we can get
into a little bit of what

1019
00:49:10,300 --> 00:49:13,200
our goals is a Team Kate.

1020
00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:16,370
So our major goal here is
to create cochlear implant

1021
00:49:16,370 --> 00:49:19,990
attachments, so whether it's
covers or clip-on add-ons

1022
00:49:19,990 --> 00:49:23,740
to her cochlear implant
to kind of hit on three

1023
00:49:23,740 --> 00:49:26,950
particular sub-goals in this.

1024
00:49:26,950 --> 00:49:29,580
So the first is to provide
some water resistance

1025
00:49:29,580 --> 00:49:30,210
to her implant.

1026
00:49:30,210 --> 00:49:32,210
So currently, it
isn't water resistant,

1027
00:49:32,210 --> 00:49:35,940
and she doesn't have a cover
that she uses for that.

1028
00:49:35,940 --> 00:49:39,260
So to give some
context for that desire

1029
00:49:39,260 --> 00:49:41,990
is that she, just
like any of us,

1030
00:49:41,990 --> 00:49:44,930
often finds ourselves
in the rain.

1031
00:49:44,930 --> 00:49:46,970
It seems like it's a
great day to begin with,

1032
00:49:46,970 --> 00:49:49,290
and by the end of
day, it's pouring.

1033
00:49:49,290 --> 00:49:51,890
So for Kate that means
walking around with her hands

1034
00:49:51,890 --> 00:49:53,650
like this, covering
her implants,

1035
00:49:53,650 --> 00:49:55,900
or taking off her
implants entirely,

1036
00:49:55,900 --> 00:50:00,810
and that's not ideal because
she can no longer hear.

1037
00:50:00,810 --> 00:50:03,300
A second goal for
our implant covers

1038
00:50:03,300 --> 00:50:06,850
are to provide some
sort of sound blocking.

1039
00:50:06,850 --> 00:50:11,820
So Kate has issues in
noisy environments.

1040
00:50:11,820 --> 00:50:15,192
And what I mean by this is
like in a lobby or a restaurant

1041
00:50:15,192 --> 00:50:17,400
where there's just lots of
background noise going on,

1042
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:19,260
she has problems
distinguishing sounds

1043
00:50:19,260 --> 00:50:21,804
that are coming from behind
her from sounds that are

1044
00:50:21,804 --> 00:50:22,970
coming from in front of her.

1045
00:50:22,970 --> 00:50:25,019
So she's having a
conversation with somebody.

1046
00:50:25,019 --> 00:50:26,560
It's hard to actually
comprehend what

1047
00:50:26,560 --> 00:50:29,450
they're saying when there's
lots of noise from behind.

1048
00:50:29,450 --> 00:50:32,460
And currently, her implant
just has a single microphone

1049
00:50:32,460 --> 00:50:34,840
so there's no kind of
sound directionality

1050
00:50:34,840 --> 00:50:36,380
capability to it.

1051
00:50:36,380 --> 00:50:38,850
And so an idea for
this is just provide

1052
00:50:38,850 --> 00:50:41,360
some sort of physical barrier
to basically block sound

1053
00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:43,820
from behind her.

1054
00:50:43,820 --> 00:50:45,440
The third thing here
is attachedness.

1055
00:50:45,440 --> 00:50:48,770
So she has a problem with
her cochlear implants

1056
00:50:48,770 --> 00:50:52,280
just falling off all the
time for different reasons.

1057
00:50:52,280 --> 00:50:55,766
But one goal for us is
to try to just provide

1058
00:50:55,766 --> 00:50:57,890
something that gives it a
little bit more stability

1059
00:50:57,890 --> 00:51:00,650
so it just stays
on her head more.

1060
00:51:00,650 --> 00:51:02,820
So the context of
that one in particular

1061
00:51:02,820 --> 00:51:05,520
is really just any
place, any time.

1062
00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:07,390
The context for all
of these are kind

1063
00:51:07,390 --> 00:51:09,790
of just very portable
things that she

1064
00:51:09,790 --> 00:51:11,410
can use in her everyday life.

1065
00:51:15,590 --> 00:51:17,730
So we've come up with
a few success metrics.

1066
00:51:17,730 --> 00:51:21,680
We haven't formally
tested these yet.

1067
00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:23,280
But for the water
resistance goal

1068
00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:25,600
here, we'll be doing something
like a water bead test

1069
00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:28,660
for the material to make sure
that it's water resistant.

1070
00:51:31,540 --> 00:51:33,650
I guess I should say
that Kate has gotten

1071
00:51:33,650 --> 00:51:37,150
a demo of her cochlear
implant from the company that

1072
00:51:37,150 --> 00:51:40,290
makes her implants, so we can
do these water resistance tests

1073
00:51:40,290 --> 00:51:42,120
not on her actual implant.

1074
00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:45,090
But something like putting a
material, like a paper towel

1075
00:51:45,090 --> 00:51:47,650
or something that would show
wetness, around the implant,

1076
00:51:47,650 --> 00:51:49,760
putting on her cover,
spraying it, and looking

1077
00:51:49,760 --> 00:51:52,990
for signs of wetness and where
that wetness is coming in.

1078
00:51:52,990 --> 00:51:54,710
Sound blocking,
what we plan to do

1079
00:51:54,710 --> 00:51:58,070
is kind of a human subject
experiment with her.

1080
00:51:58,070 --> 00:52:01,910
So what we'll do is play noise,
a noisy environment behind her

1081
00:52:01,910 --> 00:52:04,440
from different audio clips.

1082
00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:06,450
and then have audio
clips in front of her

1083
00:52:06,450 --> 00:52:09,000
of speech or just
a conversation,

1084
00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:11,290
and try to kind of get
her subjective feedback,

1085
00:52:11,290 --> 00:52:15,280
and identify her threshold for
the volume of that conversation

1086
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:17,370
in front of her, and
when she recognize that

1087
00:52:17,370 --> 00:52:20,609
with and without our different
sound-blocking devices.

1088
00:52:20,609 --> 00:52:22,400
And then attachedness--
so currently, we've

1089
00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:25,510
talked to Kate, and her
cochlear implants can fall out

1090
00:52:25,510 --> 00:52:29,230
up to 10 or 12 times a day,
and this isn't even necessarily

1091
00:52:29,230 --> 00:52:31,220
when she's being
particularly active.

1092
00:52:31,220 --> 00:52:33,930
So our goal is something
less than three time a day,

1093
00:52:33,930 --> 00:52:36,096
just something more reasonable
for her to deal with.

1094
00:52:43,690 --> 00:52:46,310
JENNY: So during our design
process, we talked to Kate,

1095
00:52:46,310 --> 00:52:49,030
and he's really, really
excited about this project

1096
00:52:49,030 --> 00:52:52,380
because it has been a problem
for her for a very long time,

1097
00:52:52,380 --> 00:52:56,040
and she showed us a bunch of
her existing solutions she has.

1098
00:52:56,040 --> 00:52:59,190
She had a head band that you
could hook the implants into,

1099
00:52:59,190 --> 00:53:00,890
and that would
keep them in place.

1100
00:53:00,890 --> 00:53:02,840
But it's very sporty.

1101
00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:06,057
It's a bright colored headband,
and it wasn't something

1102
00:53:06,057 --> 00:53:07,140
that she was pleased with.

1103
00:53:07,140 --> 00:53:12,280
And then she also had some
other kind of neoprene sleeves

1104
00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:15,850
that she could put
over her implants,

1105
00:53:15,850 --> 00:53:20,920
but these technologies were
all like pretty primitive,

1106
00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:27,500
and they only served to
solve one problem at once.

1107
00:53:27,500 --> 00:53:32,970
So through talking to her, we
identified a bunch of feature

1108
00:53:32,970 --> 00:53:34,810
that we wanted to
address, the three

1109
00:53:34,810 --> 00:53:37,260
features-- the water
resistance, sound blocking,

1110
00:53:37,260 --> 00:53:40,400
and attachedness-- and
we began prototyping.

1111
00:53:40,400 --> 00:53:44,270
So we each individually
sketched designs

1112
00:53:44,270 --> 00:53:47,126
so we could come up with many
ideas when we came together.

1113
00:53:47,126 --> 00:53:52,200
And as a team we chose
the few to prototype out.

1114
00:53:52,200 --> 00:53:54,410
And I'll show that
on the next slide.

1115
00:53:54,410 --> 00:53:59,730
But we used [INAUDIBLE], which
were two materials that we

1116
00:53:59,730 --> 00:54:01,590
discovered during lecture.

1117
00:54:01,590 --> 00:54:05,310
And then last week we presented
the prototypes to Kate

1118
00:54:05,310 --> 00:54:08,410
and did some informal testing.

1119
00:54:08,410 --> 00:54:10,380
And she was pretty
impressed them,

1120
00:54:10,380 --> 00:54:16,220
and that leads me to the next
slide of what we made so far.

1121
00:54:16,220 --> 00:54:19,190
So at the beginning,
we wanted to create

1122
00:54:19,190 --> 00:54:22,310
some sort of
all-on-one attachment

1123
00:54:22,310 --> 00:54:25,340
that would address all
three of the problems.

1124
00:54:25,340 --> 00:54:33,090
So on the left, you can see
it's like a unibody cover that

1125
00:54:33,090 --> 00:54:34,900
covers the entire
implant that also

1126
00:54:34,900 --> 00:54:39,250
provides a hood over the
microphone at the very top.

1127
00:54:39,250 --> 00:54:41,950
And then there's
also a little ear bud

1128
00:54:41,950 --> 00:54:44,730
that would help with
the attachments.

1129
00:54:44,730 --> 00:54:48,670
We decide not to go with that
because Kate wanted something

1130
00:54:48,670 --> 00:54:51,530
a little more modular,
something that she could just

1131
00:54:51,530 --> 00:54:56,560
have separate accessories
for each problem.

1132
00:54:56,560 --> 00:55:03,270
So when we prototyped
keeping this in mind,

1133
00:55:03,270 --> 00:55:05,700
we created separate covers.

1134
00:55:05,700 --> 00:55:08,990
So the left of the
top right photo

1135
00:55:08,990 --> 00:55:12,040
are covers for the
coil and the implant

1136
00:55:12,040 --> 00:55:15,050
itself, the device
with processor.

1137
00:55:15,050 --> 00:55:19,130
And then we also created
some sort of hood

1138
00:55:19,130 --> 00:55:22,510
that you can put right
over the microphone, which

1139
00:55:22,510 --> 00:55:25,402
it's a little hard to tell,
but the microphone right here.

1140
00:55:25,402 --> 00:55:27,110
So this hood, it
provides a small barrier

1141
00:55:27,110 --> 00:55:34,240
from the sound traveling from
behind to hit the microphone.

1142
00:55:34,240 --> 00:55:42,875
So we tried this out
and then also compared

1143
00:55:42,875 --> 00:55:49,040
it to these previously
existing devices.

1144
00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:54,470
They're called Ear Glasses,
and these help also

1145
00:55:54,470 --> 00:55:58,710
amplify sound that's
coming toward you.

1146
00:55:58,710 --> 00:56:01,940
And she was pretty
pleased with them.

1147
00:56:01,940 --> 00:56:04,630
And this was like
very informal, so we

1148
00:56:04,630 --> 00:56:08,890
plan to continue to prototype
and iterate our design

1149
00:56:08,890 --> 00:56:11,640
and then bring something
to show her on Thursday.

1150
00:56:16,562 --> 00:56:18,020
For the rest of
the semester, we're

1151
00:56:18,020 --> 00:56:23,760
looking to continue measuring
and testing out our success

1152
00:56:23,760 --> 00:56:27,090
metrics with the prototypes
that we're planning to build.

1153
00:56:27,090 --> 00:56:28,940
And then in November,
we hope to finalize

1154
00:56:28,940 --> 00:56:30,565
the design and the
materials that we're

1155
00:56:30,565 --> 00:56:35,390
going to use and then create
our final deliverable.

1156
00:56:35,390 --> 00:56:37,660
We're looking, like
materials wise,

1157
00:56:37,660 --> 00:56:40,010
we're keeping 3D
printing in mind

1158
00:56:40,010 --> 00:56:43,180
to actually create
the attachments.

1159
00:56:43,180 --> 00:56:47,583
But we haven't finalized it
yet, so that's just something

1160
00:56:47,583 --> 00:56:48,764
that we're looking at ahead.

1161
00:56:48,764 --> 00:56:51,425
And that concludes
our presentation.

1162
00:56:51,425 --> 00:56:53,091
Thank you, and we'll
take any questions.

1163
00:57:04,540 --> 00:57:07,090
PROFESSOR 1: First, that was
a really nice video explaining

1164
00:57:07,090 --> 00:57:10,590
her story with getting
the cochlear implants

1165
00:57:10,590 --> 00:57:13,320
and what kind of change
they've made in her life.

1166
00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:17,070
I'm curious about a couple of
other aspects of your client

1167
00:57:17,070 --> 00:57:19,795
that you alluded
to a little bit,

1168
00:57:19,795 --> 00:57:21,870
but I was wondering
how important they are.

1169
00:57:21,870 --> 00:57:26,940
First, how active or athletic is
she, and is it important to her

1170
00:57:26,940 --> 00:57:30,820
that these things be
really, really secure?

1171
00:57:30,820 --> 00:57:33,636
And second, how sensitive
is she to her appearance?

1172
00:57:37,450 --> 00:57:40,232
RAQUEL: So she's not
particularly active.

1173
00:57:40,232 --> 00:57:41,690
What she did tell
us is that she'll

1174
00:57:41,690 --> 00:57:44,610
starting pool therapy
soon for another condition

1175
00:57:44,610 --> 00:57:47,650
that she has that we
didn't talk about here,

1176
00:57:47,650 --> 00:57:50,420
but that she'll be using
the headband because it's

1177
00:57:50,420 --> 00:57:52,530
really important that they
don't fall off at all.

1178
00:57:52,530 --> 00:57:55,060
And she'll be in shallow
end and there will basically

1179
00:57:55,060 --> 00:57:56,490
be no water touching them.

1180
00:57:56,490 --> 00:57:59,050
But so for these it's really
just kind of daily life.

1181
00:57:59,050 --> 00:58:00,380
She works in an office.

1182
00:58:00,380 --> 00:58:02,940
She attends a lot of meetings.

1183
00:58:02,940 --> 00:58:03,960
So nothing too active.

1184
00:58:03,960 --> 00:58:06,010
She does ride her bike
every once in awhile,

1185
00:58:06,010 --> 00:58:07,968
and she has issues when
she puts on her helmet.

1186
00:58:07,968 --> 00:58:09,720
But again, she
uses that headband

1187
00:58:09,720 --> 00:58:14,330
that just really keeps it secure
on her head for those purposes.

1188
00:58:14,330 --> 00:58:18,020
And about her caring about what
she looks like, we actually

1189
00:58:18,020 --> 00:58:20,442
did ask her straight
up, how do you feel

1190
00:58:20,442 --> 00:58:21,650
about looking a little silly?

1191
00:58:21,650 --> 00:58:22,790
Is that OK?

1192
00:58:22,790 --> 00:58:26,820
And she said that's fine.

1193
00:58:26,820 --> 00:58:28,020
I think there's a fine line.

1194
00:58:28,020 --> 00:58:32,430
We don't want something
that's crazy sticking out.

1195
00:58:32,430 --> 00:58:35,560
But I think she's willing to
have a little bit of something

1196
00:58:35,560 --> 00:58:36,330
extra on her head.

1197
00:58:36,330 --> 00:58:38,640
She's even told us
that she prefers it

1198
00:58:38,640 --> 00:58:41,260
when people can see that she
has a cochlear implant, instead

1199
00:58:41,260 --> 00:58:45,860
of covering it up so that they
automatically know that she has

1200
00:58:45,860 --> 00:58:48,806
hearing loss so that they can
communicate better with her

1201
00:58:48,806 --> 00:58:50,472
from the beginning
of talking with them.

1202
00:58:53,294 --> 00:58:55,460
PROFESSOR 2: So I'm wondering
if you could talk more

1203
00:58:55,460 --> 00:58:57,710
about that design shape.

1204
00:58:57,710 --> 00:59:00,470
So you had the
kind of Ear Glasses

1205
00:59:00,470 --> 00:59:03,440
as something that was clearly
doing something similar that

1206
00:59:03,440 --> 00:59:05,810
provides that directionality.

1207
00:59:05,810 --> 00:59:08,920
And in your design, you showed
kind of two different methods

1208
00:59:08,920 --> 00:59:12,180
of a different shape that
was on that hood for how

1209
00:59:12,180 --> 00:59:13,767
you're doing that.

1210
00:59:13,767 --> 00:59:15,850
I'm wondering-- I know you
said you guys are still

1211
00:59:15,850 --> 00:59:18,520
kind of the middle of testing
and testing out of it.

1212
00:59:18,520 --> 00:59:24,940
How is that shape playing into
your kind of design decisions?

1213
00:59:24,940 --> 00:59:27,580
Are you are you specifically
designing shapes and testing

1214
00:59:27,580 --> 00:59:29,440
them, or is that more aesthetic?

1215
00:59:32,967 --> 00:59:34,550
JENNY: To be honest,
we haven't tested

1216
00:59:34,550 --> 00:59:36,810
that many shapes out yet.

1217
00:59:36,810 --> 00:59:39,250
I think that when we
do create a lot shapes,

1218
00:59:39,250 --> 00:59:41,760
we're going to look
at effectiveness

1219
00:59:41,760 --> 00:59:43,092
before aesthetics.

1220
00:59:46,700 --> 00:59:49,880
And we tried out
different sizes so far,

1221
00:59:49,880 --> 00:59:52,314
or we tried out
three different sizes

1222
00:59:52,314 --> 00:59:58,788
so far of the sound
blocking piece,

1223
00:59:58,788 --> 01:00:01,776
and definitely the
largest one actually

1224
01:00:01,776 --> 01:00:03,270
works the most effectively.

1225
01:00:03,270 --> 01:00:07,752
So we're going to find a
balance between portability

1226
01:00:07,752 --> 01:00:10,242
and effectiveness.

1227
01:00:13,667 --> 01:00:15,750
PROFESSOR 3: Any questions
from the audience here?

1228
01:00:15,750 --> 01:00:17,291
If we can have the
last team as well.

1229
01:00:17,291 --> 01:00:21,314
Jeffrey, [INAUDIBLE]
and get set up as well.

1230
01:00:21,314 --> 01:00:23,456
Any other questions or comments?

1231
01:00:23,456 --> 01:00:25,706
AUDIENCE: How are the ear
glasses supposed to stay on?

1232
01:00:30,952 --> 01:00:32,618
JENNY: As advertised,
they were supposed

1233
01:00:32,618 --> 01:00:34,076
to have some sort
of adhesive strip

1234
01:00:34,076 --> 01:00:36,794
that you can just pull
off and then stick on.

1235
01:00:36,794 --> 01:00:40,314
But they don't actually do that.

1236
01:00:40,314 --> 01:00:41,730
It didn't actually
come with that,

1237
01:00:41,730 --> 01:00:43,650
so they just sit on your ear.

1238
01:00:43,650 --> 01:00:45,570
But when we had her
try them on, we just

1239
01:00:45,570 --> 01:00:47,970
wanted her to try it on for
the shape of the ear glasses.

1240
01:00:47,970 --> 01:00:51,378
And she was really impressed
by how big of a difference

1241
01:00:51,378 --> 01:00:52,866
it made with her microphone.

1242
01:00:52,866 --> 01:00:54,241
RAQUEL: But these,
in particular,

1243
01:00:54,241 --> 01:00:56,834
won't stay on very well
for us, and they definitely

1244
01:00:56,834 --> 01:00:58,500
don't stay on with
her cochlear implant.

1245
01:01:01,190 --> 01:01:03,760
PROFESSOR 3: I assume
that magnets would

1246
01:01:03,760 --> 01:01:05,860
be a problem with the implants.

1247
01:01:05,860 --> 01:01:08,090
I don't know if you
address that specifically.

1248
01:01:08,090 --> 01:01:13,960
I'm just thinking of how
well devices click in place.

1249
01:01:13,960 --> 01:01:16,913
I'm just thinking quick
one in the extruder head

1250
01:01:16,913 --> 01:01:20,070
on the 3D printer, how would
you just get sort of lined up,

1251
01:01:20,070 --> 01:01:21,630
and it jumps into place.

1252
01:01:21,630 --> 01:01:24,680
And I like that
functionality, but I'm

1253
01:01:24,680 --> 01:01:26,480
wondering-- I'm
assuming-- that that would

1254
01:01:26,480 --> 01:01:27,688
be problem with the implants.

1255
01:01:30,742 --> 01:01:33,200
PHILIP: It's actually one of
the things that we considered.

1256
01:01:33,200 --> 01:01:35,410
But just like you
said, we weren't

1257
01:01:35,410 --> 01:01:37,460
sure about how adding
a magnet to the system

1258
01:01:37,460 --> 01:01:40,635
would affect the
way the outer part

1259
01:01:40,635 --> 01:01:44,872
of the implanted part of it.

1260
01:01:44,872 --> 01:01:46,580
So we haven't really
tried that yet here.

1261
01:01:46,580 --> 01:01:49,270
But I think we're going
to explore that option

1262
01:01:49,270 --> 01:01:54,520
a little bit more and see how
it affects the communication.

1263
01:01:54,520 --> 01:01:56,270
If it doesn't have
that much of an impact,

1264
01:01:56,270 --> 01:01:58,560
then we would use it.

1265
01:02:00,189 --> 01:02:02,480
PROFESSOR 3: Any final
questions or anything like that?

1266
01:02:06,890 --> 01:02:09,340
AUDIENCE: One quick thing
is you may [INAUDIBLE]

1267
01:02:09,340 --> 01:02:13,126
think about the shape,
the engineering of it.

1268
01:02:13,126 --> 01:02:15,292
There's some principles to
apply to kind of engineer

1269
01:02:15,292 --> 01:02:21,002
a shape that is most
effective for sound filtering

1270
01:02:21,002 --> 01:02:21,792
or sound blocking.

1271
01:02:21,792 --> 01:02:22,740
That kind of thing.

1272
01:02:22,740 --> 01:02:24,180
OK, Thank you.

1273
01:02:30,360 --> 01:02:31,790
Hi, so we're Team Jeffery.

1274
01:02:33,164 --> 01:02:34,080
JODIE CHEN: I'm Jodie.

1275
01:02:34,303 --> 01:02:35,136
DAVID KE: I'm David.

1276
01:02:37,220 --> 01:02:39,045
JODIE CHEN: And our
client is Jeffrey.

1277
01:02:39,045 --> 01:02:42,910
Here's a picture of
him, and he's blind.

1278
01:02:42,910 --> 01:02:45,290
So first, we're going to
talk about contextual inquiry

1279
01:02:45,290 --> 01:02:47,670
and how we worked
with the HAAT model.

1280
01:02:47,670 --> 01:02:49,790
So we came up with
a few questions

1281
01:02:49,790 --> 01:02:51,770
that we planned on
asking him to kind of get

1282
01:02:51,770 --> 01:02:53,909
an idea of what
activities he enjoys doing

1283
01:02:53,909 --> 01:02:55,700
and which activities
we can help streamline

1284
01:02:55,700 --> 01:03:00,125
or make more efficient and allow
him to, I guess, enjoy it more.

1285
01:03:00,125 --> 01:03:01,500
So we kind of
asked him questions

1286
01:03:01,500 --> 01:03:02,874
like, what activities
do you want

1287
01:03:02,874 --> 01:03:04,300
to be able to do independently?

1288
01:03:04,300 --> 01:03:07,290
And we asked him to
show as an activity

1289
01:03:07,290 --> 01:03:09,620
that he enjoyed in his
free time and also like

1290
01:03:09,620 --> 01:03:11,550
how he uses computers,
because it turns out

1291
01:03:11,550 --> 01:03:13,930
that he uses computers a lot.

1292
01:03:13,930 --> 01:03:16,550
So I think one
thing that we found

1293
01:03:16,550 --> 01:03:20,360
about Jeffrey is that he's
actually extremely independent,

1294
01:03:20,360 --> 01:03:21,860
even though he's blind.

1295
01:03:21,860 --> 01:03:24,070
He told us that like
75% of blind people

1296
01:03:24,070 --> 01:03:27,275
are like unemployed,
but he's been employed

1297
01:03:27,275 --> 01:03:29,530
in multiple places before,
and he also continues

1298
01:03:29,530 --> 01:03:30,920
to do a lot of financial work.

1299
01:03:30,920 --> 01:03:34,740
So we have a video to
kind of show, I guess,

1300
01:03:34,740 --> 01:03:38,735
how he's l challenged
our misconceptions.

1301
01:03:38,735 --> 01:03:43,082
[VIDEO PLAYBACK]

1302
01:03:44,060 --> 01:03:46,360
-Hi, so I'm David, and
I'm part of Team Jeffrey

1303
01:03:46,360 --> 01:03:48,350
with Jodie Chen and Yi Tong.

1304
01:03:48,350 --> 01:03:50,726
And the client that we're
working with for PPAT, his name

1305
01:03:50,726 --> 01:03:53,050
is Jeffrey, and he's blind.

1306
01:03:53,050 --> 01:03:55,379
I guess initially going
into this project,

1307
01:03:55,379 --> 01:03:57,920
I didn't really know what I was
expecting in terms of working

1308
01:03:57,920 --> 01:04:00,340
with a person with blindness.

1309
01:04:00,340 --> 01:04:02,560
I guess, part of it's
like I didn't expect them

1310
01:04:02,560 --> 01:04:04,300
to be super self-sufficient.

1311
01:04:04,300 --> 01:04:06,000
And I thought they
would have to be

1312
01:04:06,000 --> 01:04:09,042
relying on a lot of technologies
to go through their day.

1313
01:04:09,042 --> 01:04:11,500
[? And so I was like ?] struggle
with like a decent portion

1314
01:04:11,500 --> 01:04:14,255
of the daily activities.

1315
01:04:14,255 --> 01:04:16,630
-I guess something that really
surprised me about Jeffrey

1316
01:04:16,630 --> 01:04:21,016
was how autonomous he is in
like his travel and other stuff.

1317
01:04:21,016 --> 01:04:22,976
So what you might not
know about Jeffrey

1318
01:04:22,976 --> 01:04:26,752
is that during our Monday and
Wednesday classes sessions as

1319
01:04:26,752 --> 01:04:29,924
well as class labs,
he actually comes over

1320
01:04:29,924 --> 01:04:33,828
and he listens and he also
participates in our team

1321
01:04:33,828 --> 01:04:36,065
discussions, gives all
of like helpful advice

1322
01:04:36,065 --> 01:04:40,340
as to like how do we
really work on the project

1323
01:04:40,340 --> 01:04:41,300
and how to build it.

1324
01:04:41,300 --> 01:04:44,172
-So I have plan
A, plan B, plan C,

1325
01:04:44,172 --> 01:05:05,760
and plan D. That's how you
have to live OK, so here we're

1326
01:05:05,760 --> 01:05:07,810
on my email.

1327
01:05:07,810 --> 01:05:11,650
-Jeffrey is-- you can
barely tell Jeffrey's blind

1328
01:05:11,650 --> 01:05:14,954
when he's at his
place because he knows

1329
01:05:14,954 --> 01:05:17,822
exactly where everything is.

1330
01:05:17,822 --> 01:05:20,605
He's really passionate
about technology.

1331
01:05:20,605 --> 01:05:21,646
-He is really passionate.

1332
01:05:21,646 --> 01:05:23,396
He told me that he as
the coolest gadgets.

1333
01:05:23,396 --> 01:05:24,270
-[INAUDIBLE]?

1334
01:05:24,270 --> 01:05:24,861
-What toys?

1335
01:05:24,861 --> 01:05:27,360
-You looked at this other wall
while you were sitting there.

1336
01:05:27,360 --> 01:05:28,721
I said, Jeff, what is it?

1337
01:05:28,721 --> 01:05:29,304
-I don't know.

1338
01:05:29,304 --> 01:05:31,248
-Remember, I said
when I got here

1339
01:05:31,248 --> 01:05:33,690
and he had this-- it's
a talking thermometer.

1340
01:05:33,690 --> 01:05:39,140
-Oh, it's a talking thermometer,
indoor/outdoor temperature.

1341
01:05:39,140 --> 01:05:42,445
Neil plays with it more than
I do because, frankly, I

1342
01:05:42,445 --> 01:05:44,127
don't give a damn.

1343
01:05:44,127 --> 01:05:45,210
It's too much information.

1344
01:05:49,422 --> 01:05:54,810
-The indoor temperature is
68.3 degrees Fahrenheit.

1345
01:05:54,810 --> 01:05:56,450
-I don't even know
how accurate it is.

1346
01:05:56,450 --> 01:05:58,920
It's a toy.

1347
01:05:58,920 --> 01:06:01,840
-And then he [? bought ?]
this when he started cooking.

1348
01:06:01,840 --> 01:06:05,110
It's a talking kitchen
thermometer-- a kitchen scale.

1349
01:06:05,110 --> 01:06:09,320
-Oh, yeah, I tell you, he
knows more the toys-- I forgot.

1350
01:06:09,320 --> 01:06:11,546
-Because I found them.

1351
01:06:11,546 --> 01:06:12,524
-(SINGING) Ah--

1352
01:06:12,524 --> 01:06:13,491
-Ah.

1353
01:06:13,491 --> 01:06:13,991
-Ah.

1354
01:06:18,890 --> 01:06:20,122
[END PLAYBACK]

1355
01:06:20,122 --> 01:06:22,330
JODIE CHEN: So here's some
information about Jeffrey.

1356
01:06:22,330 --> 01:06:24,540
So Jeffrey, he's
visually impaired,

1357
01:06:24,540 --> 01:06:27,800
and he has been kind
of for his whole life.

1358
01:06:27,800 --> 01:06:30,432
He used to be able to
see like different things

1359
01:06:30,432 --> 01:06:32,640
if you blew them up really
large on like a projector.

1360
01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:36,260
But now, all he can see is like
just like light and darkness.

1361
01:06:36,260 --> 01:06:38,790
So he's used computers
for practically his whole,

1362
01:06:38,790 --> 01:06:41,372
so he's actually very, very
good at using his JAWS screen

1363
01:06:41,372 --> 01:06:42,080
reading software.

1364
01:06:42,080 --> 01:06:44,260
And he actually
teaches people how

1365
01:06:44,260 --> 01:06:46,650
to use it in the Carroll
Center for the Blind.

1366
01:06:46,650 --> 01:06:49,030
And he also knows
braille, and he told us

1367
01:06:49,030 --> 01:06:50,550
that actually a
lot of blind people

1368
01:06:50,550 --> 01:06:52,190
don't know how to read
braille, so he's actually

1369
01:06:52,190 --> 01:06:53,648
one of the few
people that actually

1370
01:06:53,648 --> 01:06:55,870
does know how to read braille.

1371
01:06:55,870 --> 01:06:57,900
And he also does a lot
of financial paperwork

1372
01:06:57,900 --> 01:07:01,560
for his homeowner's
association for his condo,

1373
01:07:01,560 --> 01:07:03,850
and he does a lot of
taxes for his friends.

1374
01:07:03,850 --> 01:07:05,870
So he's constantly
on his computer,

1375
01:07:05,870 --> 01:07:09,105
checking his email, using
Excel to work on that.

1376
01:07:11,960 --> 01:07:15,310
So we kind of wanted to
narrow down like an activity

1377
01:07:15,310 --> 01:07:18,160
that Jeffrey has to do that he
wants, I guess, like more help

1378
01:07:18,160 --> 01:07:18,660
in.

1379
01:07:18,660 --> 01:07:22,252
So he's a pretty
opinionated person,

1380
01:07:22,252 --> 01:07:24,460
so he already had an idea
of what problems he exactly

1381
01:07:24,460 --> 01:07:26,310
wanted us to solve
and also solutions

1382
01:07:26,310 --> 01:07:28,270
as to how to solve them.

1383
01:07:28,270 --> 01:07:30,740
So on the activities that
he kind of narrowed down

1384
01:07:30,740 --> 01:07:34,890
for us is finding a way to
sign a paper with a wet ink

1385
01:07:34,890 --> 01:07:35,530
signature.

1386
01:07:35,530 --> 01:07:39,330
So he gets a lot of financial
sheets and documents from banks

1387
01:07:39,330 --> 01:07:42,010
and stuff that need him
to sign the document

1388
01:07:42,010 --> 01:07:44,220
and not have a
digital signature.

1389
01:07:44,220 --> 01:07:45,725
So in order to
sign a document, he

1390
01:07:45,725 --> 01:07:47,910
has to have his visual
aide Neil come over

1391
01:07:47,910 --> 01:07:51,290
and like help him find the
exact line where he has to sign.

1392
01:07:51,290 --> 01:07:52,880
And if he doesn't
have a visual aide,

1393
01:07:52,880 --> 01:07:55,310
then there's no way for
him to get that done.

1394
01:07:55,310 --> 01:07:57,340
And she also uses
Excel a lot, and he

1395
01:07:57,340 --> 01:07:59,220
doesn't like the
new format of Excel,

1396
01:07:59,220 --> 01:08:01,320
so he wants us to
kind of like change

1397
01:08:01,320 --> 01:08:03,420
it to be more compatible
with like the versions

1398
01:08:03,420 --> 01:08:04,850
that he's used to.

1399
01:08:04,850 --> 01:08:08,980
So we narrowed it down
to being able to help

1400
01:08:08,980 --> 01:08:12,880
him sign a document when he's
like independent and alone,

1401
01:08:12,880 --> 01:08:15,050
without a visual
aide to help him.

1402
01:08:15,050 --> 01:08:21,069
So to kind of get a better idea
of what we have to work with,

1403
01:08:21,069 --> 01:08:23,319
we kind of asked him like,
what assistive technologies

1404
01:08:23,319 --> 01:08:26,100
that he currently
use so to find out

1405
01:08:26,100 --> 01:08:28,550
which assistive technologies
that he was comfortable with.

1406
01:08:28,550 --> 01:08:32,390
So he told us that he's
really comfortable with JAWS,

1407
01:08:32,390 --> 01:08:37,000
and that like when he
does OCR on a document,

1408
01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:40,810
he can determine where a
signature line is because JAWS

1409
01:08:40,810 --> 01:08:43,970
will just say like, underscore,
underscore, underscore.

1410
01:08:43,970 --> 01:08:47,359
So all we had to do
is kind of find a way

1411
01:08:47,359 --> 01:08:49,850
to guide like his
mouse pointer to like

1412
01:08:49,850 --> 01:08:53,290
the position of the
underline and then

1413
01:08:53,290 --> 01:08:55,551
to find a way to convert
that into like something

1414
01:08:55,551 --> 01:08:57,509
that could be translated
onto a piece of paper.

1415
01:09:01,010 --> 01:09:05,160
So for our success
metrics we kind of wanted

1416
01:09:05,160 --> 01:09:07,470
to be able to evaluate
like how well he

1417
01:09:07,470 --> 01:09:11,029
can sign a document by seeing if
he can actually find the place

1418
01:09:11,029 --> 01:09:13,460
where to sign
independently on his own,

1419
01:09:13,460 --> 01:09:16,069
which he isn't able
to do right now.

1420
01:09:16,069 --> 01:09:18,330
And we also wanted to measure
like how long it takes

1421
01:09:18,330 --> 01:09:20,090
for him to measure a document.

1422
01:09:20,090 --> 01:09:22,210
And I guess that's
pretty easy to improve on

1423
01:09:22,210 --> 01:09:24,662
because currently it takes
infinite time for him to sign

1424
01:09:24,662 --> 01:09:25,750
a document.

1425
01:09:25,750 --> 01:09:27,220
And we also wanted
to measure kind

1426
01:09:27,220 --> 01:09:29,910
of how accurate he is
with finding the position

1427
01:09:29,910 --> 01:09:32,200
and also signing
because we don't

1428
01:09:32,200 --> 01:09:33,850
want him to sign
somewhere that's

1429
01:09:33,850 --> 01:09:36,160
really far away from the line.

1430
01:09:36,160 --> 01:09:38,284
So that's kind of
like the scope.

1431
01:09:38,284 --> 01:09:39,700
YI TONG: So I'm
just going to talk

1432
01:09:39,700 --> 01:09:41,866
about the project organization,
the progress so far.

1433
01:09:45,620 --> 01:09:47,193
So the first is the ideation.

1434
01:09:47,193 --> 01:09:49,359
So we're very lucky, so
Jeffrey's always in the lab,

1435
01:09:49,359 --> 01:09:50,830
as you all can see.

1436
01:09:50,830 --> 01:09:52,790
So he's been meeting
with us every lab

1437
01:09:52,790 --> 01:09:55,000
and also contributes
a lot of good ideas.

1438
01:09:55,000 --> 01:09:58,590
So we go to the lab with
ideas and then consult Jeffrey

1439
01:09:58,590 --> 01:09:59,870
and ask him for the feedback.

1440
01:09:59,870 --> 01:10:01,520
And then we narrow
down the solutions

1441
01:10:01,520 --> 01:10:02,970
after every discussion.

1442
01:10:02,970 --> 01:10:06,750
And then finally, we decided
on the mechi and software

1443
01:10:06,750 --> 01:10:09,820
combined solution.

1444
01:10:09,820 --> 01:10:12,410
So for the software
part, so we all

1445
01:10:12,410 --> 01:10:14,730
know that JAWS can
detect a signature line

1446
01:10:14,730 --> 01:10:17,540
and read out underscore
and also like signatures

1447
01:10:17,540 --> 01:10:18,860
and different kinds of words.

1448
01:10:18,860 --> 01:10:21,485
So we just need to find a way to
get coordinates from the mouse

1449
01:10:21,485 --> 01:10:24,360
location, and then take in the
mouse location two inches so

1450
01:10:24,360 --> 01:10:27,970
that that can be the
input for the mechi part.

1451
01:10:27,970 --> 01:10:30,350
So for mechanical
part, we need a frame

1452
01:10:30,350 --> 01:10:33,270
the holds standard sized
paper so it won't slide away.

1453
01:10:33,270 --> 01:10:35,790
And then we need sliding
braille rulers, or rails,

1454
01:10:35,790 --> 01:10:40,310
to move horizontally and
vertically so that Jeffrey can

1455
01:10:40,310 --> 01:10:42,900
adjust to the exacty x-,
y-coordinates by sliding

1456
01:10:42,900 --> 01:10:45,150
the two rails.

1457
01:10:45,150 --> 01:10:47,600
So here's the early sketches
and also the prototype

1458
01:10:47,600 --> 01:10:48,570
that we have.

1459
01:10:48,570 --> 01:10:51,520
So on the right is just
some white board drawings

1460
01:10:51,520 --> 01:10:53,850
about different ideas
that we had before.

1461
01:10:53,850 --> 01:10:56,690
So the first one you can say
something more or less like

1462
01:10:56,690 --> 01:11:00,680
the magnifier that we see
on [? Ability ?] [? Expo ?].

1463
01:11:00,680 --> 01:11:03,430
So basically the
advantage of that is he

1464
01:11:03,430 --> 01:11:07,390
doesn't have any restriction
while he's signing things.

1465
01:11:07,390 --> 01:11:10,080
But that is really hard to
implement because the camera's

1466
01:11:10,080 --> 01:11:12,420
on top of the paper.

1467
01:11:12,420 --> 01:11:17,040
And also we also get inspired
by the idea of a project built

1468
01:11:17,040 --> 01:11:18,780
by an MIT Media Lab.

1469
01:11:18,780 --> 01:11:22,175
So it's a finger reader, so
like whenever he scans a line,

1470
01:11:22,175 --> 01:11:23,050
he hears "signature."

1471
01:11:23,050 --> 01:11:24,720
Then he will start signing.

1472
01:11:24,720 --> 01:11:26,210
But then that would
require Jeffrey

1473
01:11:26,210 --> 01:11:28,410
to scan through the whole page.

1474
01:11:28,410 --> 01:11:32,060
And then so we finalized
on this sketch.

1475
01:11:32,060 --> 01:11:34,330
So there are two siting rulers.

1476
01:11:34,330 --> 01:11:37,230
Ideally, each ruler will
have like brailles on it

1477
01:11:37,230 --> 01:11:40,520
so that he can know how
far he's gone on the page.

1478
01:11:40,520 --> 01:11:44,150
So both rulers kind of slide
left and right and also

1479
01:11:44,150 --> 01:11:45,220
the other's up and down.

1480
01:11:47,860 --> 01:11:50,230
Yeah and then just the
idea-- you don't you read it.

1481
01:11:50,230 --> 01:11:53,810
But it's just how much
Jeffrey's input is given to us,

1482
01:11:53,810 --> 01:11:56,290
and also he's really
passionate about this project.

1483
01:11:59,130 --> 01:12:02,360
DAVID KE: So this is the general
timeline for what we're doing.

1484
01:12:02,360 --> 01:12:03,860
So in the next few
weeks, it's going

1485
01:12:03,860 --> 01:12:06,661
to be focused on mostly
making more prototypes

1486
01:12:06,661 --> 01:12:08,160
for these projects,
and we're really

1487
01:12:08,160 --> 01:12:10,800
ramping up our
interactions with Jeffrey

1488
01:12:10,800 --> 01:12:13,604
to get feedback and
iterate on our designs.

1489
01:12:13,604 --> 01:12:15,520
So like as you've seen
in the previous slides,

1490
01:12:15,520 --> 01:12:17,322
we already have a
really lo-fi prototype.

1491
01:12:17,322 --> 01:12:19,280
So what we're going to
do in the next two weeks

1492
01:12:19,280 --> 01:12:22,890
is prepare multiple versions
with minor detail differences

1493
01:12:22,890 --> 01:12:25,210
to Jeffrey to see
which ones he likes.

1494
01:12:25,210 --> 01:12:27,460
Because a lot of it, the
general idea is pretty solid,

1495
01:12:27,460 --> 01:12:29,001
but a lot of it's
like in the details

1496
01:12:29,001 --> 01:12:30,960
of how unexpected
things might come up

1497
01:12:30,960 --> 01:12:32,930
as he uses it day to day.

1498
01:12:32,930 --> 01:12:36,390
And in a few weeks, once we
kind of have that hammered out,

1499
01:12:36,390 --> 01:12:38,540
we'll try to work on
like a more high fidelity

1500
01:12:38,540 --> 01:12:40,351
prototype that this
more closer to what

1501
01:12:40,351 --> 01:12:42,850
we'll be presenting at the end
in the beginning of November.

1502
01:12:45,890 --> 01:12:50,346
And on the software side,
this is more like on our side

1503
01:12:50,346 --> 01:12:51,970
because we need to
kind of get familiar

1504
01:12:51,970 --> 01:12:54,630
with hows JAWS is working,
as well as like what kind

1505
01:12:54,630 --> 01:12:58,810
of inputs to outputs we can give
to JAWS as well as from JAWS.

1506
01:12:58,810 --> 01:13:02,186
And then we're aiming to sort
of complete that little bit

1507
01:13:02,186 --> 01:13:03,560
after hardware,
so we can kind of

1508
01:13:03,560 --> 01:13:06,143
combine it together and have a
few weeks to see how that would

1509
01:13:06,143 --> 01:13:07,740
work as a complete package.

1510
01:13:10,960 --> 01:13:17,191
And this is just what we've
done so far-- yay, teamwork.

1511
01:13:17,191 --> 01:13:18,441
OK, and that's the last slide.

1512
01:13:27,390 --> 01:13:30,380
YI TONG: Well, he obviously
had a lot of ideas,

1513
01:13:30,380 --> 01:13:34,560
and I'm wondering how
you chose, or what

1514
01:13:34,560 --> 01:13:37,820
process you used to choose
this signature project?

1515
01:13:37,820 --> 01:13:41,710
Was it sort of an embodiment
of your skills and interests,

1516
01:13:41,710 --> 01:13:45,170
or was it like clear
front runner for him?

1517
01:13:45,170 --> 01:13:47,580
DAVID KE: So I think
two main categories

1518
01:13:47,580 --> 01:13:49,250
we were considering
in that was, one,

1519
01:13:49,250 --> 01:13:52,280
is it something that
aligned with our skills,

1520
01:13:52,280 --> 01:13:56,190
because we're all
studying computer science.

1521
01:13:56,190 --> 01:13:57,940
He also had a bunch
of projects that

1522
01:13:57,940 --> 01:13:59,980
were pretty cool that
wasn't that involved,

1523
01:13:59,980 --> 01:14:01,960
like mostly mechanical
engineering.

1524
01:14:01,960 --> 01:14:04,530
So that was like a little out
of the reach of our abilities.

1525
01:14:04,530 --> 01:14:06,696
At the same time, something
else we have to consider

1526
01:14:06,696 --> 01:14:10,900
was we needed a project that was
the right scope for the class.

1527
01:14:10,900 --> 01:14:13,140
So like, for example, the
Excel thing he mentioned,

1528
01:14:13,140 --> 01:14:16,240
it's mostly computers,
but it was very simple.

1529
01:14:16,240 --> 01:14:19,231
So we wanted something that
had more substance to it that

1530
01:14:19,231 --> 01:14:21,022
could be applied to
more people afterwards.

1531
01:14:25,974 --> 01:14:28,390
PROFESSOR 1: I have a question
about your baseline success

1532
01:14:28,390 --> 01:14:32,980
metrics because you did say that
signing documents is something

1533
01:14:32,980 --> 01:14:35,860
does do with Neil's help.

1534
01:14:35,860 --> 01:14:38,610
Have you watched him to
do that with Niel's help?

1535
01:14:38,610 --> 01:14:41,100
Have you sort of collected
examples of his signature

1536
01:14:41,100 --> 01:14:43,080
that he's done with Neils help?

1537
01:14:43,080 --> 01:14:46,474
Seems like that you're not
just operating with something

1538
01:14:46,474 --> 01:14:47,890
that he's completely
unable to do,

1539
01:14:47,890 --> 01:14:50,960
but something he just
can't do independently yet.

1540
01:14:50,960 --> 01:14:53,460
JODIE CHEN: Well, he wants to
be able to do it independently

1541
01:14:53,460 --> 01:14:55,220
because Neil isn't always there.

1542
01:14:55,220 --> 01:14:58,679
And we haven't really had a
chance to watch Neil show him

1543
01:14:58,679 --> 01:15:03,850
where the signature line is and
how to sign it because, so far,

1544
01:15:03,850 --> 01:15:07,081
we've only gone to his
house once because he comes

1545
01:15:07,081 --> 01:15:08,580
to Monday, Wednesday
class sections,

1546
01:15:08,580 --> 01:15:10,080
but also lab sections,
so we've been

1547
01:15:10,080 --> 01:15:13,090
meeting with him for
around four hours

1548
01:15:13,090 --> 01:15:14,972
every week during class time.

1549
01:15:14,972 --> 01:15:16,930
DAVID KE: Yeah, but I
think that's a good idea,

1550
01:15:16,930 --> 01:15:18,688
and it's something we
should definitely do

1551
01:15:18,688 --> 01:15:20,630
the next time we meet with him.

1552
01:15:20,630 --> 01:15:24,500
I suspect we'll have
to consider that

1553
01:15:24,500 --> 01:15:26,770
as like two different
categories of like metrics,

1554
01:15:26,770 --> 01:15:30,730
but it's something
that should be included

1555
01:15:30,730 --> 01:15:33,811
PROFESSOR 2: So I'm curious
more about the mechanical aspect

1556
01:15:33,811 --> 01:15:34,310
then.

1557
01:15:34,310 --> 01:15:37,160
So you guys are really
comfortable with the software

1558
01:15:37,160 --> 01:15:39,634
side, and you presented
the first prototype

1559
01:15:39,634 --> 01:15:41,050
of the mechanical
side, and you've

1560
01:15:41,050 --> 01:15:44,990
showed kind of your sketch of
how the camera might be there

1561
01:15:44,990 --> 01:15:46,280
and where the rulers might be.

1562
01:15:46,280 --> 01:15:48,113
But you talked about
some of the limitations

1563
01:15:48,113 --> 01:15:51,064
potentially for just
being able to kind of look

1564
01:15:51,064 --> 01:15:53,230
at where you put your head,
where you put your hand.

1565
01:15:53,230 --> 01:15:54,890
I want you to talk
a little bit more

1566
01:15:54,890 --> 01:15:56,950
about some of those
limitations and things

1567
01:15:56,950 --> 01:16:00,600
you're thinking about
from the mechanical side,

1568
01:16:00,600 --> 01:16:05,750
and what you think you
might do to balance that.

1569
01:16:05,750 --> 01:16:09,150
YI TONG: I think I might have
misrepresented because I feel

1570
01:16:09,150 --> 01:16:12,091
like the camera thing is just
like the earlier prototypes

1571
01:16:12,091 --> 01:16:14,590
that we explored, but we're not
going to do the camera side.

1572
01:16:14,590 --> 01:16:16,490
We're just going to
keep the software part,

1573
01:16:16,490 --> 01:16:17,840
the mechi part separate.

1574
01:16:17,840 --> 01:16:20,036
So the mechi part
is independent.

1575
01:16:20,036 --> 01:16:21,410
It only takes in
the coordinates.

1576
01:16:21,410 --> 01:16:23,620
And then Jeffrey
will get feedback

1577
01:16:23,620 --> 01:16:26,390
when he's sliding the rulers,
so he knows how far he's gone,

1578
01:16:26,390 --> 01:16:29,240
but he doesn't have to
have a camera take down

1579
01:16:29,240 --> 01:16:31,320
where his hand is currently on.

1580
01:16:31,320 --> 01:16:33,250
DAVID KE: Yeah, and one
good thing about this

1581
01:16:33,250 --> 01:16:36,090
is I think Jeffrey
and us are pretty

1582
01:16:36,090 --> 01:16:38,980
aligned in that we
want to keep the amount

1583
01:16:38,980 --> 01:16:42,540
of complicated components in
the final project like minimized

1584
01:16:42,540 --> 01:16:44,849
to reduce possibility
of failure.

1585
01:16:44,849 --> 01:16:46,390
So a lot of the
things we've actually

1586
01:16:46,390 --> 01:16:47,950
talked about in
the past few weeks

1587
01:16:47,950 --> 01:16:50,392
are ways to simplify the
parts so that it still

1588
01:16:50,392 --> 01:16:52,600
has the relevant information,
but it's like as simple

1589
01:16:52,600 --> 01:16:53,100
as possible.

1590
01:16:56,015 --> 01:16:57,640
PROFESSOR 4: Any
questions or comments?

1591
01:16:57,640 --> 01:17:00,614
AUDIENCE: You mentioned
using a mouse [INAUDIBLE].

1592
01:17:00,614 --> 01:17:03,030
But wouldn't that require him
to click all over the screen

1593
01:17:03,030 --> 01:17:05,356
to find out where the
signature line is, or are you

1594
01:17:05,356 --> 01:17:06,950
just going to have he
reads through it with JAWS

1595
01:17:06,950 --> 01:17:08,408
and then stops when
he finds lines.

1596
01:17:10,622 --> 01:17:12,830
JODIE CHEN: So it's more
likely to be like the latter

1597
01:17:12,830 --> 01:17:15,400
because he's done that.

1598
01:17:15,400 --> 01:17:17,997
For JAWS, when JAWS is reading
something on the screen,

1599
01:17:17,997 --> 01:17:21,476
it has a [INAUDIBLE] somewhat
similar [? to mouse clicks, ?]

1600
01:17:21,476 --> 01:17:23,970
but they're not actually
mouse [INAUDIBLE].

1601
01:17:23,970 --> 01:17:25,636
And then there's like
a function in JAWS

1602
01:17:25,636 --> 01:17:29,981
where it moves the mouse
pointer to the location of where

1603
01:17:29,981 --> 01:17:31,255
it's currently reading.

1604
01:17:31,255 --> 01:17:32,963
So that's how we're
planning on doing it.

1605
01:17:36,939 --> 01:17:38,707
PROFESSOR 4: Any
questions, comments?

1606
01:17:38,707 --> 01:17:40,915
So quick clarification, so
is there like a scanning--

1607
01:17:40,915 --> 01:17:41,412
maybe I missed it.

1608
01:17:41,412 --> 01:17:43,400
Is there some scanning
of the document first?

1609
01:17:43,400 --> 01:17:45,388
Are you buying a scanner?

1610
01:17:45,388 --> 01:17:47,429
JODIE CHEN: Oh, he always
scans in his documents.

1611
01:17:53,340 --> 01:17:56,224
AUDIENCE: I was hoping to
[INAUDIBLE] Jeffrey briefly.

1612
01:17:56,224 --> 01:17:58,807
Is it going to be an issue when
the line is like a drawn line,

1613
01:17:58,807 --> 01:18:01,292
as opposed to [INAUDIBLE] line?

1614
01:18:01,292 --> 01:18:03,280
Or will that resolve
with the scanner?

1615
01:18:06,107 --> 01:18:08,690
DAVID KE: That just depends on
like the of quality of the line

1616
01:18:08,690 --> 01:18:13,179
as well as like the character
recognition software.

1617
01:18:13,179 --> 01:18:14,678
So we'll probably
do tests with that

1618
01:18:14,678 --> 01:18:16,678
to see like how much
tolerance the software has.

1619
01:18:19,125 --> 01:18:20,666
PROFESSOR 4: Michelle,
last question.

1620
01:18:20,666 --> 01:18:22,207
AUDIENCE: Is there
a general location

1621
01:18:22,207 --> 01:18:24,159
where you know the
lines are going to be.

1622
01:18:24,159 --> 01:18:26,277
Just out of curiosity,
like if I sign a paper,

1623
01:18:26,277 --> 01:18:28,151
it's usually at the
bottom right-hand corner.

1624
01:18:28,151 --> 01:18:29,149
Do you guys have
an understanding

1625
01:18:29,149 --> 01:18:31,190
of what kind of documents
he's currently signing,

1626
01:18:31,190 --> 01:18:32,749
like what they look like?

1627
01:18:32,749 --> 01:18:35,040
YI TONG: According to Jeffrey,
I think it varies a lot.

1628
01:18:35,040 --> 01:18:37,860
And also sometimes like
there's a huge line,

1629
01:18:37,860 --> 01:18:41,580
but then the signature
word is under the line,

1630
01:18:41,580 --> 01:18:44,330
but sometimes it's
just next to it.

1631
01:18:44,330 --> 01:18:46,060
And then sometimes,
the signature's

1632
01:18:46,060 --> 01:18:48,252
right here on the left
of page, but then you

1633
01:18:48,252 --> 01:18:49,960
have to sign it to
the right of the page.

1634
01:18:49,960 --> 01:18:53,670
So it really depends on
different kinds of paperwork.

1635
01:18:53,670 --> 01:18:57,320
So we tried to collect all
different kinds of paperwork

1636
01:18:57,320 --> 01:18:59,080
that he normally
gets, and then we

1637
01:18:59,080 --> 01:19:03,080
tried to characterize like what
different kinds of signature

1638
01:19:03,080 --> 01:19:06,317
box that he normally gets
and then work on that.

1639
01:19:06,317 --> 01:19:07,900
JODIE CHEN: And also
what Jeffrey does

1640
01:19:07,900 --> 01:19:11,100
is he scans a document,
and then he runs OCR on it,

1641
01:19:11,100 --> 01:19:15,400
and then he translates
it into a Word document,

1642
01:19:15,400 --> 01:19:17,620
and then he prints out
the Word document to sign.

1643
01:19:17,620 --> 01:19:21,020
So what's going to happen is
that he alters the document

1644
01:19:21,020 --> 01:19:23,200
that he gets in mail
pretty significantly when

1645
01:19:23,200 --> 01:19:26,692
he runs OCR and changes
it to a Word document.

1646
01:19:26,692 --> 01:19:29,150
DAVID KE: But overall he gets
a lot of different signatures

1647
01:19:29,150 --> 01:19:31,855
on that.

1648
01:19:31,855 --> 01:19:34,480
PROFESSOR 2: It would be really
interesting to actually try out

1649
01:19:34,480 --> 01:19:37,190
that and get those documents for
all these different signature

1650
01:19:37,190 --> 01:19:37,530
lines.

1651
01:19:37,530 --> 01:19:39,113
And I think that's
a really good point

1652
01:19:39,113 --> 01:19:42,100
about whether it's an
underscore line or a drawn line,

1653
01:19:42,100 --> 01:19:45,196
and some signatures are actually
boxes as opposed to lines

1654
01:19:45,196 --> 01:19:46,404
and how that might affect it.

1655
01:19:50,850 --> 01:19:52,021
PROFESSOR 4: OK, thank you.

1656
01:20:01,812 --> 01:20:03,770
VYNNIE KONG: Everyone,
we are Team Beverly Ann.

1657
01:20:03,770 --> 01:20:05,482
This is our mid-semester review.

1658
01:20:05,482 --> 01:20:06,190
My name's Vynnie.

1659
01:20:06,190 --> 01:20:07,420
SHRUTHI NARAYANAN: I'm Shruthi.

1660
01:20:07,420 --> 01:20:08,420
ROBERT LUO : I'm Robert.

1661
01:20:12,310 --> 01:20:13,810
VYNNIE KONG: And
we're just going

1662
01:20:13,810 --> 01:20:17,160
to provide you a brief
introduction to our client.

1663
01:20:17,160 --> 01:20:19,350
So some of the non technical
things-- Beverly-Ann

1664
01:20:19,350 --> 01:20:22,400
is a social worker
for DCF, so that's

1665
01:20:22,400 --> 01:20:24,740
the Division of
Children with Families,

1666
01:20:24,740 --> 01:20:27,290
so she basically works
at a sort of law firm.

1667
01:20:27,290 --> 01:20:29,165
And she's actually
learning how to code using

1668
01:20:29,165 --> 01:20:32,180
and Scratch Arduino, which
we thought were pretty cool.

1669
01:20:32,180 --> 01:20:33,710
She loves playing Wi tennis.

1670
01:20:33,710 --> 01:20:36,000
She has a backyard
garden, so she

1671
01:20:36,000 --> 01:20:37,820
grows tomatoes and marigolds.

1672
01:20:37,820 --> 01:20:41,110
And most importantly, she wants
to maintain an active mind

1673
01:20:41,110 --> 01:20:43,790
in order to keep
busy and kind of like

1674
01:20:43,790 --> 01:20:46,730
find something useful
for the rest of her life.

1675
01:20:46,730 --> 01:20:49,630
And before we explain
more about stuff

1676
01:20:49,630 --> 01:20:51,390
related to the HAAT
model, we think

1677
01:20:51,390 --> 01:20:53,850
the video would be a
very good descriptor

1678
01:20:53,850 --> 01:20:55,598
of a lot of these things.

1679
01:20:55,598 --> 01:20:59,990
[VIDEO PLAYBACK]

1680
01:20:59,990 --> 01:21:02,870
-Hello, my name is
Beverly Ann Rock,

1681
01:21:02,870 --> 01:21:06,144
and I have been
diagnosed with CMT, which

1682
01:21:06,144 --> 01:21:07,435
stands for Charcot-Marie-Tooth.

1683
01:21:20,660 --> 01:21:24,300
I was diagnosed
about 11 years ago.

1684
01:21:24,300 --> 01:21:26,440
If there's any blessings
to this disease

1685
01:21:26,440 --> 01:21:28,550
or anything good
about this disease, is

1686
01:21:28,550 --> 01:21:31,200
it only affects the
hands and the legs,

1687
01:21:31,200 --> 01:21:35,770
which means I'll always
have my ability to talk.

1688
01:21:35,770 --> 01:21:39,800
Three of my 10 fingers have
taken on the deformity, which

1689
01:21:39,800 --> 01:21:41,360
means they're kind of locked.

1690
01:21:41,360 --> 01:21:45,220
And eventually, they will
end up in gnarled positions.

1691
01:21:45,220 --> 01:21:49,900
But fortunately, 7
is better than none.

1692
01:21:49,900 --> 01:21:53,660
So I use my seven
fingers very effectively.

1693
01:21:53,660 --> 01:21:59,970
My right hand, it has
become numb in many places.

1694
01:21:59,970 --> 01:22:02,510
Thus it doesn't give
me the opportunity

1695
01:22:02,510 --> 01:22:06,610
to use very simple devices.

1696
01:22:06,610 --> 01:22:10,290
So if I were to be trying
to drink something hot,

1697
01:22:10,290 --> 01:22:13,590
I would make sure to try
to grip it as best I can

1698
01:22:13,590 --> 01:22:15,760
and support it.

1699
01:22:15,760 --> 01:22:18,932
But over time, it's
not going to hold.

1700
01:22:18,932 --> 01:22:20,890
It's going to slip, I'm
going to lose the grip.

1701
01:22:26,580 --> 01:22:29,610
That's one of my concerns
is dropping stuff

1702
01:22:29,610 --> 01:22:32,990
and why I'm so
guarded about dropping

1703
01:22:32,990 --> 01:22:39,240
is if you drop a glass, a
shard, I had a couple times,

1704
01:22:39,240 --> 01:22:41,490
a little thing has just
stuck into my foot,

1705
01:22:41,490 --> 01:22:45,230
and I didn't realize it
till I looked down and said,

1706
01:22:45,230 --> 01:22:46,810
why am I bleeding?

1707
01:22:46,810 --> 01:22:54,450
I Constantly fall, and I
always have devices or walkers

1708
01:22:54,450 --> 01:22:57,060
or scooters or things
that will enable

1709
01:22:57,060 --> 01:23:00,268
me to maintain balance
and continue to be mobile.

1710
01:23:03,730 --> 01:23:06,620
I choose, at this point
in my life, to work,

1711
01:23:06,620 --> 01:23:08,671
even though I'm
at retirement age,

1712
01:23:08,671 --> 01:23:10,836
and that's because it
keeps my mind busy.

1713
01:23:13,730 --> 01:23:18,220
And hopefully every day
they're working on a cure,

1714
01:23:18,220 --> 01:23:20,870
or I stumble on a
program like you

1715
01:23:20,870 --> 01:23:26,060
that is going to assist me to
make things a little easier.

1716
01:23:26,060 --> 01:23:29,020
So if I had a device
that was telling me,

1717
01:23:29,020 --> 01:23:30,860
if I got too into
the conversation,

1718
01:23:30,860 --> 01:23:33,466
that it's loosening, then I
when know to go back and not

1719
01:23:33,466 --> 01:23:40,394
use the assistance to go back
and try to tighten the grip.

1720
01:23:40,394 --> 01:23:41,810
-We have to distract
you some how.

1721
01:23:41,810 --> 01:23:43,935
-You are distracting me
because why you're talking,

1722
01:23:43,935 --> 01:23:45,600
I'm saying, OK, hold on.

1723
01:23:53,879 --> 01:23:57,790
[END PLAYBACK]

1724
01:23:57,790 --> 01:24:02,220
SHRUTHI NARAYANAN: So, as she
said in the video, she has CMT.

1725
01:24:02,220 --> 01:24:03,770
It's a neurodegenerative
disease that

1726
01:24:03,770 --> 01:24:07,660
affects the extremities,
so the hands and the feet.

1727
01:24:07,660 --> 01:24:10,970
It results in a loss of touch
sensation and muscle control.

1728
01:24:10,970 --> 01:24:13,170
So she has involuntary
muscle spasms.

1729
01:24:13,170 --> 01:24:15,685
For her, in particular, we're
interested in her hands.

1730
01:24:15,685 --> 01:24:18,310
So it means that she has sensory
failures in part of your hands

1731
01:24:18,310 --> 01:24:21,030
and muscle failure in others.

1732
01:24:21,030 --> 01:24:23,890
And this is like
a general diagram

1733
01:24:23,890 --> 01:24:25,880
of her left and right hand.

1734
01:24:25,880 --> 01:24:29,430
On her left hand, you can see
the green fingers are curled in

1735
01:24:29,430 --> 01:24:30,450
like this.

1736
01:24:30,450 --> 01:24:32,820
And that's because that's
their natural position.

1737
01:24:32,820 --> 01:24:34,903
So when she tries to open
them, they automatically

1738
01:24:34,903 --> 01:24:35,580
curl back in.

1739
01:24:35,580 --> 01:24:38,160
So this is like the
involuntary muscle movement.

1740
01:24:38,160 --> 01:24:40,960
But her other two
fingers are very mobile.

1741
01:24:40,960 --> 01:24:42,980
So even though she
can't grip anything just

1742
01:24:42,980 --> 01:24:44,840
with the left hand,
she uses her left hand

1743
01:24:44,840 --> 01:24:46,880
to support what
she's gripping a lot.

1744
01:24:46,880 --> 01:24:49,364
On her right hand,
the red regions,

1745
01:24:49,364 --> 01:24:50,780
which are most of
her fingers, are

1746
01:24:50,780 --> 01:24:52,760
the places where
her hands are numb,

1747
01:24:52,760 --> 01:24:55,020
so she can't feel anything.

1748
01:24:55,020 --> 01:24:56,760
And so she has a
hard time gripping

1749
01:24:56,760 --> 01:24:58,250
with those parts of her fingers.

1750
01:24:58,250 --> 01:25:01,740
But the tips of her fingertips,
which are marked in blue,

1751
01:25:01,740 --> 01:25:03,310
are actually fully sensitive.

1752
01:25:03,310 --> 01:25:06,680
So she tends to claw whenever
she's picking things up.

1753
01:25:06,680 --> 01:25:10,650
But over time, she still loses
grip with her right hand.

1754
01:25:13,195 --> 01:25:14,820
VYNNIE KONG: Because
of the combination

1755
01:25:14,820 --> 01:25:19,560
of loss of pressure and also
involuntary muscle movements,

1756
01:25:19,560 --> 01:25:22,500
there are certain activities
that Beverly Ann has trouble

1757
01:25:22,500 --> 01:25:23,800
with on a day-to-day basis.

1758
01:25:23,800 --> 01:25:26,630
And then I made a table
with modifications

1759
01:25:26,630 --> 01:25:28,650
that she's learned
to do to adapt.

1760
01:25:28,650 --> 01:25:31,306
So a lot of the things
she has trouble with

1761
01:25:31,306 --> 01:25:34,167
is having to consciously
think about doing

1762
01:25:34,167 --> 01:25:35,000
everything she does.

1763
01:25:35,000 --> 01:25:38,250
So any time she has to pick up
something to drink of water,

1764
01:25:38,250 --> 01:25:39,730
any time she has
to type something,

1765
01:25:39,730 --> 01:25:42,440
she needs to think about
every single letter she types,

1766
01:25:42,440 --> 01:25:45,650
rather than just typing
out of muscle memory.

1767
01:25:45,650 --> 01:25:48,321
And that's difficult,
especially when

1768
01:25:48,321 --> 01:25:50,070
you're holding a
conversation with someone

1769
01:25:50,070 --> 01:25:52,630
or if you're just thinking
about something else.

1770
01:25:52,630 --> 01:25:55,460
You can't always think about
what you're doing all the time.

1771
01:25:55,460 --> 01:25:58,080
This also helps with
walking down stairwells,

1772
01:25:58,080 --> 01:26:00,880
because she has to
grip onto the stairwell

1773
01:26:00,880 --> 01:26:04,050
and make sure she squeezes
every couple of seconds,

1774
01:26:04,050 --> 01:26:07,570
so if she's managed to stumble,
she'll still have the grip

1775
01:26:07,570 --> 01:26:09,202
and be able to
stabilize herself.

1776
01:26:09,202 --> 01:26:11,660
And the last thing is actually
cooking, which he brought up

1777
01:26:11,660 --> 01:26:15,410
in a meeting, where she realized
when she was cooking potatoes

1778
01:26:15,410 --> 01:26:18,140
and she was picking up
potatoes to put them in the pot

1779
01:26:18,140 --> 01:26:20,627
that she wasn't actually
grabbing on to them.

1780
01:26:20,627 --> 01:26:22,710
So she had to use this
sort of like clawing motion

1781
01:26:22,710 --> 01:26:25,750
to get them from the
cutting board into the pot.

1782
01:26:29,225 --> 01:26:31,600
ROBERT LUO : So the basic
problem we're dealing with here

1783
01:26:31,600 --> 01:26:35,360
is that she has to constantly
think about the things

1784
01:26:35,360 --> 01:26:38,590
she's grabbing whenever she's
grabbing some kind of object.

1785
01:26:38,590 --> 01:26:42,800
And also, she is not
really confident in using

1786
01:26:42,800 --> 01:26:46,190
just her right hand
for grabbing objects.

1787
01:26:46,190 --> 01:26:50,360
Instead she normally uses her
left hand to do the support.

1788
01:26:50,360 --> 01:26:54,720
And we want to come up with
the device which would help her

1789
01:26:54,720 --> 01:26:59,420
by notifying her when she
first-- helping her to have

1790
01:26:59,420 --> 01:27:03,010
the confidence to grab objects
with just her right hand,

1791
01:27:03,010 --> 01:27:08,960
and then notifying her whenever
her gripping starts to become

1792
01:27:08,960 --> 01:27:11,110
loose.

1793
01:27:11,110 --> 01:27:14,390
So then we came up with
the success metrics

1794
01:27:14,390 --> 01:27:15,300
for our project.

1795
01:27:15,300 --> 01:27:17,930
There are few things
we can think about.

1796
01:27:17,930 --> 01:27:25,230
So the first thing is we want
to see how much of a percentage

1797
01:27:25,230 --> 01:27:27,630
our device could
give her the warning.

1798
01:27:27,630 --> 01:27:29,750
So right now, of
course, it's zero.

1799
01:27:29,750 --> 01:27:32,930
But we think a
reasonable goal will 50%.

1800
01:27:32,930 --> 01:27:35,600
Meaning that our device
will be able to alert

1801
01:27:35,600 --> 01:27:39,730
her 50% of the time whenever
her grip starts to become loose,

1802
01:27:39,730 --> 01:27:42,490
and then with an
ambitious goal of 90%.

1803
01:27:42,490 --> 01:27:44,520
And then the second
success metric

1804
01:27:44,520 --> 01:27:47,890
is the dropping rate
with just her right hand.

1805
01:27:47,890 --> 01:27:51,850
And so this part we still need
to measure how many times,

1806
01:27:51,850 --> 01:27:54,510
how many things she drops
on average in a day,

1807
01:27:54,510 --> 01:27:56,270
and then we want
to decrease that

1808
01:27:56,270 --> 01:28:03,400
by 50% as our reasonable
goal, and 20% off the original

1809
01:28:03,400 --> 01:28:05,340
as our ambitious goal.

1810
01:28:05,340 --> 01:28:08,850
And then we want to boost her
confidence in gripping objects

1811
01:28:08,850 --> 01:28:10,800
with just her right hand.

1812
01:28:10,800 --> 01:28:15,510
And we can measure
how many times

1813
01:28:15,510 --> 01:28:19,100
she grabs things in a weekly
basis or a daily basis.

1814
01:28:19,100 --> 01:28:23,280
And then we want to increase
the percentage of her just

1815
01:28:23,280 --> 01:28:27,530
using her the right hand to grab
to 60%, then eventually 90%.

1816
01:28:31,160 --> 01:28:36,380
And so this is our design
process for this device.

1817
01:28:36,380 --> 01:28:38,410
So first, we define the goals.

1818
01:28:38,410 --> 01:28:41,200
So we noticed that she
has two different problems

1819
01:28:41,200 --> 01:28:42,970
for her left hand
and her right hand.

1820
01:28:42,970 --> 01:28:45,380
And after talking
with our mentor Jeff,

1821
01:28:45,380 --> 01:28:47,560
we decided to focus
on solving her problem

1822
01:28:47,560 --> 01:28:50,740
with the right hand, so
meaning the gripping part.

1823
01:28:50,740 --> 01:28:53,270
Then we brainstormed
of different ideas.

1824
01:28:53,270 --> 01:28:55,690
We mainly focused on whether
we should use a sensor,

1825
01:28:55,690 --> 01:28:58,440
and if yes, where
should we put the sensor

1826
01:28:58,440 --> 01:29:03,510
as well as how we can attach
the sensor to her hand?

1827
01:29:03,510 --> 01:29:07,580
Then we come with various
types of prototypes,

1828
01:29:07,580 --> 01:29:10,320
many based on the
location of the sensor

1829
01:29:10,320 --> 01:29:14,620
as well as the style of
attachment of the sensor.

1830
01:29:14,620 --> 01:29:17,390
So the fundamental
idea of our design

1831
01:29:17,390 --> 01:29:21,870
is to have a way to quantify
the pressures she exercises when

1832
01:29:21,870 --> 01:29:24,110
she grabs things
as well as trying

1833
01:29:24,110 --> 01:29:27,860
to have a way to notify her
when her grip becomes loose.

1834
01:29:30,394 --> 01:29:32,310
SHRUTHI NARAYANAN: So
the first concept we had

1835
01:29:32,310 --> 01:29:34,730
was to place the sensors near
the palm of her right hand,

1836
01:29:34,730 --> 01:29:36,110
so that would be in this area.

1837
01:29:36,110 --> 01:29:38,000
We figured that we
wanted as little material

1838
01:29:38,000 --> 01:29:40,580
on her hand as possible, so it
wouldn't weigh her down and so

1839
01:29:40,580 --> 01:29:42,800
that it wouldn't look like
a very obvious device.

1840
01:29:42,800 --> 01:29:44,180
And then on the
back of the hand,

1841
01:29:44,180 --> 01:29:45,388
you can see there's a square.

1842
01:29:45,388 --> 01:29:47,280
That would be where the
sensors read out to.

1843
01:29:47,280 --> 01:29:48,480
There would be
some sort of output

1844
01:29:48,480 --> 01:29:50,640
there that she could look
or that would notify her

1845
01:29:50,640 --> 01:29:51,950
when her grip is slipping.

1846
01:29:51,950 --> 01:29:54,694
So this was good because it
was very small and condensed,

1847
01:29:54,694 --> 01:29:56,360
and she'd still have
use of her fingers.

1848
01:29:56,360 --> 01:29:58,760
But it was bad because she tends
to grip with her fingertips.

1849
01:29:58,760 --> 01:30:01,210
So we wouldn't actually be
able to sense a lot of the grip

1850
01:30:01,210 --> 01:30:02,480
that she was using.

1851
01:30:02,480 --> 01:30:06,007
And so we would basically get
no reading most of the time

1852
01:30:06,007 --> 01:30:07,840
So then we came up with
an exciting concept,

1853
01:30:07,840 --> 01:30:10,280
which was to place the sensors
on the tips of the fingers.

1854
01:30:10,280 --> 01:30:12,530
If you can see, everything
except for the index finger

1855
01:30:12,530 --> 01:30:13,646
has a sensor.

1856
01:30:13,646 --> 01:30:16,020
That's because she actually
doesn't use your index finger

1857
01:30:16,020 --> 01:30:17,050
very much when gripping.

1858
01:30:17,050 --> 01:30:19,429
So the other four
fingers have sensors.

1859
01:30:19,429 --> 01:30:20,970
They wrap around
the back of the hand

1860
01:30:20,970 --> 01:30:23,301
to go to the same output box.

1861
01:30:23,301 --> 01:30:25,800
This is much better because she
grips with their fingertips,

1862
01:30:25,800 --> 01:30:27,758
so we can actually sense
what's she's gripping.

1863
01:30:27,758 --> 01:30:30,790
But it does take up
more of her hand.

1864
01:30:30,790 --> 01:30:32,590
In the end, we went
with a second concept,

1865
01:30:32,590 --> 01:30:35,455
and this is because we asked her
about how she felt about having

1866
01:30:35,455 --> 01:30:36,330
a device on her hand.

1867
01:30:36,330 --> 01:30:38,462
And she was like, I don't
care what it looks like.

1868
01:30:38,462 --> 01:30:40,920
It could be pretty big, and I
would be OK with that as long

1869
01:30:40,920 --> 01:30:42,460
as it helps me to grip.

1870
01:30:42,460 --> 01:30:46,492
So we made some very basic
prototypes of just the shape

1871
01:30:46,492 --> 01:30:47,700
of what they would look like.

1872
01:30:47,700 --> 01:30:51,610
So the sensors are the
sort of strips of paper,

1873
01:30:51,610 --> 01:30:53,380
and we just wanted
to see how they

1874
01:30:53,380 --> 01:30:58,775
would look so that we can
sort of experiment with how

1875
01:30:58,775 --> 01:30:59,650
they fit on her hand.

1876
01:30:59,650 --> 01:31:01,105
So if you want to--

1877
01:31:04,020 --> 01:31:06,340
VYNNIE KONG: So a bit
of a future timeline,

1878
01:31:06,340 --> 01:31:10,530
we are planning by next week,
so October 29th, to start

1879
01:31:10,530 --> 01:31:12,280
and basically
finished figuring out

1880
01:31:12,280 --> 01:31:15,100
the circuitry for connecting
these sensors to some sort

1881
01:31:15,100 --> 01:31:18,020
of output voltage, and we
want to tune the circuit so

1882
01:31:18,020 --> 01:31:20,830
that whatever output
voltage the sensors produce

1883
01:31:20,830 --> 01:31:24,385
will be in a format that's
interpretable to our needs.

1884
01:31:26,645 --> 01:31:28,520
SHRUTHI NARAYANAN: Then
we want to write code

1885
01:31:28,520 --> 01:31:29,978
to respond to the
sensor so that we

1886
01:31:29,978 --> 01:31:33,110
can give her a sort of output
on when she's losing grip.

1887
01:31:33,110 --> 01:31:36,060
So we want to study what
the sensor voltage looks

1888
01:31:36,060 --> 01:31:38,870
like as her grip loosens
and try to figure out

1889
01:31:38,870 --> 01:31:40,950
where we can start
notifying her,

1890
01:31:40,950 --> 01:31:43,770
when like this certain thing
happens that, oh, your grip is

1891
01:31:43,770 --> 01:31:44,380
loosening.

1892
01:31:44,380 --> 01:31:46,790
So we plan to try multiple
different algorithms for this,

1893
01:31:46,790 --> 01:31:48,790
and this will hopefully
be our second prototype,

1894
01:31:48,790 --> 01:31:52,390
and we'll have it done by
the first week of November.

1895
01:31:52,390 --> 01:31:54,870
ROBERT LUO : And then the third
step is the actual glove we

1896
01:31:54,870 --> 01:31:57,310
will use to attach
the sensor with.

1897
01:31:57,310 --> 01:32:00,230
So some things we want to
think about in this stage

1898
01:32:00,230 --> 01:32:03,320
is how we want to keep
the sensors safe, which

1899
01:32:03,320 --> 01:32:05,780
means we don't want
the sensors to be

1900
01:32:05,780 --> 01:32:08,030
exposed to the outside
environment as well

1901
01:32:08,030 --> 01:32:08,850
as her hand.

1902
01:32:08,850 --> 01:32:10,550
So maybe something
we're thinking about

1903
01:32:10,550 --> 01:32:13,240
is knitting two
layers of the gloves

1904
01:32:13,240 --> 01:32:16,310
together and having the
sensors to be in the middle.

1905
01:32:16,310 --> 01:32:19,700
So that could protect the sensor
from the outside environment

1906
01:32:19,700 --> 01:32:20,550
as well as her hand.

1907
01:32:20,550 --> 01:32:24,320
And then we also want to
think about questions like,

1908
01:32:24,320 --> 01:32:27,280
what happens to the sensors
when she curls her hand?

1909
01:32:27,280 --> 01:32:30,170
So the way we think
about it is that as long

1910
01:32:30,170 --> 01:32:32,300
as we put the sensor
on the back of her hand

1911
01:32:32,300 --> 01:32:35,220
or on the wristband,
it depends on which one

1912
01:32:35,220 --> 01:32:36,860
we choose eventually.

1913
01:32:36,860 --> 01:32:40,070
Both designs would able
to help stable, even

1914
01:32:40,070 --> 01:32:41,170
when she curls her hand.

1915
01:32:47,030 --> 01:32:49,780
And, of course, after we're
having the prototypes,

1916
01:32:49,780 --> 01:32:54,420
we want to keep improving on
the device based on our test

1917
01:32:54,420 --> 01:32:55,850
results with Beverly Ann.

1918
01:32:58,350 --> 01:33:00,600
VYNNIE KONG: A little bit
about our division of work--

1919
01:33:00,600 --> 01:33:03,310
so during our client
meetings, Shruthi

1920
01:33:03,310 --> 01:33:04,940
he has been primarily
doing the video.

1921
01:33:04,940 --> 01:33:07,023
I've been primarily doing
the interviews, and then

1922
01:33:07,023 --> 01:33:07,850
Robert, the notes.

1923
01:33:07,850 --> 01:33:10,510
And looking onwards,
Shruthi and I

1924
01:33:10,510 --> 01:33:11,970
will be planning
on working mostly

1925
01:33:11,970 --> 01:33:14,530
on the circuits, and then
Robert on most of the gloves

1926
01:33:14,530 --> 01:33:18,012
and figuring out what
materials to use.

1927
01:33:18,012 --> 01:33:19,470
And thank you,
guys, for listening.

1928
01:33:19,470 --> 01:33:21,095
If you have any
questions, let us know.

1929
01:33:27,496 --> 01:33:30,472
PROFESSOR 4: Questions
comments from [INAUDIBLE]?

1930
01:33:30,472 --> 01:33:32,180
PROFESSOR 1: I'm
wondering if you thought

1931
01:33:32,180 --> 01:33:34,500
about what you
might do passively

1932
01:33:34,500 --> 01:33:38,200
with the material of
the glove to make it

1933
01:33:38,200 --> 01:33:40,390
less likely that it would slip?

1934
01:33:40,390 --> 01:33:41,265
You know what I mean?

1935
01:33:41,265 --> 01:33:43,350
You have a very active
solution right now

1936
01:33:43,350 --> 01:33:47,382
that depends on sensors and
electronics and batteries.

1937
01:33:47,382 --> 01:33:49,090
Are there anymore
passive things that you

1938
01:33:49,090 --> 01:33:50,650
might do, either with
material or with the design

1939
01:33:50,650 --> 01:33:52,157
of the glove, or
have you thought

1940
01:33:52,157 --> 01:33:53,365
about that part of the space?

1941
01:33:57,739 --> 01:33:59,530
SHRUTHI NARAYANAN: So
one of the big things

1942
01:33:59,530 --> 01:34:02,540
we thought about was when we
get the material for designing

1943
01:34:02,540 --> 01:34:04,230
the glove, to have
like sort of grip.

1944
01:34:04,230 --> 01:34:06,800
So certain gloves do
come with like rubber

1945
01:34:06,800 --> 01:34:09,036
on the outside of them
to have more grip,

1946
01:34:09,036 --> 01:34:10,660
and we thought that
something like this

1947
01:34:10,660 --> 01:34:12,350
would also be able
to help her generally

1948
01:34:12,350 --> 01:34:14,240
keep her grip on
slippery objects,

1949
01:34:14,240 --> 01:34:15,520
especially with the glove on.

1950
01:34:15,520 --> 01:34:18,190
So that's one example
of a passive solution.

1951
01:34:18,190 --> 01:34:21,540
We did think of entirely passive
solutions at the beginning,

1952
01:34:21,540 --> 01:34:23,249
like having some sort
of exoskeleton that

1953
01:34:23,249 --> 01:34:25,290
would like hold her group
in place that she could

1954
01:34:25,290 --> 01:34:26,750
lock into place or something.

1955
01:34:26,750 --> 01:34:30,890
But we figured that then
she'd be having to manipulate

1956
01:34:30,890 --> 01:34:32,430
the device too much herself.

1957
01:34:32,430 --> 01:34:34,780
And so we went with the more
active solution in general.

1958
01:34:34,780 --> 01:34:37,240
But yes, smaller passive
things, like the rubber grips

1959
01:34:37,240 --> 01:34:40,390
and having some fingers open
so that she has better grip,

1960
01:34:40,390 --> 01:34:42,967
will hopefully help her
with her grip anyways.

1961
01:34:42,967 --> 01:34:44,550
VYNNIE KONG: And we
actually found out

1962
01:34:44,550 --> 01:34:47,740
that a lot of her problems don't
come from muscular strength.

1963
01:34:47,740 --> 01:34:50,150
So it's not that she can't
physically lift the plate.

1964
01:34:50,150 --> 01:34:53,850
It's just that she can't feel
how hard she's gripping it.

1965
01:34:53,850 --> 01:34:56,450
So balancing it becomes a
bit of an issue, for example.

1966
01:35:01,715 --> 01:35:03,840
PROFESSOR 5: Well, following
on what you just said,

1967
01:35:03,840 --> 01:35:06,506
did you think of any
sort of way of giving

1968
01:35:06,506 --> 01:35:08,390
maybe auditory
feedback or some way

1969
01:35:08,390 --> 01:35:13,450
to in terms of the gripping,
like is there a user interface

1970
01:35:13,450 --> 01:35:14,660
aspect to this?

1971
01:35:14,660 --> 01:35:16,970
ROBERT LUO : Right, so some
things we think about is

1972
01:35:16,970 --> 01:35:20,710
so after having a sensors, we
want to be able to quantify her

1973
01:35:20,710 --> 01:35:21,210
grip.

1974
01:35:21,210 --> 01:35:24,020
And so some things
we are thinking about

1975
01:35:24,020 --> 01:35:28,350
is we can test how much of a
grip she exercises on an object

1976
01:35:28,350 --> 01:35:30,550
initially, and then set
that as a threshold.

1977
01:35:30,550 --> 01:35:34,110
And whenever the grip comes down
to 50% of the original grip,

1978
01:35:34,110 --> 01:35:36,740
then that's the threshold
we think of warning her.

1979
01:35:36,740 --> 01:35:38,990
And then and then the
ways of warning her

1980
01:35:38,990 --> 01:35:42,080
include having a beeping
sound, or it vibrates

1981
01:35:42,080 --> 01:35:44,925
so she will be notified.

1982
01:35:44,925 --> 01:35:47,571
PROFESSOR 5: Did you
think about cost?

1983
01:35:47,571 --> 01:35:49,070
Did you say cost,
like what it would

1984
01:35:49,070 --> 01:35:52,240
cost to make one of these
in quantity or something?

1985
01:35:52,240 --> 01:35:55,950
ROBERT LUO : Oh, right, so we
already have the sensors ready.

1986
01:35:55,950 --> 01:35:58,660
So we already got the sensors,
so they were not too expensive.

1987
01:35:58,660 --> 01:36:00,750
They were $60, $70.

1988
01:36:00,750 --> 01:36:03,250
And then we know are on
the stage of figuring out

1989
01:36:03,250 --> 01:36:05,910
how the circuits would work,
and we would approach it

1990
01:36:05,910 --> 01:36:08,840
by making it on a
breadboard first,

1991
01:36:08,840 --> 01:36:12,360
then thinking of whether
it's possible to make

1992
01:36:12,360 --> 01:36:14,310
this circuits into a
smaller circuit board

1993
01:36:14,310 --> 01:36:15,700
and attaching it to the glove.

1994
01:36:15,700 --> 01:36:17,450
And then the glove
itself shouldn't really

1995
01:36:17,450 --> 01:36:20,115
be that expensive.

1996
01:36:20,115 --> 01:36:22,240
PROFESSOR 5: Any quick
questions from the audience?

1997
01:36:25,356 --> 01:36:27,037
AUDIENCE: [INAUDIBLE]?

1998
01:36:27,037 --> 01:36:28,078
VYNNIE KONG: We have not.

1999
01:36:28,078 --> 01:36:28,620
What is that?

2000
01:36:28,620 --> 01:36:30,661
AUDIENCE: Oh, it's like
thread that's in buckets,

2001
01:36:30,661 --> 01:36:32,410
so it's like a wire,
but it's thread.

2002
01:36:32,410 --> 01:36:33,243
[INTERPOSING VOICES]

2003
01:36:35,866 --> 01:36:37,740
SHRUTHI NARAYANAN: Yeah,
I guess like once we

2004
01:36:37,740 --> 01:36:39,600
have the sensors
attached inside the glove

2005
01:36:39,600 --> 01:36:41,885
to get it to the output,
we could use that.

2006
01:36:41,885 --> 01:36:43,050
Thank you for the idea.

2007
01:36:50,680 --> 01:36:53,130
STUDENT 1: Hi,
we're team Barbara.

2008
01:36:53,130 --> 01:36:54,080
So this is Barbara.

2009
01:36:54,080 --> 01:36:56,430
She has been a
teacher for 29 years,

2010
01:36:56,430 --> 01:36:59,910
but she had to retire
early because she has PLS.

2011
01:36:59,910 --> 01:37:02,350
So PLS is kind of like ALS.

2012
01:37:02,350 --> 01:37:05,420
It's a disease where
your muscles get weaker.

2013
01:37:05,420 --> 01:37:08,700
And right now she is living in
the Leonard Florence Center,

2014
01:37:08,700 --> 01:37:10,940
and she really
values independence.

2015
01:37:10,940 --> 01:37:15,110
And as of right now, she has
fine motor skills in her hands,

2016
01:37:15,110 --> 01:37:18,230
but is slowly losing
her strength, especially

2017
01:37:18,230 --> 01:37:20,240
in her left hand
because she does

2018
01:37:20,240 --> 01:37:23,840
a lot of crocheting during
her free time, which keeps

2019
01:37:23,840 --> 01:37:27,650
her right hand more flexible.

2020
01:37:27,650 --> 01:37:30,510
And she's also constrained
to a wheelchair,

2021
01:37:30,510 --> 01:37:33,500
and her speech is
sometimes unclear

2022
01:37:33,500 --> 01:37:36,808
because the muscles in her
face are also weakening.

2023
01:37:41,210 --> 01:37:44,060
So some of the activities
that she has trouble with

2024
01:37:44,060 --> 01:37:46,670
is opening and closing
the door in her room.

2025
01:37:46,670 --> 01:37:49,170
This is her door.

2026
01:37:49,170 --> 01:37:53,860
And it's difficult for because
the door is very heavy,

2027
01:37:53,860 --> 01:37:57,850
and also it does not swing open.

2028
01:37:57,850 --> 01:38:00,790
When she's trying to open
it, it stays where you

2029
01:38:00,790 --> 01:38:03,370
leave it and locks in place.

2030
01:38:03,370 --> 01:38:05,820
Also, because her
wheelchair gets in the way

2031
01:38:05,820 --> 01:38:08,050
because the door
opens towards her,

2032
01:38:08,050 --> 01:38:09,549
so she has to open
it a little bit.

2033
01:38:09,549 --> 01:38:11,340
scoot her chair back,
and then open it some

2034
01:38:11,340 --> 01:38:14,280
more, which makes
it very difficult.

2035
01:38:14,280 --> 01:38:16,460
Another problem that
she has is turning off

2036
01:38:16,460 --> 01:38:19,360
the lights before she goes
to sleep because once she's

2037
01:38:19,360 --> 01:38:21,680
in bed, it's very
difficult for her to get up

2038
01:38:21,680 --> 01:38:22,680
and turn off the lights.

2039
01:38:24,700 --> 01:38:29,450
Currently, she has an
iPhone, and on her iPhone,

2040
01:38:29,450 --> 01:38:31,150
these are some of
the apps that she

2041
01:38:31,150 --> 01:38:34,100
uses for assistive technology.

2042
01:38:34,100 --> 01:38:37,100
The ones on the
bottom here, some

2043
01:38:37,100 --> 01:38:39,900
are for speaking because
her speech is unclear.

2044
01:38:39,900 --> 01:38:42,930
So, for example, there's one
for her to say yes or no,

2045
01:38:42,930 --> 01:38:45,440
and some of them where
she can type in phrases,

2046
01:38:45,440 --> 01:38:47,530
and it'll speak it for her.

2047
01:38:47,530 --> 01:38:51,590
Or there's also apps for her
to indicate the amount of pain

2048
01:38:51,590 --> 01:38:53,020
she has right now.

2049
01:38:53,020 --> 01:38:55,450
She also recently
got an iPad, but she

2050
01:38:55,450 --> 01:38:57,870
hasn't been using it that
much because it's heavy.

2051
01:38:57,870 --> 01:38:59,890
But she has no
assistive technology

2052
01:38:59,890 --> 01:39:02,360
that she uses currently
for opening the door

2053
01:39:02,360 --> 01:39:03,480
or turning out the lights.

2054
01:39:06,580 --> 01:39:10,080
So some of the context is
that her room is right next

2055
01:39:10,080 --> 01:39:12,390
to the dining area,
so sometimes there's

2056
01:39:12,390 --> 01:39:14,560
a lot of noise that bothers her.

2057
01:39:14,560 --> 01:39:16,520
Also, she has
concern for privacy

2058
01:39:16,520 --> 01:39:18,580
because since the door
is so hard to open,

2059
01:39:18,580 --> 01:39:20,830
she leaves it open
most of the time.

2060
01:39:20,830 --> 01:39:23,770
And right now, the staff at
the Leonard Florence Center

2061
01:39:23,770 --> 01:39:25,860
has to open and close
the door for every day

2062
01:39:25,860 --> 01:39:28,740
and turn on and off the lights.

2063
01:39:28,740 --> 01:39:32,610
And although she didn't ask
for a solution for her voice

2064
01:39:32,610 --> 01:39:34,830
problem, she did
tell us that this

2065
01:39:34,830 --> 01:39:37,230
is a major concern for her.

2066
01:39:37,230 --> 01:39:40,230
So based on my
contextual inquiry,

2067
01:39:40,230 --> 01:39:42,440
we decided on our
project, which is

2068
01:39:42,440 --> 01:39:44,802
to automate the door
because she really

2069
01:39:44,802 --> 01:39:47,260
wants to have the independence
to be able to open and close

2070
01:39:47,260 --> 01:39:50,310
the door by herself, and also
have privacy in her room,

2071
01:39:50,310 --> 01:39:53,030
and she doesn't currently
have any assistive technology

2072
01:39:53,030 --> 01:39:53,830
for that.

2073
01:39:53,830 --> 01:39:56,230
And that is like the most
difficult problem for her right

2074
01:39:56,230 --> 01:39:56,730
now.

2075
01:39:59,260 --> 01:40:03,140
So for success metrics we think
the best possible solution

2076
01:40:03,140 --> 01:40:05,270
would be for her to
have an app on her phone

2077
01:40:05,270 --> 01:40:08,190
that she would just be able
to click or some sensors,

2078
01:40:08,190 --> 01:40:11,920
so she doesn't have to
actually opened the door.

2079
01:40:11,920 --> 01:40:14,896
And a less successful
solution would be for her

2080
01:40:14,896 --> 01:40:18,440
to press a button and
something that would just

2081
01:40:18,440 --> 01:40:20,690
be able to reduce the
amount of effort she needs

2082
01:40:20,690 --> 01:40:23,517
is to have her pull something
that would then open the door,

2083
01:40:23,517 --> 01:40:25,350
instead of actually
opening the door itself.

2084
01:40:27,402 --> 01:40:29,110
STUDENT 2: So next
we're going to explain

2085
01:40:29,110 --> 01:40:33,167
a little bit about our
ideation process for this door.

2086
01:40:33,167 --> 01:40:34,750
So we're going to
start by showing you

2087
01:40:34,750 --> 01:40:39,460
a video of our design process
and to give you a bit of sense.

2088
01:40:39,460 --> 01:40:40,380
[VIDEO PLAYBACK]

2089
01:40:40,380 --> 01:40:43,790
-This place, the Leonard
Florence Center, is wonderful.

2090
01:40:43,790 --> 01:40:50,960
They encourage you to be
independent the best you can.

2091
01:40:50,960 --> 01:40:52,950
I like the attitude.

2092
01:40:56,520 --> 01:40:58,450
Hello, my name is
Barbara [INAUDIBLE].

2093
01:40:58,450 --> 01:41:01,040
I was a teacher for 29
years before I got sick.

2094
01:41:04,230 --> 01:41:05,525
I had to retire early.

2095
01:41:05,525 --> 01:41:06,562
I miss the kids.

2096
01:41:10,460 --> 01:41:11,680
I miss the nonsense.

2097
01:41:11,680 --> 01:41:15,840
-What are your typical
daily activities?

2098
01:41:15,840 --> 01:41:17,520
-Some days Bingo.

2099
01:41:17,520 --> 01:41:19,348
I never played Bingo
before I came here.

2100
01:41:23,710 --> 01:41:27,440
It's to socialize more.

2101
01:41:27,440 --> 01:41:32,092
I struggle with the door
since my room is so small.

2102
01:41:32,092 --> 01:41:36,570
I'm in my own way
with the chair,

2103
01:41:36,570 --> 01:41:41,005
so to make it so it's easier
without crashing into the door.

2104
01:41:43,650 --> 01:41:46,680
The doors are very
heavy for my left arm.

2105
01:41:46,680 --> 01:41:54,630
Automatic doors in the
room, would be very helpful.

2106
01:41:54,630 --> 01:41:57,050
-What would be your
perfect world interaction

2107
01:41:57,050 --> 01:41:59,740
with the door?

2108
01:41:59,740 --> 01:42:03,048
-I can open and close
it without touching it.

2109
01:42:06,436 --> 01:42:10,308
Some of the rooms already
have the technology.

2110
01:42:10,308 --> 01:42:11,276
Mine doesn't.

2111
01:42:11,276 --> 01:42:13,570
-So it's easy to open it.

2112
01:42:13,570 --> 01:42:18,905
But then once it's not moving,
it's hard to do either.

2113
01:42:18,905 --> 01:42:20,600
Also, like the door
will not swing open,

2114
01:42:20,600 --> 01:42:21,651
so you can't just
push it because it

2115
01:42:21,651 --> 01:42:22,567
doesn't let it happen.

2116
01:42:22,567 --> 01:42:24,910
It locks itself.

2117
01:42:24,910 --> 01:42:28,320
-Then we began our
design process,

2118
01:42:28,320 --> 01:42:30,570
which consisted of
numerous measurements

2119
01:42:30,570 --> 01:42:32,680
on everything related
to Barbara's door.

2120
01:42:36,360 --> 01:42:38,900
We then considered whether
we wanted an app, button,

2121
01:42:38,900 --> 01:42:43,570
or mechanical solution and
started our ideation process.

2122
01:42:43,570 --> 01:42:46,720
These ranged from an
automatic collapsible door

2123
01:42:46,720 --> 01:42:54,890
that opens with a pulley,
to a mechanical lever

2124
01:42:54,890 --> 01:43:02,390
that closes the door
when you push on it,

2125
01:43:02,390 --> 01:43:06,082
as well as a pulley system that
opens and closes the door when

2126
01:43:06,082 --> 01:43:07,275
you pull on the string.

2127
01:43:11,980 --> 01:43:16,330
And lastly, we considered an
automatic soundproof curtain

2128
01:43:16,330 --> 01:43:21,930
system which would open with a
touch of a button from pulleys.

2129
01:43:21,930 --> 01:43:24,840
We decided to pursue
the curtain idea,

2130
01:43:24,840 --> 01:43:27,930
and are now beginning to
prototype over and over

2131
01:43:27,930 --> 01:43:32,030
and over again until we create
the perfect automatic door.

2132
01:43:39,680 --> 01:43:42,255
STUDENT 2: So that's just an
overview of our design process.

2133
01:43:42,255 --> 01:43:44,630
So I'm going to take you
through the specifics of it now.

2134
01:43:47,490 --> 01:43:50,542
So these are the three idea that
we were pursuing for the door.

2135
01:43:50,542 --> 01:43:52,000
And the first thing
that we did was

2136
01:43:52,000 --> 01:43:55,876
weigh the pros and cons
of each possibility.

2137
01:43:55,876 --> 01:43:57,500
So with the automatic
collapsible door,

2138
01:43:57,500 --> 01:43:59,680
we thought that this would
serve as a good alternative

2139
01:43:59,680 --> 01:44:01,200
because it's rigid,
so it does still

2140
01:44:01,200 --> 01:44:03,550
have the appearance of a door.

2141
01:44:03,550 --> 01:44:05,340
But some issues we
had with is that it

2142
01:44:05,340 --> 01:44:08,260
was hard to find the parts
to create a rigid collapsible

2143
01:44:08,260 --> 01:44:13,220
door that was cheap and
easy to put together.

2144
01:44:13,220 --> 01:44:16,430
Next, we considered automatic
curtains, which we thought

2145
01:44:16,430 --> 01:44:19,430
would be very easy to
implement and test,

2146
01:44:19,430 --> 01:44:21,580
and we get soundproof
curtains that could

2147
01:44:21,580 --> 01:44:23,180
implement that part of it.

2148
01:44:23,180 --> 01:44:26,510
But one issue is that it
might not be door-like enough

2149
01:44:26,510 --> 01:44:29,860
and fit in with like the norms
of what doors simply look like,

2150
01:44:29,860 --> 01:44:33,850
and the pulley system
could get stuck as well.

2151
01:44:33,850 --> 01:44:36,370
Lastly, we considered a
mechanical lever and pulley

2152
01:44:36,370 --> 01:44:40,180
system, so this would
alter the door itself,

2153
01:44:40,180 --> 01:44:42,990
so we wouldn't have
any extra parts,

2154
01:44:42,990 --> 01:44:45,920
and it should make the whole
thing flow a little bit more

2155
01:44:45,920 --> 01:44:46,420
smoothly.

2156
01:44:46,420 --> 01:44:47,878
But it's kind of
hard to implement,

2157
01:44:47,878 --> 01:44:51,465
as we are not mechanical
engineering students.

2158
01:44:51,465 --> 01:44:53,340
So we decided to go with
the middle approach,

2159
01:44:53,340 --> 01:44:57,822
as it is very easy to
test and prototype.

2160
01:44:57,822 --> 01:44:59,780
But when we went to the
Leonard Florence Center

2161
01:44:59,780 --> 01:45:03,860
with our idea to see if
there were any issues,

2162
01:45:03,860 --> 01:45:05,760
we found that there were a lot.

2163
01:45:05,760 --> 01:45:08,340
One of the first ones is
that they consider curtains

2164
01:45:08,340 --> 01:45:11,700
a major fire hazard because
she could get stuck,

2165
01:45:11,700 --> 01:45:15,650
or the curtains could get in the
way of her leaving or entering

2166
01:45:15,650 --> 01:45:16,210
her room.

2167
01:45:18,820 --> 01:45:21,220
They also told is that this
idea must be fail proof.

2168
01:45:21,220 --> 01:45:24,600
So if there were a fire, the
door must be able to close,

2169
01:45:24,600 --> 01:45:27,529
and nothing should
inhibit its way.

2170
01:45:27,529 --> 01:45:29,320
So we tried to brainstorm
another solution,

2171
01:45:29,320 --> 01:45:31,840
and decided to go with
our mechanical approach.

2172
01:45:31,840 --> 01:45:34,440
But there we found
that if we connected it

2173
01:45:34,440 --> 01:45:41,210
with the fire alarm system,
we could get our pulley

2174
01:45:41,210 --> 01:45:45,035
to dislodge from the door if
the fire alarm system goes off.

2175
01:45:45,035 --> 01:45:46,410
And then this
would hopefully not

2176
01:45:46,410 --> 01:45:48,610
in impede with the
door's mechanism

2177
01:45:48,610 --> 01:45:50,860
when there is a fire alarm.

2178
01:45:50,860 --> 01:45:55,160
But still they raised the
problems of a fire hazard, that

2179
01:45:55,160 --> 01:45:57,270
must be fail proof, and
they also did not really

2180
01:45:57,270 --> 01:46:00,910
understand how we would
connect our new door system

2181
01:46:00,910 --> 01:46:03,210
to the main system itself.

2182
01:46:03,210 --> 01:46:06,030
And if we were to go through the
peak system that is currently

2183
01:46:06,030 --> 01:46:09,640
at the Leonard Florence
Center, it's super expensive.

2184
01:46:09,640 --> 01:46:14,680
And so we found it this idea
is not very feasible for us.

2185
01:46:14,680 --> 01:46:18,790
So this led us to work into
her secondary problem, which

2186
01:46:18,790 --> 01:46:20,100
is light automation.

2187
01:46:20,100 --> 01:46:24,680
So the reason why this was her
secondary preferences it's she,

2188
01:46:24,680 --> 01:46:26,920
with third condition
of PLS, she actually

2189
01:46:26,920 --> 01:46:30,030
can't get up from her bed to
shut off the light before she

2190
01:46:30,030 --> 01:46:30,920
goes to bed.

2191
01:46:30,920 --> 01:46:32,980
So she has to call
a nurse to do so.

2192
01:46:32,980 --> 01:46:35,900
So this impedes on
her independence.

2193
01:46:35,900 --> 01:46:37,350
This happens every day.

2194
01:46:37,350 --> 01:46:39,510
So this would be a problem
that if we could solve,

2195
01:46:39,510 --> 01:46:42,570
it would help
frequently, so she'd

2196
01:46:42,570 --> 01:46:45,100
be able to have
very good use of it.

2197
01:46:45,100 --> 01:46:46,950
It's not like a
one-case scenario.

2198
01:46:46,950 --> 01:46:49,810
And this will also help her
because in the future, when

2199
01:46:49,810 --> 01:46:51,620
she is in a
wheelchair, she may not

2200
01:46:51,620 --> 01:46:53,890
be able to have the
strength to reach up

2201
01:46:53,890 --> 01:46:55,735
to the light to switch.

2202
01:46:55,735 --> 01:46:59,810
Whereas with an application,
she could, since PLS

2203
01:46:59,810 --> 01:47:00,530
is progressive.

2204
01:47:00,530 --> 01:47:04,100
So as a condition worsens
this would be one of the this

2205
01:47:04,100 --> 01:47:06,540
will be a possible solution
that can like at least

2206
01:47:06,540 --> 01:47:09,540
allow her to shut off the
light when she wants to,

2207
01:47:09,540 --> 01:47:13,040
and she's not in her bed
for a longer period of time.

2208
01:47:13,040 --> 01:47:23,170
So different processes
we thought of doing this,

2209
01:47:23,170 --> 01:47:24,820
we thought of using X10.

2210
01:47:24,820 --> 01:47:28,150
So while we were
searching, we found X10,

2211
01:47:28,150 --> 01:47:33,380
so it's possible through Wi-Fi
to send a signal to the X10

2212
01:47:33,380 --> 01:47:34,580
transceiver.

2213
01:47:34,580 --> 01:47:36,970
That sends a message
to the outlet

2214
01:47:36,970 --> 01:47:40,250
through electricity, some
sort of like Morse code

2215
01:47:40,250 --> 01:47:43,780
for electricity kind of, to
give an idea of what it's doing.

2216
01:47:43,780 --> 01:47:46,670
And then that can be used
to turn on or off the light.

2217
01:47:46,670 --> 01:47:50,020
So the process would be a
little straight forward,

2218
01:47:50,020 --> 01:47:52,230
since the products
are available.

2219
01:47:52,230 --> 01:47:54,270
It would just be
us connecting them,

2220
01:47:54,270 --> 01:47:57,880
and then the actual
application already exists.

2221
01:47:57,880 --> 01:48:00,960
And the price tag
was about $100.

2222
01:48:00,960 --> 01:48:03,330
Another idea we thought
of was a more hands

2223
01:48:03,330 --> 01:48:07,750
on approach of getting in
Arduino to send a radio

2224
01:48:07,750 --> 01:48:09,600
frequency signal to the light.

2225
01:48:09,600 --> 01:48:14,440
We could buy the light that have
as a receiver for this radio

2226
01:48:14,440 --> 01:48:16,020
frequency signal.

2227
01:48:16,020 --> 01:48:18,370
So then we would basically
send a Bluetooth signal

2228
01:48:18,370 --> 01:48:23,130
from her phone to the
Arduino [? BLE ?] shield,

2229
01:48:23,130 --> 01:48:25,750
and then that would
send the signal

2230
01:48:25,750 --> 01:48:27,650
to the corresponding light.

2231
01:48:27,650 --> 01:48:29,820
So this was an option
that we could also

2232
01:48:29,820 --> 01:48:31,820
have that basically
we just have to have

2233
01:48:31,820 --> 01:48:36,910
multiple receivers, radio
frequency receivers that

2234
01:48:36,910 --> 01:48:38,600
are on the bottom
right hand corner.

2235
01:48:38,600 --> 01:48:40,330
So then she could
send different signals

2236
01:48:40,330 --> 01:48:43,790
from her phone to control each
and every light independently.

2237
01:48:43,790 --> 01:48:45,530
So it was an approach
we thought of.

2238
01:48:45,530 --> 01:48:48,094
The price tag on
it was about $70

2239
01:48:48,094 --> 01:48:50,510
because we would have to have
the [? BLE ?] shield as well

2240
01:48:50,510 --> 01:48:51,640
as the Arduino.

2241
01:48:51,640 --> 01:48:54,150
And then the outlet,
the receiver,

2242
01:48:54,150 --> 01:48:55,490
was also a little bit of cash.

2243
01:49:01,480 --> 01:49:04,720
So then after that
we like started

2244
01:49:04,720 --> 01:49:08,040
trying to come up with how
we were going to do this.

2245
01:49:08,040 --> 01:49:10,210
And our next idea was WeMo.

2246
01:49:10,210 --> 01:49:11,520
We saw this online.

2247
01:49:11,520 --> 01:49:14,280
Basically, they have
their own solution for it.

2248
01:49:14,280 --> 01:49:17,377
Basically, you can connect
to it through an application

2249
01:49:17,377 --> 01:49:18,710
that they already have provided.

2250
01:49:18,710 --> 01:49:22,080
The application is free, and
the product actually costs $41.

2251
01:49:22,080 --> 01:49:26,740
So we thought of having this
implemented in her system

2252
01:49:26,740 --> 01:49:30,200
and then possibly expanding
the SDK for the application

2253
01:49:30,200 --> 01:49:34,270
so that she could have
an easier time using it,

2254
01:49:34,270 --> 01:49:36,117
and then have it
basically tailored to her

2255
01:49:36,117 --> 01:49:38,075
so that she only had to
look at the application

2256
01:49:38,075 --> 01:49:43,465
and touch larger buttons
since the buttons are

2257
01:49:43,465 --> 01:49:46,560
a little smaller
than we would hope.

2258
01:49:46,560 --> 01:49:48,450
Possible next steps
is what I just

2259
01:49:48,450 --> 01:49:51,490
said, where we expand
an application based

2260
01:49:51,490 --> 01:49:55,730
off the SDK for WeMo and make
that app available for her.

2261
01:49:55,730 --> 01:49:59,850
Or if this ends up being a
solution right of the shell,

2262
01:49:59,850 --> 01:50:02,730
then we could possibly
taken an avenue where

2263
01:50:02,730 --> 01:50:05,730
after fixing this light
problem with WeMo,

2264
01:50:05,730 --> 01:50:08,770
go into the voice
applications so try and see

2265
01:50:08,770 --> 01:50:10,670
if we can tailor voice
application for her.

2266
01:50:15,050 --> 01:50:17,150
So our timeline is by
the end of October,

2267
01:50:17,150 --> 01:50:19,045
we hope to have WeMo installed.

2268
01:50:19,045 --> 01:50:21,230
The first half of
November we hope

2269
01:50:21,230 --> 01:50:25,940
to prototype the like UI
for either the voice app,

2270
01:50:25,940 --> 01:50:29,110
also, possibly, if
necessary, the light app.

2271
01:50:29,110 --> 01:50:32,690
Second half, we would like
to have this app done in iOS.

2272
01:50:32,690 --> 01:50:35,370
The reason for prototyping
[INAUDIBLE] it's faster,

2273
01:50:35,370 --> 01:50:37,625
and we can get a lot of
the UI feel really quickly.

2274
01:50:37,625 --> 01:50:39,000
And then after
that we would just

2275
01:50:39,000 --> 01:50:40,920
keep testing and iterating
until we have a product that

2276
01:50:40,920 --> 01:50:41,920
fits Barbara's needs.

2277
01:50:47,597 --> 01:50:48,180
Any questions?

2278
01:50:53,330 --> 01:50:55,080
PROFESSOR 1: Could you
say a bit about how

2279
01:50:55,080 --> 01:50:57,371
you're going to divide the
work among the three of you?

2280
01:50:57,371 --> 01:51:02,190
STUDENT 3: OK, so in terms
of the work for the door,

2281
01:51:02,190 --> 01:51:04,050
we've been all
going to the center

2282
01:51:04,050 --> 01:51:05,850
to speak with as many
people as possible.

2283
01:51:05,850 --> 01:51:07,760
So for the time
being, it's been a lot

2284
01:51:07,760 --> 01:51:11,360
of contextual inquiry and a lot
like designing all together.

2285
01:51:11,360 --> 01:51:16,800
But in terms of the next
steps for installing the WeMo,

2286
01:51:16,800 --> 01:51:18,780
we were going to go
to the center together

2287
01:51:18,780 --> 01:51:21,840
and while two of
the members were

2288
01:51:21,840 --> 01:51:24,260
going to be working on
installing this in the room,

2289
01:51:24,260 --> 01:51:26,570
we were also going to continue
to ask about the door,

2290
01:51:26,570 --> 01:51:28,589
we are pushing towards
like at least speaking

2291
01:51:28,589 --> 01:51:30,630
to a lot of members in
the center about the door,

2292
01:51:30,630 --> 01:51:32,338
since that is an issue
that we would hope

2293
01:51:32,338 --> 01:51:34,330
would be solved in the future.

2294
01:51:34,330 --> 01:51:37,110
After that is installed, the
dividing the actual application

2295
01:51:37,110 --> 01:51:42,200
process, so since we,
as a team, don't all

2296
01:51:42,200 --> 01:51:44,840
have like skills in
App Inventor and iOS,

2297
01:51:44,840 --> 01:51:46,960
we were going to divide
up so that we would end up

2298
01:51:46,960 --> 01:51:49,610
having some of the base
code that would definitely

2299
01:51:49,610 --> 01:51:51,870
be necessary for iOS built
right from the beginning

2300
01:51:51,870 --> 01:51:54,460
while the UI is being
prototyping in App Inventor.

2301
01:51:54,460 --> 01:51:56,740
So in terms of
like team specific,

2302
01:51:56,740 --> 01:52:00,080
it would be two members
working on the iOS application,

2303
01:52:00,080 --> 01:52:02,650
while one member just
continually prototypes

2304
01:52:02,650 --> 01:52:05,170
the ideas that the team comes
up with in App Inventory

2305
01:52:05,170 --> 01:52:07,210
to like give a feel for it.

2306
01:52:07,210 --> 01:52:11,100
We would always go as a team
to show this to Barbara.

2307
01:52:11,100 --> 01:52:14,840
And then once the App
Inventor UI decision is made,

2308
01:52:14,840 --> 01:52:16,730
we would all be
working on the iOS apps

2309
01:52:16,730 --> 01:52:18,813
since that's going to be
the majority of the part.

2310
01:52:21,850 --> 01:52:24,567
Any other questions?

2311
01:52:24,567 --> 01:52:26,025
PROFESSOR 5: So
basically, the door

2312
01:52:26,025 --> 01:52:27,592
is sort of too
hard is basically--

2313
01:52:27,592 --> 01:52:28,550
it's just not workable?

2314
01:52:29,714 --> 01:52:31,880
STUDENT 2: There a lot of
regulations with the door.

2315
01:52:31,880 --> 01:52:33,546
We'd have to get it
approved by the fire

2316
01:52:33,546 --> 01:52:35,880
department, the public health
department, and the people

2317
01:52:35,880 --> 01:52:37,504
at the center, a lot
of them don't even

2318
01:52:37,504 --> 01:52:39,680
know how it functions
and how it connects up

2319
01:52:39,680 --> 01:52:43,110
to like the central system
that closes all the doors when

2320
01:52:43,110 --> 01:52:44,570
a fire alarm goes off.

2321
01:52:44,570 --> 01:52:46,695
So it would require
a lot more research,

2322
01:52:46,695 --> 01:52:48,570
and we're not sure if
it's feasible to finish

2323
01:52:48,570 --> 01:52:51,560
this project in the next two
or three months that we have.

2324
01:52:59,501 --> 01:53:01,000
JESSICA HERRING:
So we are Team Art.

2325
01:53:01,000 --> 01:53:01,500
I'm Jessica.

2326
01:53:02,055 --> 01:53:03,013
RACHEL ELLISON: Rachel.

2327
01:53:04,009 --> 01:53:05,300
STEPHANIE CHEN : I'm Stephanie.

2328
01:53:05,300 --> 01:53:07,383
JESSICA HERRING: And what
we have decided to build

2329
01:53:07,383 --> 01:53:09,340
is a power lift.

2330
01:53:09,340 --> 01:53:11,260
So first, we're going
to introduce our client.

2331
01:53:11,260 --> 01:53:12,810
His name is Art.

2332
01:53:12,810 --> 01:53:15,670
He is an adaptive rock
climber, a hacker, a tinkerer.

2333
01:53:15,670 --> 01:53:19,400
He likes to build
stuff-- adapt stuff

2334
01:53:19,400 --> 01:53:22,150
to his specifications
and his desires,

2335
01:53:22,150 --> 01:53:24,950
and he's a very active
member of his community.

2336
01:53:24,950 --> 01:53:28,470
He has a girlfriend, and she
works in his hacker space

2337
01:53:28,470 --> 01:53:30,440
at the Artisans
Asylum in Somerville,

2338
01:53:30,440 --> 01:53:33,660
which is pretty much
a hacker space, where

2339
01:53:33,660 --> 01:53:35,850
people build stuff.

2340
01:53:35,850 --> 01:53:39,430
However, he has T5 Asia
B Paraplegia, which

2341
01:53:39,430 --> 01:53:41,990
is an incomplete paraplegic.

2342
01:53:41,990 --> 01:53:45,730
So he has some sensory
function below his waist,

2343
01:53:45,730 --> 01:53:47,910
but no motor function.

2344
01:53:47,910 --> 01:53:51,480
In addition to this, he has
a grade 2 shoulder separation

2345
01:53:51,480 --> 01:53:54,209
that is not quite bad
enough to need surgery,

2346
01:53:54,209 --> 01:53:56,500
but we do want to consider
this when making our design.

2347
01:53:56,500 --> 01:54:01,450
We don't want to make our
mechanisms too manual.

2348
01:54:01,450 --> 01:54:04,190
So Art wants to be able
to work on the floor.

2349
01:54:04,190 --> 01:54:08,250
He wants to be able to get under
some of his bigger projects,

2350
01:54:08,250 --> 01:54:11,379
like he'll lift up a wheelchair
on his lift that he's designed,

2351
01:54:11,379 --> 01:54:12,670
and he'll want to get under it.

2352
01:54:12,670 --> 01:54:13,910
But it's really
hard to do that when

2353
01:54:13,910 --> 01:54:15,326
you're getting out
of a wheelchair

2354
01:54:15,326 --> 01:54:16,880
and you can't move your legs.

2355
01:54:16,880 --> 01:54:20,120
So, in addition to that, if you
were to fall out of his chair,

2356
01:54:20,120 --> 01:54:22,706
he would like to be able to
use something to get back up

2357
01:54:22,706 --> 01:54:23,702
alone independently.

2358
01:54:23,702 --> 01:54:27,686
[VIDEO PLAYBACK]

2359
01:54:47,606 --> 01:54:52,088
-Well, I'm a [INAUDIBLE] minded
person, a lot of independence.

2360
01:54:52,088 --> 01:54:59,060
Before I got hurt
in March of 2010,

2361
01:54:59,060 --> 01:55:02,046
I was the person who took
care of all of our household

2362
01:55:02,046 --> 01:55:02,546
maintenance.

2363
01:55:02,546 --> 01:55:05,534
I did a lot of
motorcycle repair.

2364
01:55:05,534 --> 01:55:08,024
[INAUDIBLE]

2365
01:55:08,024 --> 01:55:12,506
Pretty much [INAUDIBLE],
I worked on it.

2366
01:55:12,506 --> 01:55:15,010
Now, I still try to do
as much of that as I can.

2367
01:55:15,010 --> 01:55:18,344
We're filming this at
Artisan's Asylum, which

2368
01:55:18,344 --> 01:55:21,180
is one of the world's
largest hacker spaces,

2369
01:55:21,180 --> 01:55:23,319
maker spaces and
collaborative workshops

2370
01:55:23,319 --> 01:55:26,630
that anyone [INAUDIBLE].

2371
01:55:26,630 --> 01:55:32,889
We have shops that cover an
incredibly wide range of skills

2372
01:55:32,889 --> 01:55:33,847
and technology.

2373
01:55:38,650 --> 01:55:42,090
What they call a T-5 Asia B,
which basically means that

2374
01:55:42,090 --> 01:55:46,887
from about here down I
have no motor function.

2375
01:55:46,887 --> 01:55:48,970
Because I can't get in and
out of my chair easily,

2376
01:55:48,970 --> 01:55:51,742
I'm more or less
limited to doing things

2377
01:55:51,742 --> 01:55:52,866
that I can sit in front of.

2378
01:56:33,702 --> 01:56:44,658
[END PLAYBACK]

2379
01:56:44,658 --> 01:56:47,148
JESSICA HERRING: He
is quite a character,

2380
01:56:47,148 --> 01:56:51,230
and he's very specific
about he wants.

2381
01:56:51,230 --> 01:56:54,170
But we figure that we can
help him out with that.

2382
01:56:54,170 --> 01:56:56,536
So our goal is to design
something that's portable,

2383
01:56:56,536 --> 01:56:58,240
something that's
lightweight, something

2384
01:56:58,240 --> 01:57:00,870
that is about the
height of his chair

2385
01:57:00,870 --> 01:57:04,600
that he can get in and out
of and get up and down with.

2386
01:57:04,600 --> 01:57:07,860
So the height of the
wheelchair seat-- Art cat

2387
01:57:07,860 --> 01:57:12,230
only move about three or four
inches vertically by himself.

2388
01:57:12,230 --> 01:57:14,690
And so we need our device
to be about the height

2389
01:57:14,690 --> 01:57:17,400
of his wheelchair seat,
which is 22 inches tall,

2390
01:57:17,400 --> 01:57:20,420
but we'd also like it to be used
anywhere he wants to use it.

2391
01:57:20,420 --> 01:57:23,520
So we originally wanted him to
be able to take it with him,

2392
01:57:23,520 --> 01:57:25,970
and that's still
one of our goals.

2393
01:57:25,970 --> 01:57:28,300
We also need it to
weigh under 20 pounds.

2394
01:57:28,300 --> 01:57:29,990
This is because he
wants his girlfriend

2395
01:57:29,990 --> 01:57:32,365
to be able to take it to him
if he falls out of his chair

2396
01:57:32,365 --> 01:57:34,430
and needs it or for
some other reason.

2397
01:57:34,430 --> 01:57:36,150
His girlfriend can
only lift 20 pounds

2398
01:57:36,150 --> 01:57:39,700
because she has a medical
condition that restricts that.

2399
01:57:39,700 --> 01:57:43,170
So our major success
metric is time.

2400
01:57:43,170 --> 01:57:44,600
A lot of these
design constraints

2401
01:57:44,600 --> 01:57:48,310
will make or break the project,
but the time is a variable.

2402
01:57:48,310 --> 01:57:51,510
So we would like it to be
approximately one minute.

2403
01:57:51,510 --> 01:57:53,780
Art wanted something a
little more like 30 seconds

2404
01:57:53,780 --> 01:57:56,161
to 45 seconds, but we think
a minute would also be OK.

2405
01:58:00,640 --> 01:58:03,580
STEPHANIE CHEN : So after
taking these design limitations

2406
01:58:03,580 --> 01:58:06,510
into account, we decided to
look into products that were

2407
01:58:06,510 --> 01:58:08,030
commercially available.

2408
01:58:08,030 --> 01:58:18,340
So at first, we began looking
into commercially available

2409
01:58:18,340 --> 01:58:19,360
medical technology.

2410
01:58:19,360 --> 01:58:21,350
For example, that up
there is something called

2411
01:58:21,350 --> 01:58:23,020
an [? elk ?] emergency lift.

2412
01:58:23,020 --> 01:58:27,510
It's probably the most
ideal out of these products

2413
01:58:27,510 --> 01:58:30,770
for our client because it
weighs approximately five pounds

2414
01:58:30,770 --> 01:58:33,330
and it can support 1,000 pounds.

2415
01:58:33,330 --> 01:58:37,820
The only problem with it is
that it costs $3,000 at least,

2416
01:58:37,820 --> 01:58:42,190
and there's no guaranteed
stability if he's actually

2417
01:58:42,190 --> 01:58:43,130
lifting in the chair.

2418
01:58:43,130 --> 01:58:46,380
There's nothing preventing
them from falling to the side.

2419
01:58:46,380 --> 01:58:48,320
And just for fun,
we decided to look

2420
01:58:48,320 --> 01:58:50,886
into other types
of lifting cushions

2421
01:58:50,886 --> 01:58:52,380
available in other industries.

2422
01:58:52,380 --> 01:58:54,980
We actually found something
called the Map Jack, which

2423
01:58:54,980 --> 01:58:56,160
is something similar.

2424
01:58:56,160 --> 01:59:01,680
It costs about $800, and it
can lift probably six tons--

2425
01:59:01,680 --> 01:59:03,330
fun fact.

2426
01:59:03,330 --> 01:59:07,090
We then decided to look into the
idea of a scissor lift, which

2427
01:59:07,090 --> 01:59:11,415
is a relatively prevalent
lifting mechanism.

2428
01:59:11,415 --> 01:59:15,240
You can find it in construction
sites and warehouses and so on.

2429
01:59:15,240 --> 01:59:18,450
The problem with that
idea is that there

2430
01:59:18,450 --> 01:59:22,670
is a lot of friction losses
associated with scissor lifts,

2431
01:59:22,670 --> 01:59:25,471
and considering the
fact that none of us

2432
01:59:25,471 --> 01:59:27,729
are mechanical
engineers, we decided

2433
01:59:27,729 --> 01:59:29,770
it would be best if we
started off with something

2434
01:59:29,770 --> 01:59:30,580
a little simpler.

2435
01:59:30,580 --> 01:59:34,170
And actually, if we consider
the weight of a scissor lift

2436
01:59:34,170 --> 01:59:39,890
into account, it would certainly
weigh more than 20 pounds.

2437
01:59:39,890 --> 01:59:44,470
We then decided to look into a
pool lift, which Art actually

2438
01:59:44,470 --> 01:59:45,110
owns.

2439
01:59:45,110 --> 01:59:49,160
The main issue with this idea
is that unfortunately it's

2440
01:59:49,160 --> 01:59:55,060
stationary, and we require a
very powerful linear actuator,

2441
01:59:55,060 --> 01:59:56,780
so we decided to
scrap those ideas.

2442
01:59:59,840 --> 02:00:02,070
One idea that we
actually came across

2443
02:00:02,070 --> 02:00:06,020
is something similar to
one of those stair lifts.

2444
02:00:06,020 --> 02:00:07,720
It's essentially a sliding lift.

2445
02:00:07,720 --> 02:00:10,440
It'll bring someone who's not
capable of going to upstairs

2446
02:00:10,440 --> 02:00:14,390
from the bottom to the
top of their staircase.

2447
02:00:14,390 --> 02:00:17,400
And Art was actually in
preference of this idea.

2448
02:00:17,400 --> 02:00:22,960
As you can see, based
on the lower sketch,

2449
02:00:22,960 --> 02:00:24,890
it appears to be
relatively light design.

2450
02:00:24,890 --> 02:00:28,210
And it's incredibly portable
because it essentially

2451
02:00:28,210 --> 02:00:30,450
looked like a tripod.

2452
02:00:30,450 --> 02:00:34,480
And unfortunately, the
major disadvantages of this

2453
02:00:34,480 --> 02:00:40,200
is we, again, have to deal
with a lot of friction losses,

2454
02:00:40,200 --> 02:00:41,920
and we also have
to include a bunch

2455
02:00:41,920 --> 02:00:44,140
of fail safes such
as hand brakes,

2456
02:00:44,140 --> 02:00:48,630
just to ensure that he doesn't
accidentally slide down when

2457
02:00:48,630 --> 02:00:52,921
he's near the top of the ramp.

2458
02:00:52,921 --> 02:00:54,420
And for this design
we actually need

2459
02:00:54,420 --> 02:00:57,180
a very specialized motor,
something that's low speed

2460
02:00:57,180 --> 02:00:59,790
and high in torque.

2461
02:00:59,790 --> 02:01:06,300
One idea that-- so
this is actually our

2462
02:01:06,300 --> 02:01:08,280
currently most worked done idea.

2463
02:01:08,280 --> 02:01:10,550
It's a screw lift essentially.

2464
02:01:10,550 --> 02:01:15,550
And that is a smaller
scale prototype.

2465
02:01:15,550 --> 02:01:19,070
Based on this drawing, you
can see that we essentially

2466
02:01:19,070 --> 02:01:23,390
take multiple 80-20
rods and arrange them

2467
02:01:23,390 --> 02:01:26,310
in that sort of fashion, so
you have one rod on this side

2468
02:01:26,310 --> 02:01:30,210
and one rod on the other, where
there's a seat in the middle.

2469
02:01:30,210 --> 02:01:32,990
And in between those two
rods, and what's holding up

2470
02:01:32,990 --> 02:01:34,770
the chair, is a threaded rod.

2471
02:01:34,770 --> 02:01:37,650
So essentially we'd
be using either

2472
02:01:37,650 --> 02:01:41,220
a drill motor or
any sort of motor

2473
02:01:41,220 --> 02:01:45,880
to twist that threaded
rod to lift or to cause

2474
02:01:45,880 --> 02:01:48,290
the chair to ascend or descend.

2475
02:01:48,290 --> 02:01:49,780
The major advantage
to this is it

2476
02:01:49,780 --> 02:01:52,977
can be designed to
be rather foldable,

2477
02:01:52,977 --> 02:01:54,810
and we don't have to
build in any fail safes

2478
02:01:54,810 --> 02:01:57,440
because we're dealing
with a threaded rod.

2479
02:01:57,440 --> 02:02:01,500
And actually, the motors
required for this design

2480
02:02:01,500 --> 02:02:03,600
are also relatively cheaper.

2481
02:02:03,600 --> 02:02:06,490
But the major
disadvantages to this idea,

2482
02:02:06,490 --> 02:02:10,360
in particular, is that we have
to work with multiple parts,

2483
02:02:10,360 --> 02:02:14,190
and this could be a
potentially heavy idea.

2484
02:02:17,690 --> 02:02:21,350
So here is actually a
video of the prototype.

2485
02:02:53,105 --> 02:02:54,980
RACHEL ELLISON: So this
showing it does move.

2486
02:02:54,980 --> 02:02:56,105
This me turning it by hand.

2487
02:02:56,105 --> 02:03:01,100
And so if you're turning
it at maybe 100, 150,

2488
02:03:01,100 --> 02:03:03,520
it would be moving a lot faster.

2489
02:03:03,520 --> 02:03:08,260
The [INAUDIBLE] we're looking
at are eight turns per inch.

2490
02:03:08,260 --> 02:03:13,102
So at 22 inches, we are
looking at about 200 turns.

2491
02:03:19,060 --> 02:03:21,480
So the next steps in
our process really

2492
02:03:21,480 --> 02:03:24,780
are to expand on these
two ideas and decide

2493
02:03:24,780 --> 02:03:28,110
which design to pursue.

2494
02:03:28,110 --> 02:03:30,090
Stephanie is handing
around now 80-20

2495
02:03:30,090 --> 02:03:33,420
rod, which is the basis
of our sliding mechanism.

2496
02:03:33,420 --> 02:03:35,350
And really what
we're trying to do

2497
02:03:35,350 --> 02:03:36,970
is understand what
parts we'll be

2498
02:03:36,970 --> 02:03:39,980
able to get within
our budget constraints

2499
02:03:39,980 --> 02:03:43,180
and which one will
provide a lighter weight

2500
02:03:43,180 --> 02:03:45,980
design that fits more of
our design specifications.

2501
02:03:45,980 --> 02:03:48,610
We'd like it to be full
scale, our next prototype,

2502
02:03:48,610 --> 02:03:52,780
and we're going to prioritize
durability and sturdiness.

2503
02:03:52,780 --> 02:03:56,760
After that, we'd like to make
a more polished prototype

2504
02:03:56,760 --> 02:03:58,250
of our final idea.

2505
02:03:58,250 --> 02:04:00,780
We'd like this one to fold
up to be transportable

2506
02:04:00,780 --> 02:04:02,744
and to be within our
weight specifications.

2507
02:04:02,744 --> 02:04:04,160
For our first
prototype, we're not

2508
02:04:04,160 --> 02:04:06,564
going to worry so
much about that.

2509
02:04:06,564 --> 02:04:08,230
We'd like to try to
optimize the lifting

2510
02:04:08,230 --> 02:04:10,430
time and the speed at
which the motor turns

2511
02:04:10,430 --> 02:04:12,012
to lift Art up and down.

2512
02:04:12,012 --> 02:04:14,220
And finally, we'd like to
think about the feasibility

2513
02:04:14,220 --> 02:04:16,000
of mass production
of this device

2514
02:04:16,000 --> 02:04:18,440
and what is going into it
and whether those things will

2515
02:04:18,440 --> 02:04:21,460
be available for other users.

2516
02:04:21,460 --> 02:04:24,851
And so our projected costs
with the slider design

2517
02:04:24,851 --> 02:04:26,600
which is a little bit
more expensive we're

2518
02:04:26,600 --> 02:04:29,380
going to need a linear bearing
to slide up and down the broad

2519
02:04:29,380 --> 02:04:32,040
with hand brake built
in so that it will be

2520
02:04:32,040 --> 02:04:34,000
stable at the top of the ramp.

2521
02:04:34,000 --> 02:04:36,060
And that's about $65.

2522
02:04:36,060 --> 02:04:38,030
For a high torque,
low speed motor,

2523
02:04:38,030 --> 02:04:41,870
those are pretty pricey
and come at $60 to $80 new.

2524
02:04:41,870 --> 02:04:44,320
We've been looking into
scavenging this part

2525
02:04:44,320 --> 02:04:46,590
to try to cut down costs.

2526
02:04:46,590 --> 02:04:49,020
We'll also need other parts,
such as hinges and legs,

2527
02:04:49,020 --> 02:04:51,190
so that'll fold up.

2528
02:04:51,190 --> 02:04:53,840
For the screw lift
design, we're looking

2529
02:04:53,840 --> 02:04:59,230
at using a threaded rod,
and this Acme thread design

2530
02:04:59,230 --> 02:05:01,590
is a special kind of threading
designed to bear weight

2531
02:05:01,590 --> 02:05:05,330
and not snag so that we can turn
it hopefully at higher speeds.

2532
02:05:05,330 --> 02:05:07,520
We'll also need a low
torque, higher speed motor.

2533
02:05:07,520 --> 02:05:09,019
Those will be
significantly cheaper,

2534
02:05:09,019 --> 02:05:12,266
and actually we have several
of those on hand right now.

2535
02:05:12,266 --> 02:05:13,640
And the rest of
the lift is going

2536
02:05:13,640 --> 02:05:16,060
to be aluminum or
wooden parts which can

2537
02:05:16,060 --> 02:05:18,480
come from the hardware store.

2538
02:05:18,480 --> 02:05:21,260
So with that, I'd like to
thank teammates Jessica, who's

2539
02:05:21,260 --> 02:05:23,850
been in charge of
videotaping our meetings

2540
02:05:23,850 --> 02:05:27,340
and edited both the lovely
videos you saw earlier,

2541
02:05:27,340 --> 02:05:29,580
Stephanie, who's been
heading up our prototyping

2542
02:05:29,580 --> 02:05:33,120
and is going to be
doing a lot of stuff

2543
02:05:33,120 --> 02:05:34,696
with building in
the next few weeks,

2544
02:05:34,696 --> 02:05:36,320
and then I'm not
going to thank myself,

2545
02:05:36,320 --> 02:05:38,920
but I've been doing a lot of
the interviewing and client

2546
02:05:38,920 --> 02:05:40,760
communication.

2547
02:05:40,760 --> 02:05:43,147
We'd also like to give a
special thanks to Don Fredette

2548
02:05:43,147 --> 02:05:44,730
at The Boston House,
who's provided us

2549
02:05:44,730 --> 02:05:48,180
with a lot of guidance,
parts, moral support, Joseph

2550
02:05:48,180 --> 02:05:50,360
Parse, in the Department
of Material Science

2551
02:05:50,360 --> 02:05:52,860
and Engineering, who helped
us figure out the screw lift

2552
02:05:52,860 --> 02:05:55,790
design and what parts
we'd need to make it work,

2553
02:05:55,790 --> 02:05:58,200
and finally our client
himself has helped us

2554
02:05:58,200 --> 02:06:01,610
a lot with the design
feasibility and sourcing parts,

2555
02:06:01,610 --> 02:06:04,110
and since he works
at this hacker space,

2556
02:06:04,110 --> 02:06:06,250
he's also volunteered to
help us put it together,

2557
02:06:06,250 --> 02:06:08,625
and, of course, the PPAT staff
makes this class possible.

2558
02:06:10,892 --> 02:06:11,475
Any questions?

2559
02:06:15,343 --> 02:06:17,634
PROFESSOR 4: We have about
three minutes for questions.

2560
02:06:20,198 --> 02:06:22,406
PROFESSOR 4: Have you looked
at Kiva Systems, a robot

2561
02:06:22,406 --> 02:06:23,455
for warehouse automation?

2562
02:06:23,455 --> 02:06:25,867
They were bought
for $600 million

2563
02:06:25,867 --> 02:06:27,620
by Amazon a couple years ago.

2564
02:06:27,620 --> 02:06:30,080
But they have a lift, a
clever lift mechanism.

2565
02:06:30,080 --> 02:06:33,897
Their founder talked to
[? Mickey ?] last week.

2566
02:06:33,897 --> 02:06:35,480
Maybe I can give you
a pointer or two.

2567
02:06:35,480 --> 02:06:36,710
They have a clever design.

2568
02:06:36,710 --> 02:06:37,543
Maybe it's the same.

2569
02:06:41,020 --> 02:06:43,975
But I do worry about the overall
electromechanical robustness.

2570
02:06:46,980 --> 02:06:50,200
Have you thought about
how the whole-- the power,

2571
02:06:50,200 --> 02:06:54,587
the connectors, the control
everything puts together?

2572
02:06:54,587 --> 02:06:56,920
RACHEL ELLISON: We should
have said something about this

2573
02:06:56,920 --> 02:06:59,350
during the presentation,
but Art has

2574
02:06:59,350 --> 02:07:03,870
hacked into 24 volt
battery system in his chair

2575
02:07:03,870 --> 02:07:05,910
and has an Anderson
volt connector that we

2576
02:07:05,910 --> 02:07:07,325
can use to power our devices.

2577
02:07:07,325 --> 02:07:10,917
PROFESSOR 4: So you'll connect
in to the wheelchair battery.

2578
02:07:10,917 --> 02:07:13,250
PROFESSOR 6: So that partly
answered one of my question.

2579
02:07:13,250 --> 02:07:13,750
I had two.

2580
02:07:13,750 --> 02:07:18,480
One, what equipment does Art
use at makers space, and two,

2581
02:07:18,480 --> 02:07:22,330
has he adapted or hacked
any of his existing?

2582
02:07:22,330 --> 02:07:24,213
So yes, he has hacked
his wheelchair.

2583
02:07:24,213 --> 02:07:26,546
JESSICA HERRING: He does that
quite frequently actually.

2584
02:07:26,546 --> 02:07:28,157
He replaces his joystick.

2585
02:07:28,157 --> 02:07:35,552
He [INAUDIBLE] adjust the
sensitivity for [INAUDIBLE].

2586
02:07:35,552 --> 02:07:39,706
RACHEL ELLISON: I think
he uses the [INAUDIBLE],

2587
02:07:39,706 --> 02:07:42,289
and he's built this foot peddle
to help him use variable speed

2588
02:07:42,289 --> 02:07:42,947
devices.

2589
02:07:42,947 --> 02:07:45,732
He can't use his feet.

2590
02:07:45,732 --> 02:07:47,190
I'm not sure
realistically how much

2591
02:07:47,190 --> 02:07:49,410
he's going to be able to help
us with putting it together.

2592
02:07:49,410 --> 02:07:51,493
But we thought it was
really kind that he offered,

2593
02:07:51,493 --> 02:07:54,035
and maybe there will be things
that he's able to assist with.

2594
02:07:54,035 --> 02:07:55,409
PROFESSOR 6:
[INAUDIBLE] it could

2595
02:07:55,409 --> 02:07:57,860
be interesting to think about
then going forward, even

2596
02:07:57,860 --> 02:07:59,890
beyond the class, how
do you design this

2597
02:07:59,890 --> 02:08:02,590
so that he can
continue tinkering

2598
02:08:02,590 --> 02:08:04,510
with it after the
semester is done,

2599
02:08:04,510 --> 02:08:06,129
if he's already in
a position and is

2600
02:08:06,129 --> 02:08:07,170
interested in doing that.

2601
02:08:07,170 --> 02:08:07,711
That's great.

2602
02:08:10,280 --> 02:08:12,280
PROFESSOR 1: So this is
interesting in the sense

2603
02:08:12,280 --> 02:08:14,260
that he's intentionally
on the ground, right?

2604
02:08:14,260 --> 02:08:17,670
You're not trying to
recover from fall,

2605
02:08:17,670 --> 02:08:21,600
which I think is where many
of the other assistive devices

2606
02:08:21,600 --> 02:08:24,460
are thinking about.

2607
02:08:24,460 --> 02:08:27,400
I want to actually probe
on this one minute time

2608
02:08:27,400 --> 02:08:30,600
because if he's intentionally
getting on the ground,

2609
02:08:30,600 --> 02:08:36,240
he's maybe planning
to get back up,

2610
02:08:36,240 --> 02:08:38,890
and he might do it, in fact,
frequently-- getting under,

2611
02:08:38,890 --> 02:08:41,370
getting back in the chair to
go somewhere else for a tool,

2612
02:08:41,370 --> 02:08:44,570
then going back and
getting under again.

2613
02:08:44,570 --> 02:08:47,370
Does the one minute that you're
talking about, is that just

2614
02:08:47,370 --> 02:08:50,520
measuring the time that
it takes like the motor

2615
02:08:50,520 --> 02:08:53,030
to propel him up to
wheelchair height,

2616
02:08:53,030 --> 02:08:57,523
or are we talking about the time
to set it all up, get on it,

2617
02:08:57,523 --> 02:09:00,036
as well as move up?

2618
02:09:00,036 --> 02:09:04,244
STEPHANIE CHEN : That's the
time he wants to spend actually

2619
02:09:04,244 --> 02:09:06,160
maneuvering himself on
the floor to his chair.

2620
02:09:06,160 --> 02:09:10,940
So we haven't actually taken
into consideration setup time,

2621
02:09:10,940 --> 02:09:14,160
though I guess that's
another thing we can add in.

2622
02:09:14,160 --> 02:09:16,510
But, again, that's going
to depend on the design

2623
02:09:16,510 --> 02:09:18,116
we choose, but some
may be, I guess,

2624
02:09:18,116 --> 02:09:21,497
modular in the sense that
it may take some [INAUDIBLE]

2625
02:09:21,497 --> 02:09:25,828
apart and actually have to
assemble the entire apparatus.

2626
02:09:25,828 --> 02:09:28,574
But for now, we're just
focusing on the time length

2627
02:09:28,574 --> 02:09:29,990
between him getting
from the floor

2628
02:09:29,990 --> 02:09:32,320
to the chair or vice versa.

2629
02:09:32,320 --> 02:09:34,160
RACHEL ELLISON: So
another reason to favor

2630
02:09:34,160 --> 02:09:36,320
this screw lift
over the slider lift

2631
02:09:36,320 --> 02:09:39,520
is that that's a lot more
flexibility in how fast

2632
02:09:39,520 --> 02:09:41,200
the thing goes up and down.

2633
02:09:41,200 --> 02:09:42,950
With a slider lift,
because so much torque

2634
02:09:42,950 --> 02:09:46,890
is required to just
move a pulley that way,

2635
02:09:46,890 --> 02:09:51,250
we'd be looking at-- we have a
minimum possible time of about

2636
02:09:51,250 --> 02:09:52,115
45 seconds.

2637
02:09:52,115 --> 02:09:54,240
Whereas with the screw
lift, pretty much the faster

2638
02:09:54,240 --> 02:09:56,390
you turn the motor, the
faster the thing moves.

2639
02:09:56,390 --> 02:09:58,180
And then the only
top consideration

2640
02:09:58,180 --> 02:10:00,840
really is how fast we
can move it safely.

2641
02:10:00,840 --> 02:10:02,256
We certainly don't
want to put him

2642
02:10:02,256 --> 02:10:04,570
in risk of being
propelled off the chair

2643
02:10:04,570 --> 02:10:07,990
or dumped onto the floor.

2644
02:10:07,990 --> 02:10:09,705
PROFESSOR 1: I'd
encourage you to include

2645
02:10:09,705 --> 02:10:13,165
setup time as one of
your metrics for at least

2646
02:10:13,165 --> 02:10:13,665
[INAUDIBLE].

2647
02:10:18,069 --> 02:10:20,110
PROFESSOR 4: OK, any final
questions or comments?

2648
02:10:20,110 --> 02:10:23,190
All right, thank you, Team Art.

2649
02:10:23,190 --> 02:10:24,677
And we'll jump right in.

2650
02:10:24,677 --> 02:10:25,177
Thank you.

2651
02:10:35,157 --> 02:10:36,150
Hi, everyone.

2652
02:10:36,150 --> 02:10:38,690
We're team Chris.

2653
02:10:38,690 --> 02:10:40,610
So I'll introduce ourselves.

2654
02:10:40,610 --> 02:10:41,570
This is Arthie.

2655
02:10:41,570 --> 02:10:43,460
She's a senior, and
she is our point

2656
02:10:43,460 --> 02:10:45,940
of contact for the semester
with our client, who

2657
02:10:45,940 --> 02:10:47,690
we'll introduce later.

2658
02:10:47,690 --> 02:10:49,420
Next is Carolyn
right over there.

2659
02:10:49,420 --> 02:10:52,640
She is also a senior,
and she is the person

2660
02:10:52,640 --> 02:10:55,010
in charge of keeping us on
task during our meetings,

2661
02:10:55,010 --> 02:10:58,240
make sure focused, and make sure
that we're following our goals

2662
02:10:58,240 --> 02:11:01,040
and aiming for
goals every meeting.

2663
02:11:01,040 --> 02:11:03,320
PHOEBE: Next, we have
Dirk, who's a junior,

2664
02:11:03,320 --> 02:11:06,180
and he is our main
scribe for the semester.

2665
02:11:06,180 --> 02:11:07,680
And then there's me, Phoebe.

2666
02:11:07,680 --> 02:11:11,750
I'm the main photographer and
videographer for this semester.

2667
02:11:11,750 --> 02:11:14,460
And, of course, our most
important member of the team

2668
02:11:14,460 --> 02:11:15,610
is Chris.

2669
02:11:15,610 --> 02:11:18,790
He is a first year MBA
student at Boston College.

2670
02:11:18,790 --> 02:11:22,790
He loves to read, blog,
and he loves baseball.

2671
02:11:22,790 --> 02:11:25,340
So he has this rare
condition called

2672
02:11:25,340 --> 02:11:29,570
Miyoshi Myopathy, which is a
progressive muscular dystrophy

2673
02:11:29,570 --> 02:11:30,360
condition.

2674
02:11:30,360 --> 02:11:32,917
So he can only walk
short distances

2675
02:11:32,917 --> 02:11:34,667
and can only carry a
small load at a time.

2676
02:11:41,274 --> 02:11:42,690
STUDENT 4: The
activity that Chris

2677
02:11:42,690 --> 02:11:44,340
would like us to
help him with is just

2678
02:11:44,340 --> 02:11:46,750
as daily movements
throughout the world.

2679
02:11:46,750 --> 02:11:49,540
Since he uses forearm
crutches and a scooter,

2680
02:11:49,540 --> 02:11:53,040
he needs place that don't have
stairs and elevators to get

2681
02:11:53,040 --> 02:11:55,070
around.

2682
02:11:55,070 --> 02:11:56,860
Currently, when he
wants to go anywhere,

2683
02:11:56,860 --> 02:11:58,730
he has to research
that place online.

2684
02:11:58,730 --> 02:12:01,550
He uses Google Maps,
and he uses Yelp.

2685
02:12:01,550 --> 02:12:03,430
Yelp has a little
bit of information.

2686
02:12:03,430 --> 02:12:08,870
But really what he uses is the
Google Maps Street View feature

2687
02:12:08,870 --> 02:12:11,080
because he can actually
see where he can get up

2688
02:12:11,080 --> 02:12:13,530
onto a sidewalk
or the front door,

2689
02:12:13,530 --> 02:12:16,960
if there's stairs up to the
door and things like that.

2690
02:12:16,960 --> 02:12:18,480
If he can't get
enough information

2691
02:12:18,480 --> 02:12:20,360
from online resources,
sometimes he

2692
02:12:20,360 --> 02:12:22,630
can call the building,
the restaurant, whatever

2693
02:12:22,630 --> 02:12:24,390
he wants to do, and
they can give him

2694
02:12:24,390 --> 02:12:26,130
some more information that way.

2695
02:12:26,130 --> 02:12:29,280
On campus, he primarily uses
the disabilities office,

2696
02:12:29,280 --> 02:12:31,010
and oftentimes he
has to go in and talk

2697
02:12:31,010 --> 02:12:33,200
to them because there's
not very much information

2698
02:12:33,200 --> 02:12:34,450
on their website.

2699
02:12:34,450 --> 02:12:36,280
And can you go back?

2700
02:12:36,280 --> 02:12:39,000
One thing that's really hard
about some of these things,

2701
02:12:39,000 --> 02:12:40,630
except for the phone
call, of course,

2702
02:12:40,630 --> 02:12:43,129
is that he doesn't know what's
going on inside the building.

2703
02:12:43,129 --> 02:12:47,810
He can't see that on
a virtual application.

2704
02:12:47,810 --> 02:12:51,550
So we've decided he needs this
in everywhere that he goes,

2705
02:12:51,550 --> 02:12:53,490
but we've decided for
the scope of the class

2706
02:12:53,490 --> 02:12:56,870
to focus on his school
and Boston College.

2707
02:12:56,870 --> 02:12:58,860
Particularly, we're
starting with the building

2708
02:12:58,860 --> 02:13:01,550
that he uses every day,
which is Fulton Hall.

2709
02:13:01,550 --> 02:13:04,550
One thing about Boston College
is that it's very hilly.

2710
02:13:04,550 --> 02:13:07,400
So for Chris, that's really
difficult. Some of the paths

2711
02:13:07,400 --> 02:13:10,810
are sort of ramps up the
hills, but they're very steep,

2712
02:13:10,810 --> 02:13:13,760
which can be difficult for
his chair and also scary.

2713
02:13:13,760 --> 02:13:16,816
If he's going down, he
might not be able to stop.

2714
02:13:16,816 --> 02:13:18,940
And there's a lot of stairs
on some of these paths.

2715
02:13:18,940 --> 02:13:21,480
So actually he needs to go
through buildings sometimes

2716
02:13:21,480 --> 02:13:23,380
and use elevators
within the buildings

2717
02:13:23,380 --> 02:13:25,000
to get from a lower
level of campus

2718
02:13:25,000 --> 02:13:27,190
to a higher level or vice versa.

2719
02:13:27,190 --> 02:13:28,930
And then he's a
very busy students.

2720
02:13:28,930 --> 02:13:31,560
So if he needs a route
like that that's not easy

2721
02:13:31,560 --> 02:13:33,620
for him to see online,
he might take a long time

2722
02:13:33,620 --> 02:13:35,940
to get to his meetings
or his classes,

2723
02:13:35,940 --> 02:13:37,530
and that's a problem for him.

2724
02:13:37,530 --> 02:13:40,130
And the other thing is
students on campus don't really

2725
02:13:40,130 --> 02:13:42,790
know these routes, and
they're also very busy,

2726
02:13:42,790 --> 02:13:45,490
so it's hard for them to
help him out sometimes.

2727
02:13:45,490 --> 02:13:47,550
So our goal is to
take the things

2728
02:13:47,550 --> 02:13:52,440
that he uses right now-- Google,
Yelp, knowing about stairs,

2729
02:13:52,440 --> 02:13:54,270
and just going out
trial and error,

2730
02:13:54,270 --> 02:13:57,470
and finding these warnings
by himself-- we're

2731
02:13:57,470 --> 02:14:00,380
trying to take that uncertainty
and bring all of these elements

2732
02:14:00,380 --> 02:14:02,420
together into a
central application

2733
02:14:02,420 --> 02:14:05,140
that he can just go to
this one place, see a map,

2734
02:14:05,140 --> 02:14:07,300
and also go inside
buildings and find out

2735
02:14:07,300 --> 02:14:10,710
what things might be difficult.
If an elevator isn't working.

2736
02:14:10,710 --> 02:14:12,810
If an automatic
door isn't working,

2737
02:14:12,810 --> 02:14:15,420
if there happens to be something
in the middle of the hallway

2738
02:14:15,420 --> 02:14:18,950
that could be in his way, or
a classroom that has stairs up

2739
02:14:18,950 --> 02:14:21,480
to the seats, so he knows
about these things in advance

2740
02:14:21,480 --> 02:14:22,919
and doesn't have to deal
with that uncertainty

2741
02:14:22,919 --> 02:14:24,127
that he deals with every day.

2742
02:14:27,626 --> 02:14:29,460
DIRK: So Chris came
into this project having

2743
02:14:29,460 --> 02:14:31,542
a pretty good idea of what
he wanted us to create,

2744
02:14:31,542 --> 02:14:33,370
and that is an
application that presents

2745
02:14:33,370 --> 02:14:37,520
him all of this information
in an easily accessible form.

2746
02:14:37,520 --> 02:14:42,010
So our first goal was we needed
to narrow down the scope, which

2747
02:14:42,010 --> 02:14:43,890
we decided was Boston College.

2748
02:14:43,890 --> 02:14:45,900
And even more than
that, we decided

2749
02:14:45,900 --> 02:14:48,610
to look at three different
tiers of information.

2750
02:14:48,610 --> 02:14:52,347
So the first one being
at the building level.

2751
02:14:52,347 --> 02:14:53,930
So this would entail
essentially being

2752
02:14:53,930 --> 02:14:55,860
able to see the
entrances and exits that

2753
02:14:55,860 --> 02:14:57,920
are accessible to
buildings, being

2754
02:14:57,920 --> 02:15:03,750
able to see information that is
things like potholes or places

2755
02:15:03,750 --> 02:15:07,000
like hills that are hard to
access outside of the building.

2756
02:15:07,000 --> 02:15:10,110
The second tier is that
of the floor level,

2757
02:15:10,110 --> 02:15:12,360
actually being able to
look into the buildings

2758
02:15:12,360 --> 02:15:16,190
and seeing where the
locations of elevators

2759
02:15:16,190 --> 02:15:19,650
are, if there's
stairs to get places,

2760
02:15:19,650 --> 02:15:22,660
where the accessible
bathrooms are located.

2761
02:15:22,660 --> 02:15:26,725
And then the third tier is
that of rooms, in particular,

2762
02:15:26,725 --> 02:15:28,350
if there are difficult
doors to get in,

2763
02:15:28,350 --> 02:15:30,800
if it's like a lecture
hall where the accessible

2764
02:15:30,800 --> 02:15:33,660
seating is, which
entrances he can use,

2765
02:15:33,660 --> 02:15:37,700
and being able to present all
of that in a tiered format.

2766
02:15:37,700 --> 02:15:40,030
So for our goals, we
want to definitely

2767
02:15:40,030 --> 02:15:43,250
be able to do the first
and the second level.

2768
02:15:43,250 --> 02:15:44,660
We think those
are both feasible.

2769
02:15:44,660 --> 02:15:49,350
We're hoping to get to
the third tier as well.

2770
02:15:49,350 --> 02:15:52,310
Beyond that, there are
two different aspects

2771
02:15:52,310 --> 02:15:55,570
the application, that being
the front end and the back end.

2772
02:15:55,570 --> 02:15:57,690
The front end is the
visual display, what

2773
02:15:57,690 --> 02:15:59,740
Chris will actually be using.

2774
02:15:59,740 --> 02:16:04,050
And the back end is where
this data that is being

2775
02:16:04,050 --> 02:16:06,350
displayed actually comes from.

2776
02:16:06,350 --> 02:16:08,230
Now, the interesting
aspect of this project

2777
02:16:08,230 --> 02:16:12,120
is that because it
is navigation-based,

2778
02:16:12,120 --> 02:16:15,180
it's based on buildings and
wherever Chris wants to go,

2779
02:16:15,180 --> 02:16:20,930
ultimately his vision is to have
this available for everywhere

2780
02:16:20,930 --> 02:16:22,120
he wants to go.

2781
02:16:22,120 --> 02:16:24,836
Obviously, that's not all
feasible for the scope

2782
02:16:24,836 --> 02:16:26,090
of this project.

2783
02:16:26,090 --> 02:16:28,790
But we really want to have
some sort of method built

2784
02:16:28,790 --> 02:16:33,510
in that allows us to
expand to future locations

2785
02:16:33,510 --> 02:16:35,780
and be able to bring
in different locations

2786
02:16:35,780 --> 02:16:37,910
to this application.

2787
02:16:37,910 --> 02:16:42,510
So we want to, alongside
the front end on display,

2788
02:16:42,510 --> 02:16:44,770
have some sort of
method for bringing

2789
02:16:44,770 --> 02:16:48,430
in new places and new
data into the application.

2790
02:16:51,350 --> 02:16:53,650
As far as our actual
prototypes go,

2791
02:16:53,650 --> 02:16:58,000
we initially started by all
four of us creating drawings

2792
02:16:58,000 --> 02:17:01,500
explaining how sort of we
saw this application coming

2793
02:17:01,500 --> 02:17:04,420
together, and we presented
all of these to Chris

2794
02:17:04,420 --> 02:17:08,496
and discussed with him what
he liked about each of them,

2795
02:17:08,496 --> 02:17:11,760
and took the best
aspects of each,

2796
02:17:11,760 --> 02:17:16,840
and condensed them down into
a singular paper prototype.

2797
02:17:16,840 --> 02:17:22,290
So initially, he
liked the map view

2798
02:17:22,290 --> 02:17:24,440
that showed each
of the buildings

2799
02:17:24,440 --> 02:17:27,950
with alerts for where
the entrances are

2800
02:17:27,950 --> 02:17:31,219
and then being able
to have things pop up,

2801
02:17:31,219 --> 02:17:34,040
such as potholes,
things outside actually

2802
02:17:34,040 --> 02:17:37,730
getting to the building the
he might need to be aware of.

2803
02:17:37,730 --> 02:17:39,860
Then, when he actually
clicked on the building,

2804
02:17:39,860 --> 02:17:45,340
it would show up a
actual floor plan,

2805
02:17:45,340 --> 02:17:48,620
being able to look at different
floors within the building.

2806
02:17:48,620 --> 02:17:53,000
He liked the floor plan because
it was very easy to navigate.

2807
02:17:53,000 --> 02:17:57,360
And on top of that, having
different notifications,

2808
02:17:57,360 --> 02:17:59,629
different alerts,
potentially color-coded

2809
02:17:59,629 --> 02:18:02,629
that show different
pieces of information,

2810
02:18:02,629 --> 02:18:07,930
being where there are doors,
stairs, elevators, bathrooms,

2811
02:18:07,930 --> 02:18:09,740
all this information
that he wanted to be

2812
02:18:09,740 --> 02:18:12,124
able to see very easily marked.

2813
02:18:12,124 --> 02:18:14,540
One of the other big things
that he wanted to make sure of

2814
02:18:14,540 --> 02:18:18,930
is that we were presenting
just facts about the building.

2815
02:18:18,930 --> 02:18:23,219
He wants the information to be
presented in a fairly raw form

2816
02:18:23,219 --> 02:18:26,341
so he can then determine for
himself this is somewhere

2817
02:18:26,341 --> 02:18:28,090
I can go, or this is
somewhere I can't go.

2818
02:18:30,910 --> 02:18:32,440
As far as actually
creating this,

2819
02:18:32,440 --> 02:18:39,799
we decided on a web application
because it was easier for us,

2820
02:18:39,799 --> 02:18:42,206
as far as our skills
coming in, and it

2821
02:18:42,206 --> 02:18:43,664
was a lot more universal.

2822
02:18:43,664 --> 02:18:46,549
He can access it from his
phone, from this computer.

2823
02:18:46,549 --> 02:18:51,410
And then we want to use
JavaScript Node Express as far

2824
02:18:51,410 --> 02:18:53,722
as our languages to be
able to code that and Mongo

2825
02:18:53,722 --> 02:18:54,847
for our database structure.

2826
02:19:00,600 --> 02:19:02,940
The success metrics
that we want to use

2827
02:19:02,940 --> 02:19:05,799
to measure this apply
to the user experience

2828
02:19:05,799 --> 02:19:08,379
side of this project, to make
sure that Chris is getting

2829
02:19:08,379 --> 02:19:10,080
the most benefit out
of the application

2830
02:19:10,080 --> 02:19:11,309
that we're creating.

2831
02:19:11,309 --> 02:19:14,049
And so one of the
metrics that we are using

2832
02:19:14,049 --> 02:19:15,680
is the number of
clicks it's going

2833
02:19:15,680 --> 02:19:19,809
to take Chris to get a
specific item of information

2834
02:19:19,809 --> 02:19:20,530
that he needs.

2835
02:19:20,530 --> 02:19:23,080
So, for instance, starting
from the full campus map,

2836
02:19:23,080 --> 02:19:25,490
we want him to only have
to click three times

2837
02:19:25,490 --> 02:19:28,230
to get a specific floor
plan of a building

2838
02:19:28,230 --> 02:19:30,559
that he wants to
go into for class.

2839
02:19:30,559 --> 02:19:33,270
And upon that, click
only one more time

2840
02:19:33,270 --> 02:19:35,629
to look at a specific
room in that building

2841
02:19:35,629 --> 02:19:38,480
or the specific elevator
and to get the information

2842
02:19:38,480 --> 02:19:41,440
that you need to know for
that specific facility.

2843
02:19:41,440 --> 02:19:43,250
The second metric that
we are going to use

2844
02:19:43,250 --> 02:19:47,299
is how much time it takes for
him to gather this information.

2845
02:19:47,299 --> 02:19:49,900
So, as we mentioned
earlier, his current methods

2846
02:19:49,900 --> 02:19:52,790
are to call the
restaurant he's going to,

2847
02:19:52,790 --> 02:19:55,540
call the disabilities office,
look at their website,

2848
02:19:55,540 --> 02:19:57,185
and just look
through Google Maps.

2849
02:19:57,185 --> 02:19:58,560
And so we want to
be able to time

2850
02:19:58,560 --> 02:20:01,220
how long it takes him to
get to find information

2851
02:20:01,220 --> 02:20:03,500
about a specific classroom
through those ways,

2852
02:20:03,500 --> 02:20:06,110
and then make sure that
it's about 60% less

2853
02:20:06,110 --> 02:20:10,400
time for him to use our website
to get that same information.

2854
02:20:10,400 --> 02:20:15,800
The third metric we're using is
to allow for uncertainty-- not

2855
02:20:15,800 --> 02:20:18,290
allow for uncertainty, but to
reduce as much uncertainty as

2856
02:20:18,290 --> 02:20:19,210
possible.

2857
02:20:19,210 --> 02:20:22,570
And so that way
within our website,

2858
02:20:22,570 --> 02:20:25,140
he's not confused when
using it, and so we

2859
02:20:25,140 --> 02:20:27,690
want to count how
many questions he has,

2860
02:20:27,690 --> 02:20:32,100
and have a little help menu that
he can use to clarify things.

2861
02:20:32,100 --> 02:20:33,810
But also just to
reduce uncertainty

2862
02:20:33,810 --> 02:20:36,190
within all of his
travel procedures

2863
02:20:36,190 --> 02:20:39,220
and to allow him to answer
his questions before actually

2864
02:20:39,220 --> 02:20:41,930
going out.

2865
02:20:41,930 --> 02:20:43,860
Now for our future
plans of what we're

2866
02:20:43,860 --> 02:20:46,110
doing for the rest of the
semester, as Dirk mentioned,

2867
02:20:46,110 --> 02:20:48,850
we're going to split this into
the back end and the front end.

2868
02:20:48,850 --> 02:20:51,030
So Dirk and Caroline
are going to work on

2869
02:20:51,030 --> 02:20:53,480
in the data aggregation
and database set up,

2870
02:20:53,480 --> 02:20:56,680
so getting all the information
that we want to display

2871
02:20:56,680 --> 02:21:00,380
and then creating a database
structure that we can scope

2872
02:21:00,380 --> 02:21:03,300
later on to add more details--
different types of buildings,

2873
02:21:03,300 --> 02:21:05,580
different floors,
different facilities.

2874
02:21:05,580 --> 02:21:08,150
And Phoebe and I are going to
be working on the front end

2875
02:21:08,150 --> 02:21:12,550
to increase the user
usability of the whole design.

2876
02:21:12,550 --> 02:21:15,660
And since Chris
wants actual facts

2877
02:21:15,660 --> 02:21:17,350
that he can interpret
for himself,

2878
02:21:17,350 --> 02:21:20,920
we want to have a good
balance of images and text

2879
02:21:20,920 --> 02:21:23,140
and just make sure
that he's able to use

2880
02:21:23,140 --> 02:21:26,360
this in a clear way.

2881
02:21:26,360 --> 02:21:30,610
The timeline for this semester
is until the end of October,

2882
02:21:30,610 --> 02:21:33,410
we want to start
our coding process

2883
02:21:33,410 --> 02:21:35,880
and come up with a
software prototype,

2884
02:21:35,880 --> 02:21:37,870
and in the first
week of November,

2885
02:21:37,870 --> 02:21:39,640
work through our
software prototype,

2886
02:21:39,640 --> 02:21:42,760
and by the end of that, have
something to present to Chris

2887
02:21:42,760 --> 02:21:44,750
and have him actually
test it and use it

2888
02:21:44,750 --> 02:21:46,432
so that way we can
revise and reiterate

2889
02:21:46,432 --> 02:21:47,390
and keep going with it.

2890
02:21:47,390 --> 02:21:49,150
And by the end of
November, we want

2891
02:21:49,150 --> 02:21:52,150
to have our final version
that we can continue

2892
02:21:52,150 --> 02:21:53,633
to reiterate throughout.

2893
02:21:53,633 --> 02:21:54,216
And that's it.

2894
02:21:54,216 --> 02:21:54,799
Any questions?

2895
02:22:01,252 --> 02:22:03,710
PROFESSOR 5: All right, we have
four minutes for questions.

2896
02:22:03,710 --> 02:22:05,520
Have you tried to work
with Boston College

2897
02:22:05,520 --> 02:22:07,982
to get the actual floor
plans, like PDFs and things?

2898
02:22:07,982 --> 02:22:09,465
Do you have all that?

2899
02:22:09,465 --> 02:22:10,840
STUDENT 6: Yes,
so we're actually

2900
02:22:10,840 --> 02:22:13,880
in contact with Boston College
Disabilities Office right now,

2901
02:22:13,880 --> 02:22:16,900
and they are working
with the head architect

2902
02:22:16,900 --> 02:22:17,970
to get the information.

2903
02:22:17,970 --> 02:22:21,250
Right now we're just working
through the legal procedures

2904
02:22:21,250 --> 02:22:22,690
of which information
he's actually

2905
02:22:22,690 --> 02:22:25,107
allowed to give us and so
what we're allowed to display.

2906
02:22:25,107 --> 02:22:26,690
PROFESSOR 5: MIT has
a whole database.

2907
02:22:26,690 --> 02:22:28,690
If you ever want MIT,
I'll show you where it is.

2908
02:22:33,320 --> 02:22:35,981
AUDIENCE: How does he update
it, like if a pothole is fixed.

2909
02:22:39,460 --> 02:22:43,300
DIRK: Yeah, so that's
an area that we're still

2910
02:22:43,300 --> 02:22:44,650
trying to figure out.

2911
02:22:44,650 --> 02:22:46,490
We've had a couple
a different ideas,

2912
02:22:46,490 --> 02:22:49,480
one being trying to
crowdsource that out somehow,

2913
02:22:49,480 --> 02:22:52,880
having the ability
in the app for users,

2914
02:22:52,880 --> 02:22:56,020
if they notice something,
to put that in as an alert.

2915
02:22:56,020 --> 02:22:58,790
We've thought about
contacting Boston College,

2916
02:22:58,790 --> 02:23:01,800
like the maintenance or
the facilities office,

2917
02:23:01,800 --> 02:23:04,230
and if their staff
notices things,

2918
02:23:04,230 --> 02:23:06,070
having a way to put that in.

2919
02:23:06,070 --> 02:23:08,140
So those are a couple
ideas, and we're still

2920
02:23:08,140 --> 02:23:09,986
trying to figure out
exactly how the best

2921
02:23:09,986 --> 02:23:10,985
way to go about that is.

2922
02:23:13,660 --> 02:23:17,890
AUDIENCE: Excuse me,
we have a colleague

2923
02:23:17,890 --> 02:23:21,100
in New York City that's
done, in the past,

2924
02:23:21,100 --> 02:23:24,170
maybe two or three years
ago, like a Yelp for people

2925
02:23:24,170 --> 02:23:28,991
with disabilities for
accessibility to buildings.

2926
02:23:28,991 --> 02:23:33,410
I'm fairly sure the
site no longer as fresh

2927
02:23:33,410 --> 02:23:36,830
as it was during his
NYU [? ITP ?] days,

2928
02:23:36,830 --> 02:23:39,740
but we could put you
in touch with them

2929
02:23:39,740 --> 02:23:42,911
and see how they've updated or
how they basically populated

2930
02:23:42,911 --> 02:23:44,464
that information.

2931
02:23:44,464 --> 02:23:45,797
DIRK: Yeah, that would be great.

2932
02:23:51,712 --> 02:23:53,230
CIMMY: Hi, we're Team Felicity.

2933
02:23:53,230 --> 02:23:54,060
I'm Cimmy.

2934
02:23:54,060 --> 02:23:54,620
This Ari.

2935
02:23:54,620 --> 02:23:59,530
This is Becca, and
we're Team Felicity.

2936
02:23:59,530 --> 02:24:02,930
This is our mid-semester review.

2937
02:24:02,930 --> 02:24:05,210
Today we're going to
show you our video, talk

2938
02:24:05,210 --> 02:24:07,530
about the HAAT
model for Felicity,

2939
02:24:07,530 --> 02:24:10,710
our project vision, and
our accomplishments so far.

2940
02:24:10,710 --> 02:24:13,320
So we'll start off by
showing you our video.

2941
02:24:13,320 --> 02:24:15,440
[VIDEO PLAYBACK]

2942
02:24:15,440 --> 02:24:17,940
-Let's like together
develop a prototype

2943
02:24:17,940 --> 02:24:21,890
of assistive technology
that you will find useful.

2944
02:24:21,890 --> 02:24:25,400
-I have a disease called
neurofibromatosis,

2945
02:24:25,400 --> 02:24:29,370
which causes tumors to build
up in the brain and spine.

2946
02:24:29,370 --> 02:24:32,570
I had surgery last
February in 2014

2947
02:24:32,570 --> 02:24:35,450
to remove the tumor on this
side, which also took out

2948
02:24:35,450 --> 02:24:41,560
my hearing nerve completely,
so now absolutely profoundly

2949
02:24:41,560 --> 02:24:43,790
deaf on each side.

2950
02:24:43,790 --> 02:24:48,775
I also have a tumor on my
optic nerve behind this eye.

2951
02:24:51,720 --> 02:24:54,420
My vision, I have days where
my vision is perfectly fine,

2952
02:24:54,420 --> 02:24:56,520
and I can see
everything clearly.

2953
02:24:56,520 --> 02:24:59,830
Then I have other days where
things are just like really

2954
02:24:59,830 --> 02:25:05,220
cloudy and I lose
depth perception

2955
02:25:05,220 --> 02:25:07,850
or have trouble seeing
like walk signals,

2956
02:25:07,850 --> 02:25:12,590
like seeing whether it's
white or red or flashing.

2957
02:25:12,590 --> 02:25:17,460
And I had a really close call
a few weeks ago over in Fenway,

2958
02:25:17,460 --> 02:25:20,230
where, because I
know I'm impaired,

2959
02:25:20,230 --> 02:25:23,370
so I'm looking for the light,
and I still kind of like

2960
02:25:23,370 --> 02:25:26,220
look because I just
don't trust anyone.

2961
02:25:26,220 --> 02:25:31,790
But I look for the light,
and then a big truck

2962
02:25:31,790 --> 02:25:33,600
comes right towards me.

2963
02:25:33,600 --> 02:25:34,770
It was terrifying.

2964
02:25:34,770 --> 02:25:37,950
I pretty much rely on like
reading people's lips,

2965
02:25:37,950 --> 02:25:39,570
and then I'll take
out pen and paper

2966
02:25:39,570 --> 02:25:42,390
if it's like something that's
really, really important

2967
02:25:42,390 --> 02:25:46,280
or if I'm just
particularly tired

2968
02:25:46,280 --> 02:25:48,130
and don't have the energy.

2969
02:25:51,335 --> 02:25:53,600
I'm moving to a new
apartment on October 1st,

2970
02:25:53,600 --> 02:25:58,290
and they're installing flashing
smoke detectors, CO detector,

2971
02:25:58,290 --> 02:25:59,170
and a doorbell.

2972
02:25:59,170 --> 02:26:01,949
I've never used a
flashing doorbell before,

2973
02:26:01,949 --> 02:26:02,990
so that will be exciting.

2974
02:26:06,265 --> 02:26:07,140
I can feel the vibes.

2975
02:26:16,618 --> 02:26:19,000
And I have like a
computer that I watch

2976
02:26:19,000 --> 02:26:20,440
captioned DVDs on sometimes.

2977
02:26:20,440 --> 02:26:23,495
I don't have a TV or radio.

2978
02:26:28,530 --> 02:26:34,640
I set my phone to vibrate all
the time for when I get emails

2979
02:26:34,640 --> 02:26:36,170
and so forth.

2980
02:26:36,170 --> 02:26:41,626
If I call you, then they'll
be a relay operator.

2981
02:26:41,626 --> 02:26:42,328
-I'm doing fine.

2982
02:26:42,328 --> 02:26:43,078
Thanks for asking.

2983
02:26:43,078 --> 02:26:43,578
Go ahead.

2984
02:26:51,810 --> 02:26:53,020
-Hi, I'm Ari.

2985
02:26:53,020 --> 02:26:54,210
Hi, I'm Cimmy.

2986
02:26:54,210 --> 02:26:56,565
Hey, I'm Becca, and
we're Team Felicity.

2987
02:26:56,565 --> 02:26:59,330
We've gotten to know Felicity a
lot better through our meetings

2988
02:26:59,330 --> 02:27:01,159
and have come up with
a lot of neat ideas.

2989
02:27:01,159 --> 02:27:02,284
We're excited to get going.

2990
02:27:07,980 --> 02:27:11,370
[END PLAYBACK]

2991
02:27:11,370 --> 02:27:13,515
CIMMY: So, as you
can see, Felicity

2992
02:27:13,515 --> 02:27:17,480
has neurofibromatosis, which
is a genetic disorder that

2993
02:27:17,480 --> 02:27:20,530
can causes tumors to
grow on nerve tissue.

2994
02:27:20,530 --> 02:27:24,340
She had a few surgeries
to take away some tumors,

2995
02:27:24,340 --> 02:27:29,220
and due to those surgeries,
she lost a lot of her vision.

2996
02:27:29,220 --> 02:27:30,880
She can use her
peripherals, and she's

2997
02:27:30,880 --> 02:27:32,465
profoundly deaf on both sides.

2998
02:27:36,400 --> 02:27:38,510
The activities that
Felicity likes to do

2999
02:27:38,510 --> 02:27:42,270
are she really enjoys
walking around Boston.

3000
02:27:42,270 --> 02:27:46,400
She also actually has routine
doctor's appointments,

3001
02:27:46,400 --> 02:27:51,340
so she's usually between
our home and the hospital.

3002
02:27:51,340 --> 02:27:55,220
And in terms of
context, Felicity

3003
02:27:55,220 --> 02:27:57,520
lives alone at her apartment.

3004
02:27:57,520 --> 02:28:01,350
She is unemployed
and frequents doctors

3005
02:28:01,350 --> 02:28:03,170
offices and the hospital.

3006
02:28:03,170 --> 02:28:06,240
And she leaves the house
minimally during evening.

3007
02:28:06,240 --> 02:28:08,160
She doesn't like
to be out at night.

3008
02:28:08,160 --> 02:28:11,520
And she happens to be
very open to letting

3009
02:28:11,520 --> 02:28:14,540
people know that she
is deaf and using

3010
02:28:14,540 --> 02:28:17,520
assistive technology
between that.

3011
02:28:20,250 --> 02:28:22,770
In terms of assistive
technology that Felicity already

3012
02:28:22,770 --> 02:28:26,100
uses, so to
communicate with her,

3013
02:28:26,100 --> 02:28:31,380
we have been using a notepad
or a laptop with size 36 font

3014
02:28:31,380 --> 02:28:33,510
so she can read it.

3015
02:28:33,510 --> 02:28:37,890
And she also uses her iPhone,
as you saw on the video.

3016
02:28:37,890 --> 02:28:39,590
She receives emails
from her doctor

3017
02:28:39,590 --> 02:28:42,080
when she's out the doctor's
office to notify her

3018
02:28:42,080 --> 02:28:45,550
when they're ready for her.

3019
02:28:45,550 --> 02:28:49,620
And she uses a Sprint relay
app for phone calls and so on.

3020
02:28:49,620 --> 02:28:52,850
And, as you saw on the video,
a flashing smoke detector,

3021
02:28:52,850 --> 02:28:55,300
and a CO alarm are
installed in her home,

3022
02:28:55,300 --> 02:29:02,070
and she also has a flashing
doorbell, which the noise is

3023
02:29:02,070 --> 02:29:05,430
loud enough that she actually
feel the vibrations when

3024
02:29:05,430 --> 02:29:08,160
they're occurring.

3025
02:29:08,160 --> 02:29:12,200
So now I'll switch
over to Becca.

3026
02:29:12,200 --> 02:29:14,080
BECCA: So I guess along
the way of getting

3027
02:29:14,080 --> 02:29:16,420
to know Felicity
and her daily life,

3028
02:29:16,420 --> 02:29:18,530
we like discussed
a lot of activities

3029
02:29:18,530 --> 02:29:22,670
that we could potentially help
her design an AT solution for.

3030
02:29:22,670 --> 02:29:25,340
We had to kind of whittle
it down to one motivation

3031
02:29:25,340 --> 02:29:27,702
that we could center
a project around.

3032
02:29:27,702 --> 02:29:29,660
And so the problem that
we're going to focus on

3033
02:29:29,660 --> 02:29:32,210
is that Felicity can't always
detect when events occur

3034
02:29:32,210 --> 02:29:34,190
because she's mostly deaf.

3035
02:29:34,190 --> 02:29:36,340
And so these include like
if people call her name,

3036
02:29:36,340 --> 02:29:40,000
either at a cafe or at
the doctor's office,

3037
02:29:40,000 --> 02:29:42,890
or if a laundry
machine's done, or when

3038
02:29:42,890 --> 02:29:44,920
she's going on her walks,
she can't hear cars

3039
02:29:44,920 --> 02:29:47,319
honking from incoming traffic.

3040
02:29:47,319 --> 02:29:48,860
And so these are
all situations where

3041
02:29:48,860 --> 02:29:50,624
somehow RET could help her.

3042
02:29:50,624 --> 02:29:52,040
And so our goal
for the project is

3043
02:29:52,040 --> 02:29:54,930
to develop an AT that
will notify Felicity

3044
02:29:54,930 --> 02:29:58,280
when particular events happen.

3045
02:29:58,280 --> 02:30:01,130
So this is variation came
particularly from an email

3046
02:30:01,130 --> 02:30:04,845
that Felicity sent to us with
this hearing dogs video in it.

3047
02:30:04,845 --> 02:30:06,720
I guess we don't have
time to show the video,

3048
02:30:06,720 --> 02:30:10,619
but the idea was just that she
saw this hearing dog video,

3049
02:30:10,619 --> 02:30:12,160
and at the end of
her email she said,

3050
02:30:12,160 --> 02:30:13,785
it would be really
cool if I could have

3051
02:30:13,785 --> 02:30:15,740
my own handheld hearing dog.

3052
02:30:15,740 --> 02:30:19,460
And so that was a cool
step towards, for us,

3053
02:30:19,460 --> 02:30:22,450
to find a solution for her.

3054
02:30:22,450 --> 02:30:24,720
And so throughout so
far, we've currently

3055
02:30:24,720 --> 02:30:27,140
been going through an
iterative design process

3056
02:30:27,140 --> 02:30:29,210
to kind of whittle
go down a solution

3057
02:30:29,210 --> 02:30:31,100
and find something
that works for her.

3058
02:30:31,100 --> 02:30:32,790
We've been using low
fidelity prototypes

3059
02:30:32,790 --> 02:30:35,640
to get feedback from
Felicity, even to narrow down

3060
02:30:35,640 --> 02:30:37,120
for our project solution.

3061
02:30:37,120 --> 02:30:40,410
And as we'll talk
about a little later,

3062
02:30:40,410 --> 02:30:42,580
our initial design
process showed us

3063
02:30:42,580 --> 02:30:46,214
that our project problem changed
after discussions with her.

3064
02:30:46,214 --> 02:30:48,380
So this is just some example
of some of the sketches

3065
02:30:48,380 --> 02:30:49,360
we've done.

3066
02:30:49,360 --> 02:30:53,210
In this example, we had
two parts of a solution.

3067
02:30:53,210 --> 02:30:56,135
One was a button that someone
could pass for her attention,

3068
02:30:56,135 --> 02:30:58,260
and the other would be some
sort of wearable device

3069
02:30:58,260 --> 02:31:01,580
that would vibrate, telling
her once like this button has

3070
02:31:01,580 --> 02:31:02,159
been pushed.

3071
02:31:02,159 --> 02:31:03,950
Now Ari is going to
share a little bit more

3072
02:31:03,950 --> 02:31:06,325
about our initial problem
statement and problem overview.

3073
02:31:11,740 --> 02:31:15,140
ARI: Right, so the first
project we wanted to tackle

3074
02:31:15,140 --> 02:31:19,270
was trying to let Felicity
know when someone called out

3075
02:31:19,270 --> 02:31:20,410
her name.

3076
02:31:20,410 --> 02:31:23,880
And because she can't hear
and she has limited vision,

3077
02:31:23,880 --> 02:31:28,100
it's pretty difficult if
she was in like a waiting

3078
02:31:28,100 --> 02:31:32,150
room or the doctor's
office or in a classroom

3079
02:31:32,150 --> 02:31:35,190
to like figure out if someone's
trying to contact her.

3080
02:31:35,190 --> 02:31:39,550
So the idea we came up with
was rather than having someone

3081
02:31:39,550 --> 02:31:43,390
try to call out their name, we
would have them have a button

3082
02:31:43,390 --> 02:31:44,970
that they could press.

3083
02:31:44,970 --> 02:31:46,950
And when they press
the button, it

3084
02:31:46,950 --> 02:31:49,159
would contact Felicity
that they were

3085
02:31:49,159 --> 02:31:50,325
trying to get her attention.

3086
02:31:53,170 --> 02:31:57,110
So this is the kind of
overview of that design.

3087
02:31:57,110 --> 02:31:59,570
We have a button that
someone could press.

3088
02:31:59,570 --> 02:32:02,410
It would send a
message to her iPhone,

3089
02:32:02,410 --> 02:32:04,490
and then the iPhone
would display

3090
02:32:04,490 --> 02:32:06,110
some sort of notification.

3091
02:32:06,110 --> 02:32:08,290
And then we'd also
have a wearable device

3092
02:32:08,290 --> 02:32:10,837
that she could use, and they
both display notifications.

3093
02:32:10,837 --> 02:32:12,295
So kind of a two-step
notification.

3094
02:32:18,310 --> 02:32:21,510
Luckily, we really worked
on doing iterative design

3095
02:32:21,510 --> 02:32:23,720
and also user-centered
design because we

3096
02:32:23,720 --> 02:32:25,810
try talking with her
about how well does

3097
02:32:25,810 --> 02:32:29,630
she think this will work, and
she really liked this idea.

3098
02:32:29,630 --> 02:32:33,670
But she was concerned about
other people using it.

3099
02:32:33,670 --> 02:32:36,340
And so one thing we
tried talking with her

3100
02:32:36,340 --> 02:32:38,130
is what would you like more?

3101
02:32:38,130 --> 02:32:40,580
And particularly, she
would want something

3102
02:32:40,580 --> 02:32:44,720
that she could use possibly more
often and also independently

3103
02:32:44,720 --> 02:32:48,460
because this original project
involves two clients-- Felicity

3104
02:32:48,460 --> 02:32:50,920
and whoever we
give the button to.

3105
02:32:50,920 --> 02:32:52,890
And so the new
focus of our project

3106
02:32:52,890 --> 02:32:56,200
changed to try and
make some sort of way

3107
02:32:56,200 --> 02:32:59,030
to make sound emitting
appliances within her home

3108
02:32:59,030 --> 02:33:01,643
accessible for Felicity.

3109
02:33:04,960 --> 02:33:07,510
So basically within
Felicity's apartment

3110
02:33:07,510 --> 02:33:10,680
she has a few different
household appliances

3111
02:33:10,680 --> 02:33:13,760
that she doesn't know
when they're done working.

3112
02:33:13,760 --> 02:33:16,680
In particular, the laundry
machine, when it's done,

3113
02:33:16,680 --> 02:33:19,910
it just triggers a beep,
and it doesn't have a timer.

3114
02:33:19,910 --> 02:33:23,450
So she would like a way to
know when it's finished.

3115
02:33:23,450 --> 02:33:26,720
And basically the
idea we have is

3116
02:33:26,720 --> 02:33:28,380
we could have some
sort of device

3117
02:33:28,380 --> 02:33:31,530
that she could place next
to the household appliance.

3118
02:33:31,530 --> 02:33:33,740
And then when the
appliance is finished

3119
02:33:33,740 --> 02:33:37,240
doing whatever its task is,
it will emit some noise,

3120
02:33:37,240 --> 02:33:39,910
and this device
would pick up on it

3121
02:33:39,910 --> 02:33:42,330
and send a signal
to Felicity to let

3122
02:33:42,330 --> 02:33:44,900
her know that whatever
the household appliance

3123
02:33:44,900 --> 02:33:48,470
task has completed.

3124
02:33:48,470 --> 02:33:52,230
So again, we kind of kept
last half of the project

3125
02:33:52,230 --> 02:33:56,200
that we started scoping
out and just talking about.

3126
02:33:56,200 --> 02:33:58,170
And instead, now we
have a microphone

3127
02:33:58,170 --> 02:34:00,920
that would be placed next
to the household appliance,

3128
02:34:00,920 --> 02:34:06,310
and then the microphone would
be sending sound to the iPhone.

3129
02:34:06,310 --> 02:34:08,510
And within the iPhone we
could have an application

3130
02:34:08,510 --> 02:34:15,390
that would notify when the
sound of the appliance finishing

3131
02:34:15,390 --> 02:34:17,030
has happened.

3132
02:34:17,030 --> 02:34:23,000
So for the
implementation we decide

3133
02:34:23,000 --> 02:34:26,930
to use Bluetooth because
this is in her apartment.

3134
02:34:26,930 --> 02:34:30,190
It's less than 30
feet, and also Felicity

3135
02:34:30,190 --> 02:34:33,140
leaves her phone plugged in
while she's at her house.

3136
02:34:33,140 --> 02:34:36,890
So we're not too
worried about that part.

3137
02:34:36,890 --> 02:34:40,600
And then right now we're all
working on developing an iPhone

3138
02:34:40,600 --> 02:34:42,916
application for detecting
the sound and also

3139
02:34:42,916 --> 02:34:43,999
the Bluetooth integration.

3140
02:34:48,730 --> 02:34:50,450
So these are kind of
the hardware pieces

3141
02:34:50,450 --> 02:34:52,140
we've been also testing out.

3142
02:34:52,140 --> 02:34:55,390
The first one was a Bluetooth
camera shutter button,

3143
02:34:55,390 --> 02:34:57,790
and we also have a
headset that we're just

3144
02:34:57,790 --> 02:35:00,641
using as a microphone
because we already have it,

3145
02:35:00,641 --> 02:35:02,682
and we're just trying to
do low-cost prototyping.

3146
02:35:08,067 --> 02:35:10,400
BECCA: So to talk a little
bit about the success metrics

3147
02:35:10,400 --> 02:35:13,590
that we set up for our project,
for the technical side,

3148
02:35:13,590 --> 02:35:15,736
we broke down our
project in two parts.

3149
02:35:15,736 --> 02:35:18,110
There's going to be a noise
detection to the iPhone part,

3150
02:35:18,110 --> 02:35:20,980
and then the iPhone to
the notification part.

3151
02:35:20,980 --> 02:35:23,010
And so from there, we
have like two activities--

3152
02:35:23,010 --> 02:35:25,590
the amount of noise
that this microphone

3153
02:35:25,590 --> 02:35:29,300
could withstand before, and also
correctly detect the appliance.

3154
02:35:29,300 --> 02:35:32,370
And those are kind of
our levels of how good

3155
02:35:32,370 --> 02:35:34,530
it would be, where level
two would be ideal,

3156
02:35:34,530 --> 02:35:37,599
and level zero is not actually
doing its job, and then

3157
02:35:37,599 --> 02:35:39,140
the number of noises
it would detect.

3158
02:35:39,140 --> 02:35:43,587
And then for the iPhone
to notification part,

3159
02:35:43,587 --> 02:35:45,420
the success metric would
be like the percent

3160
02:35:45,420 --> 02:35:47,870
times the notification actually
succeeds and is correctly

3161
02:35:47,870 --> 02:35:50,972
pinging Felicity.

3162
02:35:50,972 --> 02:35:52,680
And then we have for
overall performance,

3163
02:35:52,680 --> 02:35:54,596
I guess the best way to
measure our success is

3164
02:35:54,596 --> 02:35:57,050
just how many appliances we
can actually adapt this to.

3165
02:35:57,050 --> 02:35:59,830
And so the laundry machine,
dryer, toaster oven,

3166
02:35:59,830 --> 02:36:02,360
and tea pot are just
five things that we

3167
02:36:02,360 --> 02:36:05,430
are kind of aiming towards
being able to make this for.

3168
02:36:05,430 --> 02:36:07,705
And also we're considering
maintenance as well.

3169
02:36:07,705 --> 02:36:09,080
Once we finish
with this project,

3170
02:36:09,080 --> 02:36:11,150
we want to make sure that
all the parts of our project

3171
02:36:11,150 --> 02:36:13,150
are replaceable so that
Felicity can continue

3172
02:36:13,150 --> 02:36:15,580
to use it once we're not there.

3173
02:36:15,580 --> 02:36:20,104
From the UI perspective side,
the best way quantitatively

3174
02:36:20,104 --> 02:36:21,770
to measure this is
just the average time

3175
02:36:21,770 --> 02:36:24,370
it would take to set up a
notification for a machine task

3176
02:36:24,370 --> 02:36:27,710
that she has, and then
also her own perspective

3177
02:36:27,710 --> 02:36:29,312
about whether or not
she things the UI

3178
02:36:29,312 --> 02:36:30,520
is intuitive and easy to use.

3179
02:36:35,750 --> 02:36:38,240
CIMMY: And in terms of our
project development so far,

3180
02:36:38,240 --> 02:36:42,280
we have purchased at Bluetooth
camera shutter remote button,

3181
02:36:42,280 --> 02:36:48,310
which was actually
for our previous idea,

3182
02:36:48,310 --> 02:36:52,760
in order for Felicity to be
able to give a button to someone

3183
02:36:52,760 --> 02:36:57,020
so that they could press
it to a signal her phone

3184
02:36:57,020 --> 02:36:59,890
that she's getting a signal.

3185
02:36:59,890 --> 02:37:03,160
And we started developing
an iPhone application

3186
02:37:03,160 --> 02:37:05,780
for the project that
we've moved towards,

3187
02:37:05,780 --> 02:37:09,090
and now we're investigating
wearable devices that Felicity

3188
02:37:09,090 --> 02:37:12,000
could wear for notification.

3189
02:37:12,000 --> 02:37:14,020
And we're leaning
more towards the side

3190
02:37:14,020 --> 02:37:17,690
of some sort of wrist
wearable or something

3191
02:37:17,690 --> 02:37:20,020
that she could hold.

3192
02:37:20,020 --> 02:37:22,790
And in terms of our project's
plans and timelines,

3193
02:37:22,790 --> 02:37:25,550
this is just a general
timeline that we have.

3194
02:37:25,550 --> 02:37:30,810
We hope to get her iPhone
app working at a low scale

3195
02:37:30,810 --> 02:37:33,200
so that we can just have
her iPhone connected

3196
02:37:33,200 --> 02:37:36,000
with some microphone and see
how well that works, if we're

3197
02:37:36,000 --> 02:37:39,320
getting a vibration
notification,

3198
02:37:39,320 --> 02:37:42,770
gather appliances and a sound
library by November 7th,

3199
02:37:42,770 --> 02:37:44,270
and then test the
app functionality.

3200
02:37:44,270 --> 02:37:49,500
We want to focus a lot on
having Felicity test out the app

3201
02:37:49,500 --> 02:37:51,980
and see how well it works.

3202
02:37:51,980 --> 02:37:57,250
And then probably by
the 28th of November,

3203
02:37:57,250 --> 02:38:02,500
we want to clean up the final
project and work on the UI

3204
02:38:02,500 --> 02:38:05,450
and fix bugs on the last week.

3205
02:38:09,432 --> 02:38:09,932
Thank you.

3206
02:38:12,416 --> 02:38:13,916
PROFESSOR 4: Questions
and comments?

3207
02:38:21,087 --> 02:38:23,378
AUDIENCE: So for the appliances
you were talking about,

3208
02:38:23,378 --> 02:38:29,305
like tea pot, laundry,
and [INAUDIBLE],

3209
02:38:29,305 --> 02:38:31,346
would it make more sense
to use a timer for that?

3210
02:38:31,346 --> 02:38:34,334
Because each of those
appliances are pretty set

3211
02:38:34,334 --> 02:38:37,977
timings for the [INAUDIBLE].

3212
02:38:37,977 --> 02:38:40,310
Would that be easier than
detecting a sound [INAUDIBLE]?

3213
02:38:43,796 --> 02:38:46,226
BECCA: So that's something
that we asked Felicity about,

3214
02:38:46,226 --> 02:38:47,350
and I think she-- oh sorry.

3215
02:38:47,350 --> 02:38:48,950
That is something we
asked, we brought up

3216
02:38:48,950 --> 02:38:50,991
when we were talking about
this is with Felicity.

3217
02:38:50,991 --> 02:38:54,100
But, I think, one thing
is like you don't always

3218
02:38:54,100 --> 02:38:56,610
remember to set up the
timer, or sometimes

3219
02:38:56,610 --> 02:38:59,042
you just like run into
something else that you do.

3220
02:38:59,042 --> 02:39:01,250
And so you told yourself,
oh, I was going to do that.

3221
02:39:01,250 --> 02:39:03,159
But she just forgets.

3222
02:39:03,159 --> 02:39:05,700
And also when she's home, she
doesn't keep her iPhone on her.

3223
02:39:05,700 --> 02:39:07,940
So she usually
has it plugged in,

3224
02:39:07,940 --> 02:39:12,260
so if she can't hear the alarm,
or even if it was vibrating,

3225
02:39:12,260 --> 02:39:14,335
she just doesn't know
if she's in another room

3226
02:39:14,335 --> 02:39:17,409
or she's taking a nap to
actually go and check on it.

3227
02:39:17,409 --> 02:39:19,492
So I think when we did
introduce this idea to her,

3228
02:39:19,492 --> 02:39:21,890
and we told her, well, there
are like other alternatives that

3229
02:39:21,890 --> 02:39:23,390
seem more feasible,
she really liked

3230
02:39:23,390 --> 02:39:25,621
the idea of having
something that's preferably

3231
02:39:25,621 --> 02:39:26,870
a wearable that just vibrates.

3232
02:39:26,870 --> 02:39:28,890
Then she doesn't have
to be thinking about it.

3233
02:39:28,890 --> 02:39:30,580
But she'll know exactly
when it's ringing that she

3234
02:39:30,580 --> 02:39:31,663
should go back and see it.

3235
02:39:33,900 --> 02:39:35,400
AUDIENCE: Why do
you need the phone?

3236
02:39:38,067 --> 02:39:40,400
BECCA: So I think first in
terms of like implementation,

3237
02:39:40,400 --> 02:39:43,190
it's a bit easier
to have an iPhone

3238
02:39:43,190 --> 02:39:47,800
app be the one that's sending
the Bluetooth signal back

3239
02:39:47,800 --> 02:39:48,830
to the wearable.

3240
02:39:48,830 --> 02:39:51,940
And also in terms of
modularity, I think,

3241
02:39:51,940 --> 02:39:54,610
it would be a more
complicated hardware solution

3242
02:39:54,610 --> 02:39:57,190
if it was intelligently
picking up just

3243
02:39:57,190 --> 02:40:00,045
to send to the specific
hardware device.

3244
02:40:00,045 --> 02:40:07,160
I'm sorry, from like sound
detector to the wearable,

3245
02:40:07,160 --> 02:40:09,530
it's two more complicated
hardware solutions.

3246
02:40:09,530 --> 02:40:12,570
And so then it's the
question of maintenance,

3247
02:40:12,570 --> 02:40:14,750
like how is she going
to replace these more

3248
02:40:14,750 --> 02:40:15,960
complicated solutions?

3249
02:40:15,960 --> 02:40:17,949
But instead, we're
using two kind

3250
02:40:17,949 --> 02:40:20,490
of just all they have to do is
either send a Bluetooth signal

3251
02:40:20,490 --> 02:40:22,350
and then receive a
Bluetooth signal,

3252
02:40:22,350 --> 02:40:25,460
and that's like two much cheaper
hardware pieces for us to get.

3253
02:40:25,460 --> 02:40:27,141
And she could always
replace those.

3254
02:40:27,141 --> 02:40:28,640
And then the iPhone
app is something

3255
02:40:28,640 --> 02:40:29,940
that she'd already have.

3256
02:40:29,940 --> 02:40:31,950
AUDIENCE: How much is
a Bluetooth switch?

3257
02:40:31,950 --> 02:40:33,790
BECCA: Yeah, so what
we looked at so far,

3258
02:40:33,790 --> 02:40:36,810
like out-of-the0box solutions
to be like $30 to $40.

3259
02:40:41,076 --> 02:40:42,492
AUDIENCE: If you
skip the phone, I

3260
02:40:42,492 --> 02:40:48,110
guess, you would be able
to use an RF link for $5?

3261
02:40:48,110 --> 02:40:51,010
BECCA: OK, but would
that be able to know--

3262
02:40:51,010 --> 02:40:53,030
like would the
notification collector,

3263
02:40:53,030 --> 02:40:56,140
I mean the sound detector,
know to send it exactly

3264
02:40:56,140 --> 02:41:01,535
to this Bluetooth wearable?

3265
02:41:01,535 --> 02:41:04,191
Or is that a Bluetooth
[INAUDIBLE] RF?

3266
02:41:04,191 --> 02:41:06,190
ARI: I guess one thing
we'd also like to include

3267
02:41:06,190 --> 02:41:09,770
is one of the reasons we
kind of stuck with iPhone

3268
02:41:09,770 --> 02:41:13,350
is we were interested in finding
commercial products that we

3269
02:41:13,350 --> 02:41:16,968
don't have to customize
any of the hardware,

3270
02:41:16,968 --> 02:41:18,384
especially with
the button design.

3271
02:41:18,384 --> 02:41:21,510
If it broke, she could
easily purchase a new one.

3272
02:41:21,510 --> 02:41:25,110
Like those buttons that we
first shows, they're under $10

3273
02:41:25,110 --> 02:41:26,910
to get similar designs.

3274
02:41:26,910 --> 02:41:28,705
So what we're
really hoping to get

3275
02:41:28,705 --> 02:41:31,515
is something that
will work after we're

3276
02:41:31,515 --> 02:41:33,580
done with the class.

3277
02:41:33,580 --> 02:41:35,260
So you can purchase
these designs

3278
02:41:35,260 --> 02:41:38,390
and keep making designs that
work with the iPhone, then

3279
02:41:38,390 --> 02:41:39,760
why don't we capitalize on that?

3280
02:41:42,533 --> 02:41:44,574
PROFESSOR 4: So, Leonard,
do you have a question?

3281
02:41:49,286 --> 02:41:51,160
PROFESSOR 5: Did you
make an actual prototype

3282
02:41:51,160 --> 02:41:52,825
for-- what was your prototype?

3283
02:41:56,702 --> 02:41:58,660
BECCA: It was mostly so
far just like sketches.

3284
02:41:58,660 --> 02:42:00,296
It was mostly
sketches to show her

3285
02:42:00,296 --> 02:42:02,265
like, OK, these are
three pieces, two pieces,

3286
02:42:02,265 --> 02:42:04,275
or like, these are kinds of
pieces we're talking about,

3287
02:42:04,275 --> 02:42:06,441
and then like whether or
not you even like the idea.

3288
02:42:06,441 --> 02:42:08,350
PROFESSOR 5: Sort of
like a storyboard?

3289
02:42:08,350 --> 02:42:09,766
BECCA: Yeah, and
user [? flows. ?]

3290
02:42:12,060 --> 02:42:15,434
ARI: And we also brought
the physical hardware

3291
02:42:15,434 --> 02:42:18,226
of that button to kind of
see how she liked it, would

3292
02:42:18,226 --> 02:42:20,067
she feel like it's OK to use.

3293
02:42:20,067 --> 02:42:22,150
PROFESSOR 5: So you're
going to run with that one?

3294
02:42:22,150 --> 02:42:24,191
The you bought, is that
what you're going to use,

3295
02:42:24,191 --> 02:42:26,020
or are you going to
use something else?

3296
02:42:26,020 --> 02:42:27,520
ARI: No, we're
planning on switching

3297
02:42:27,520 --> 02:42:29,650
to try to make something
that only works

3298
02:42:29,650 --> 02:42:32,400
with her independently because
we're concerned about having

3299
02:42:32,400 --> 02:42:34,830
the extra client that
couldn't really control,

3300
02:42:34,830 --> 02:42:36,900
make sure they were on board.

3301
02:42:36,900 --> 02:42:38,900
BECCA: So it's like
microphone, iPhone, and then

3302
02:42:38,900 --> 02:42:41,375
wearable or something
to like [INAUDIBLE].

3303
02:42:43,725 --> 02:42:45,350
PROFESSOR 5: OK, I
think we're at time.

3304
02:42:45,350 --> 02:42:46,370
Thank you very much.

3305
02:42:53,950 --> 02:42:56,370
EANN: Hi, we're Team
Don, and my name is Eann.

3306
02:42:56,370 --> 02:42:58,814
This is Christina,
and over here is Jan.

3307
02:42:58,814 --> 02:43:00,730
First, we'd like to tell
you a little bit more

3308
02:43:00,730 --> 02:43:01,820
about our client.

3309
02:43:01,820 --> 02:43:05,180
Our client's name is Don, and
he is a male senior citizen

3310
02:43:05,180 --> 02:43:06,320
who currently lives alone.

3311
02:43:06,320 --> 02:43:09,080
He's a strong advocate
for support groups,

3312
02:43:09,080 --> 02:43:12,610
and he constantly tells us
about how he goes to conferences

3313
02:43:12,610 --> 02:43:15,870
and speaks to health
professionals.

3314
02:43:15,870 --> 02:43:19,260
And he suffered from polio
during his childhood,

3315
02:43:19,260 --> 02:43:21,340
and that is affected
his left leg.

3316
02:43:21,340 --> 02:43:25,420
But in 2002, he also
suffer from a stroke

3317
02:43:25,420 --> 02:43:27,800
that affected the right
hemisphere of his brain.

3318
02:43:27,800 --> 02:43:31,300
So currently he has limited use
of his left side and especially

3319
02:43:31,300 --> 02:43:34,510
his left arm, and
this has also resulted

3320
02:43:34,510 --> 02:43:37,010
in cognitive
difficulties, especially

3321
02:43:37,010 --> 02:43:39,336
in the late afternoon
or early afternoon,

3322
02:43:39,336 --> 02:43:41,460
whenever sometimes it's a
little bit harder for him

3323
02:43:41,460 --> 02:43:45,340
to process and to focus
and to just kind of stay

3324
02:43:45,340 --> 02:43:47,390
on track with
whatever conversation

3325
02:43:47,390 --> 02:43:48,700
he's currently engaged in.

3326
02:43:51,280 --> 02:43:54,450
From our very first meeting,
we knew that Don loved food,

3327
02:43:54,450 --> 02:43:55,650
and he loved to cook.

3328
02:43:55,650 --> 02:43:57,100
So one of our very
first questions

3329
02:43:57,100 --> 02:43:59,600
was, what's your favorite
flavor of ice cream?

3330
02:43:59,600 --> 02:44:03,210
And this kind of transcended
into this conversation of food,

3331
02:44:03,210 --> 02:44:05,400
and we discovered
that Don was actually

3332
02:44:05,400 --> 02:44:09,790
a food catering manager
prior to his disability.

3333
02:44:09,790 --> 02:44:13,050
And when you first
started at his job at KFC,

3334
02:44:13,050 --> 02:44:16,690
he learned about his passion for
cooking and expressing himself

3335
02:44:16,690 --> 02:44:17,710
through food.

3336
02:44:17,710 --> 02:44:20,140
And so as a result,
he still cooks,

3337
02:44:20,140 --> 02:44:22,737
and he constantly talks
about different recipes.

3338
02:44:22,737 --> 02:44:24,570
And we got the opportunity
to make omelettes

3339
02:44:24,570 --> 02:44:25,740
with him one day.

3340
02:44:25,740 --> 02:44:28,890
And so with his left hand,
it typically is stable,

3341
02:44:28,890 --> 02:44:31,050
and he uses his
right hand to cook.

3342
02:44:31,050 --> 02:44:33,150
And with his left hand
held typically either

3343
02:44:33,150 --> 02:44:35,710
brace apart or hold
onto a cheese package,

3344
02:44:35,710 --> 02:44:37,030
and rip open the top.

3345
02:44:37,030 --> 02:44:39,340
But typically, it's
only just his right arm

3346
02:44:39,340 --> 02:44:42,175
that he uses, and
it's essentially

3347
02:44:42,175 --> 02:44:47,560
his only method of cooking--
or only manner of cooking.

3348
02:44:47,560 --> 02:44:52,250
And so this you can see is
in his actual apartment.

3349
02:44:52,250 --> 02:44:55,670
We got the opportunity to go
visit Don in his apartment

3350
02:44:55,670 --> 02:44:59,580
and kind of see where he lives
and see where he actually

3351
02:44:59,580 --> 02:45:00,970
takes the time to cook.

3352
02:45:00,970 --> 02:45:02,630
And so we noticed
that is apartment

3353
02:45:02,630 --> 02:45:05,420
is actually-- his kitchen
is actually fairly small.

3354
02:45:05,420 --> 02:45:10,030
It is about the size of a small
kitchen in Burton Conner, which

3355
02:45:10,030 --> 02:45:11,630
is a dorm on campus.

3356
02:45:11,630 --> 02:45:13,250
And you can see
in the next slide

3357
02:45:13,250 --> 02:45:16,980
that the stove is fairly
close to the sink,

3358
02:45:16,980 --> 02:45:24,020
and so it's a pretty
small quarter for cooking.

3359
02:45:24,020 --> 02:45:26,540
And he's looking
for a way to improve

3360
02:45:26,540 --> 02:45:27,945
the mobility in his kitchen.

3361
02:45:31,010 --> 02:45:33,210
The assistive
technology that Don uses

3362
02:45:33,210 --> 02:45:37,310
includes Velcro, which
is on the left hand side.

3363
02:45:37,310 --> 02:45:39,710
He constantly tells us
that Velcro is his friend,

3364
02:45:39,710 --> 02:45:41,850
and he uses Velcro
for his shoes.

3365
02:45:41,850 --> 02:45:44,300
And on the far
right side, he also

3366
02:45:44,300 --> 02:45:46,490
uses a leg brace
that prevents him

3367
02:45:46,490 --> 02:45:48,380
from hyperextending his knee.

3368
02:45:48,380 --> 02:45:51,330
But the most important assistive
technology that he uses

3369
02:45:51,330 --> 02:45:53,120
is in the center, his iPhone.

3370
02:45:53,120 --> 02:45:55,350
So you can see, he's clearly
really excited about it,

3371
02:45:55,350 --> 02:45:59,170
and he's constantly using it to
schedule tasks, to send emails,

3372
02:45:59,170 --> 02:46:03,478
and he depends on this iPhone to
remind him of his daily tasks.

3373
02:46:08,750 --> 02:46:12,110
So in addition to
those three items,

3374
02:46:12,110 --> 02:46:14,040
he also uses a cane
to help him walk.

3375
02:46:14,040 --> 02:46:17,480
And so this is a quick
video of him using his cane,

3376
02:46:17,480 --> 02:46:20,430
and it's just simply
to help him walk

3377
02:46:20,430 --> 02:46:22,270
and to assist him
in being mobile.

3378
02:46:28,399 --> 02:46:29,940
JAN: So some challenges
we've already

3379
02:46:29,940 --> 02:46:32,590
seemed to have
faced in this design

3380
02:46:32,590 --> 02:46:34,820
project is our team scheduling.

3381
02:46:34,820 --> 02:46:37,260
So it's really hard for
us three to get together

3382
02:46:37,260 --> 02:46:41,910
with Don at the same time, same
place, and get something going.

3383
02:46:41,910 --> 02:46:44,900
And with Don's
cognitive overload,

3384
02:46:44,900 --> 02:46:47,849
he also has issues
focusing and telling us

3385
02:46:47,849 --> 02:46:49,890
what he really wants for
us to do on our project.

3386
02:46:49,890 --> 02:46:53,070
So we initially started
out with two projects

3387
02:46:53,070 --> 02:46:56,140
that we were going to work for
helping him with his cooking.

3388
02:46:56,140 --> 02:46:58,700
As you can see here, we
started off thinking of ways

3389
02:46:58,700 --> 02:47:00,420
that we can help him
out in the kitchen.

3390
02:47:00,420 --> 02:47:02,470
So something that
he did mention to us

3391
02:47:02,470 --> 02:47:06,060
was the fact that he needs
some help carrying big pots.

3392
02:47:06,060 --> 02:47:08,540
So since he has one
arm, it's really hard

3393
02:47:08,540 --> 02:47:12,120
to actually stabilize the
pot and move it from point A

3394
02:47:12,120 --> 02:47:14,330
to point B without
having the contents spill

3395
02:47:14,330 --> 02:47:16,070
and move around too much.

3396
02:47:16,070 --> 02:47:18,770
And another thing that was
mentioned to us by-- oh, he's

3397
02:47:18,770 --> 02:47:21,560
not here today-- another one
of the actual participants

3398
02:47:21,560 --> 02:47:24,000
of this class,
Jeffrey, was something

3399
02:47:24,000 --> 02:47:26,770
used for stirring or
stabilizing the pot

3400
02:47:26,770 --> 02:47:28,940
whenever he's either
stirring or doing something

3401
02:47:28,940 --> 02:47:30,560
with the contents of the pot.

3402
02:47:30,560 --> 02:47:34,080
And we initially started off
with two different projects

3403
02:47:34,080 --> 02:47:36,370
that we were going
to test out with Don

3404
02:47:36,370 --> 02:47:39,340
and figure out what he really
wanted out of us in this class.

3405
02:47:39,340 --> 02:47:42,070
So the first one was the
stability of the mixing pot

3406
02:47:42,070 --> 02:47:45,120
or doing something
with the pot or a bow.

3407
02:47:45,120 --> 02:47:47,790
And we decided that we wanted
to focus on these three

3408
02:47:47,790 --> 02:47:50,970
little things, so minimizing
how much the bowl moves,

3409
02:47:50,970 --> 02:47:55,560
how much it tips over, and
making sure that whatever

3410
02:47:55,560 --> 02:47:58,830
we use is fast and easy to use.

3411
02:47:58,830 --> 02:48:00,300
And as for moving
pots, we wanted

3412
02:48:00,300 --> 02:48:03,550
to focus more on how he can
take these pots from point A

3413
02:48:03,550 --> 02:48:07,420
to point B, so large pots with
a lot of things inside of them,

3414
02:48:07,420 --> 02:48:09,266
and minimize how
much effort he has

3415
02:48:09,266 --> 02:48:11,670
to put into moving these
things and stabilizing them,

3416
02:48:11,670 --> 02:48:14,530
while making it very
easy to use as well

3417
02:48:14,530 --> 02:48:18,720
and minimizing how
much liquid falls off

3418
02:48:18,720 --> 02:48:21,930
or how many things could
go wrong with this.

3419
02:48:21,930 --> 02:48:24,390
So we initially started off
with some design prototypes

3420
02:48:24,390 --> 02:48:29,575
for the stirring or for slipping
is something that we called it.

3421
02:48:29,575 --> 02:48:32,500
So we started for
slipping, and we showed him

3422
02:48:32,500 --> 02:48:35,450
some of these designs, and we
got some very good feedback

3423
02:48:35,450 --> 02:48:35,950
from him.

3424
02:48:35,950 --> 02:48:39,040
He was very, very opposed
to having something

3425
02:48:39,040 --> 02:48:42,910
big and clunky in his
desk or his workspace

3426
02:48:42,910 --> 02:48:43,910
whenever he was cooking.

3427
02:48:43,910 --> 02:48:47,464
And we used that to
further our designs

3428
02:48:47,464 --> 02:48:49,880
and make sure that we go with
something smaller, something

3429
02:48:49,880 --> 02:48:54,190
that doesn't get in the way and
is very easy for him to use.

3430
02:48:54,190 --> 02:48:56,300
And after that,
we showed him some

3431
02:48:56,300 --> 02:48:59,680
of the things that he may
want to use for moving a pot.

3432
02:48:59,680 --> 02:49:02,980
So over here, we
can see something

3433
02:49:02,980 --> 02:49:06,870
that can adjust to a pot
and use some sort of strap

3434
02:49:06,870 --> 02:49:09,620
around his forearm or
shoulder to move the pot.

3435
02:49:09,620 --> 02:49:13,040
Because he mentioned that
he has some what we thought

3436
02:49:13,040 --> 02:49:15,540
were really big
pots to move around

3437
02:49:15,540 --> 02:49:16,990
for a pretty long distance.

3438
02:49:16,990 --> 02:49:19,073
This was before we actually
went over to his house

3439
02:49:19,073 --> 02:49:21,150
and found out what
we were working with.

3440
02:49:21,150 --> 02:49:24,120
And another thing that
we thought was maybe-- he

3441
02:49:24,120 --> 02:49:26,560
says he slides the pots a
lot because it's a lot harder

3442
02:49:26,560 --> 02:49:28,057
for him to carry them.

3443
02:49:28,057 --> 02:49:29,640
Something that we
thought of was maybe

3444
02:49:29,640 --> 02:49:32,670
having a little mobile
station for him to use,

3445
02:49:32,670 --> 02:49:36,910
where he can slide the pot onto
it, slide it across the floor,

3446
02:49:36,910 --> 02:49:41,340
and then move it onto
the actual stove itself.

3447
02:49:41,340 --> 02:49:44,540
And finally, this is just some
brainstorming/prototyping.

3448
02:49:44,540 --> 02:49:48,780
We thought of like those
things that drummers use,

3449
02:49:48,780 --> 02:49:50,330
where they attach
it to their chest,

3450
02:49:50,330 --> 02:49:51,560
and you can pot in there.

3451
02:49:51,560 --> 02:49:54,020
But this is just
for brainstorming.

3452
02:49:54,020 --> 02:49:55,780
We just threw ideas out there.

3453
02:49:55,780 --> 02:49:57,430
And we showed
these ideas to Don,

3454
02:49:57,430 --> 02:50:00,130
and we decided
that we were going

3455
02:50:00,130 --> 02:50:05,190
to go much further into the
actual movement of the pot,

3456
02:50:05,190 --> 02:50:06,790
rather than the
stirring, since he

3457
02:50:06,790 --> 02:50:09,280
says that that's one of the
big challenges that he has.

3458
02:50:09,280 --> 02:50:11,917
And that's where we
are currently at.

3459
02:50:11,917 --> 02:50:14,000
We have identified the
problem and know what we're

3460
02:50:14,000 --> 02:50:17,500
going to do from here on out.

3461
02:50:17,500 --> 02:50:19,130
CHRISTINA: So this
past Friday we

3462
02:50:19,130 --> 02:50:21,394
actually got to go
to Don's apartment

3463
02:50:21,394 --> 02:50:23,060
to actually see what
his kitchen is like

3464
02:50:23,060 --> 02:50:25,090
and what his cooking
environment is like.

3465
02:50:25,090 --> 02:50:27,900
And so before we were
initially imagining

3466
02:50:27,900 --> 02:50:30,229
that he was using pots
that were like this big

3467
02:50:30,229 --> 02:50:32,520
and that you would need to
use like two hands to carry.

3468
02:50:32,520 --> 02:50:35,210
But we actually found
out that they're actually

3469
02:50:35,210 --> 02:50:37,630
normal sized pots which you
can carry with one hand,

3470
02:50:37,630 --> 02:50:40,940
and also the thing about his
kitchen space being very small

3471
02:50:40,940 --> 02:50:46,141
made some of our initial
designs not feasible.

3472
02:50:46,141 --> 02:50:48,015
So here you can see a
video of Don in action.

3473
02:51:19,930 --> 02:51:21,740
So, as you can see,
Don has trouble

3474
02:51:21,740 --> 02:51:24,140
moving filled pots from
his sink to his stove top

3475
02:51:24,140 --> 02:51:26,056
without having some of
the contents spill out.

3476
02:51:28,510 --> 02:51:32,830
And so we kind of made a
sketch of his kitchen layout.

3477
02:51:32,830 --> 02:51:36,930
And so the task requirement
that we decided on

3478
02:51:36,930 --> 02:51:41,670
was that we wanted to
help him be able to lift

3479
02:51:41,670 --> 02:51:45,475
and move the filled pot and also
not spill any of the contents.

3480
02:51:48,130 --> 02:51:51,700
And so these are
success metrics.

3481
02:51:51,700 --> 02:51:55,460
Them metrics include lifting
and moving the pot vertically

3482
02:51:55,460 --> 02:51:58,616
as well as horizontally, and
then the amount of spill there

3483
02:51:58,616 --> 02:52:01,630
is , and also how much time it
takes for him to move the pot

3484
02:52:01,630 --> 02:52:03,640
from the sink to his stove top.

3485
02:52:03,640 --> 02:52:10,400
And so we kind of evaluated
the current state of how

3486
02:52:10,400 --> 02:52:16,080
he accomplishes the task, and
we used a scale from 1 to 10,

3487
02:52:16,080 --> 02:52:18,730
one being we would
really like to help

3488
02:52:18,730 --> 02:52:23,120
him improve in this aspect,
and 10 being this is OK,

3489
02:52:23,120 --> 02:52:24,350
and this is great.

3490
02:52:24,350 --> 02:52:30,877
So we have our current goals, or
we have the current situation,

3491
02:52:30,877 --> 02:52:31,835
and we have the target.

3492
02:52:31,835 --> 02:52:33,293
And we also have
our reached goals.

3493
02:52:37,660 --> 02:52:40,310
So our contributions
up to date--

3494
02:52:40,310 --> 02:52:44,180
since we haven't really gotten
into the prototyping part yet,

3495
02:52:44,180 --> 02:52:47,110
we have all been designing
and brainstorming together.

3496
02:52:47,110 --> 02:52:49,910
And so Jan has been
facilitating the meetings.

3497
02:52:49,910 --> 02:52:53,190
Eann has been documenting
and taking notes,

3498
02:52:53,190 --> 02:52:57,210
and I have been taking
videos and also photos.

3499
02:52:57,210 --> 02:52:59,790
And for our future
contributions,

3500
02:52:59,790 --> 02:53:02,920
we are going to continue doing
what we're doing right now.

3501
02:53:02,920 --> 02:53:07,660
Also, once we get a better idea
of what are design will be,

3502
02:53:07,660 --> 02:53:10,400
maybe split up
the tasks for what

3503
02:53:10,400 --> 02:53:12,224
different components
of our product

3504
02:53:12,224 --> 02:53:13,682
that we are going
to be working on.

3505
02:53:18,670 --> 02:53:22,660
So I guess like our
most crucial step

3506
02:53:22,660 --> 02:53:25,320
is our next step, which is
like in the immediate future.

3507
02:53:25,320 --> 02:53:27,820
So we really need to
be able to come up

3508
02:53:27,820 --> 02:53:30,836
with a design for our first
prototype and get it to Don

3509
02:53:30,836 --> 02:53:31,960
and get his feedback on it.

3510
02:53:31,960 --> 02:53:35,950
So one of the main things
that we will be focusing on

3511
02:53:35,950 --> 02:53:39,050
for this first prototype will
be mechanisms and concepts

3512
02:53:39,050 --> 02:53:42,080
for how he can move a
pot from a certain height

3513
02:53:42,080 --> 02:53:45,220
to a higher place.

3514
02:53:45,220 --> 02:53:47,320
And also, we might be
considering the material

3515
02:53:47,320 --> 02:53:50,120
that we will be using
the product because that

3516
02:53:50,120 --> 02:53:55,160
relates to, I guess, like
how much mass he can move.

3517
02:53:55,160 --> 02:53:59,260
And we will also be doing a
more quantitative evaluation

3518
02:53:59,260 --> 02:54:02,600
of Don's skills, so maybe like
how much mass he can life,

3519
02:54:02,600 --> 02:54:04,418
or how long can he
hold up a pot for.

3520
02:54:10,280 --> 02:54:14,520
And so I these are
our project plans.

3521
02:54:14,520 --> 02:54:17,440
So, as I mentioned before,
our main thing right now

3522
02:54:17,440 --> 02:54:20,200
is to get our first prototype
out and get his feedback on it.

3523
02:54:20,200 --> 02:54:23,170
And then from then on,
we can add more details

3524
02:54:23,170 --> 02:54:26,578
into our planning for how we are
going to finish this product.

3525
02:54:35,061 --> 02:54:37,347
PROFESSOR 5: Any questions?

3526
02:54:37,347 --> 02:54:38,055
Great, thank you.

3527
02:54:43,070 --> 02:54:45,500
PROFESSOR 6: Did he
articulate any other scenarios

3528
02:54:45,500 --> 02:54:49,340
of where her would move the
pot, aside from stove to sink?

3529
02:54:52,134 --> 02:54:53,800
JAN: No, that's the
only one we actually

3530
02:54:53,800 --> 02:54:55,700
saw him doing physically.

3531
02:54:55,700 --> 02:54:59,790
But I imagine that he would have
to potentially move something

3532
02:54:59,790 --> 02:55:02,400
that has like maybe spaghetti
to cool it down somewhere else

3533
02:55:02,400 --> 02:55:06,970
and maybe actually serving
my the pot, so from his

3534
02:55:06,970 --> 02:55:07,967
to the kitchen table.

3535
02:55:07,967 --> 02:55:10,050
But that's the only one
we actually saw him doing,

3536
02:55:10,050 --> 02:55:12,870
and that's why we are going to
get some further tests to see

3537
02:55:12,870 --> 02:55:15,530
distance, weight, and other
things that could potentially

3538
02:55:15,530 --> 02:55:16,750
play into our design.

3539
02:55:16,750 --> 02:55:18,250
PROFESSOR 6: So I
was wondering that

3540
02:55:18,250 --> 02:55:21,030
about how that may
impact your metrics

3541
02:55:21,030 --> 02:55:24,430
or quantitative metrics of being
able to move it three feet.

3542
02:55:24,430 --> 02:55:26,130
AUDIENCE: Maybe you
want to try to try

3543
02:55:26,130 --> 02:55:29,945
to get him to fill
the pot and move it

3544
02:55:29,945 --> 02:55:33,780
while there's hot liquid because
that may make a big difference.

3545
02:55:33,780 --> 02:55:36,850
And he was very aloof
about splashing cold water,

3546
02:55:36,850 --> 02:55:39,337
but he might not want to
do that with boiling water.

3547
02:55:39,337 --> 02:55:41,420
JAN: No, we didn't want
anybody to get hurt there.

3548
02:55:44,407 --> 02:55:46,365
AUDIENCE: Did you guys
try the pot-moving thing

3549
02:55:46,365 --> 02:55:50,709
yourselves to see
how much-- you filled

3550
02:55:50,709 --> 02:55:52,000
the pot all the way to the top.

3551
02:55:52,000 --> 02:55:55,920
How feasible is it for
like one of you to do that?

3552
02:55:55,920 --> 02:55:56,900
JAN: No, we did not.

3553
02:55:56,900 --> 02:55:57,976
It's something that
we should have done.

3554
02:55:57,976 --> 02:55:58,790
You're right.

3555
02:56:03,549 --> 02:56:05,840
PROFESSOR 5: So imagine
everything goes amazingly well.

3556
02:56:05,840 --> 02:56:07,212
What will you actually make?

3557
02:56:07,212 --> 02:56:08,384
What will you actually do?

3558
02:56:08,384 --> 02:56:09,550
Will it be a redesigned pot?

3559
02:56:09,550 --> 02:56:12,530
Is it sort of like thinking
about the procedure

3560
02:56:12,530 --> 02:56:15,010
of how to do these tasks?

3561
02:56:15,010 --> 02:56:17,670
You can imagine building
a robot that could do it.

3562
02:56:17,670 --> 02:56:20,564
It would be like really hard.

3563
02:56:20,564 --> 02:56:21,980
What are you
actually going to do?

3564
02:56:21,980 --> 02:56:24,130
JAN: So what really
thought was an attachment

3565
02:56:24,130 --> 02:56:27,620
that you can adjust to
almost any type of pot.

3566
02:56:27,620 --> 02:56:29,530
So one that I showed
over there was something

3567
02:56:29,530 --> 02:56:32,050
that you can put around
the top side of the pot,

3568
02:56:32,050 --> 02:56:36,960
so a belt or some
type of thing, where

3569
02:56:36,960 --> 02:56:38,480
it hooks on to the
top of the pot,

3570
02:56:38,480 --> 02:56:42,630
and you have belt on top
of it, where he can--

3571
02:56:42,630 --> 02:56:45,110
he says he would really like
to be able to really use

3572
02:56:45,110 --> 02:56:47,650
his forearm because his fingers
also get really tired, to be

3573
02:56:47,650 --> 02:56:52,320
able to put the belt over his
arm and then carry it over,

3574
02:56:52,320 --> 02:56:53,923
using that, rather
than the handle,

3575
02:56:53,923 --> 02:56:55,589
where he doesn't have
as much stability.

3576
02:56:58,971 --> 02:57:01,220
PROFESSOR 1: I do want to
echo what was said over here

3577
02:57:01,220 --> 02:57:02,460
about heat.

3578
02:57:02,460 --> 02:57:04,650
I think that the fact
that you didn't mentioned

3579
02:57:04,650 --> 02:57:07,890
that at all in your success
metrics or in your constraints

3580
02:57:07,890 --> 02:57:10,060
is actually a pretty
serious problem, right?

3581
02:57:10,060 --> 02:57:14,070
He's moving a pot to his
sink-- I'm sorry to the stove

3582
02:57:14,070 --> 02:57:16,302
in order to heat it up.

3583
02:57:16,302 --> 02:57:18,510
And then if he's going to
continue to be independent,

3584
02:57:18,510 --> 02:57:19,926
he's going to have
to do something

3585
02:57:19,926 --> 02:57:23,270
with that hot, still heavy pot.

3586
02:57:23,270 --> 02:57:26,372
So you need a
consideration here which is

3587
02:57:26,372 --> 02:57:27,580
that he doesn't burn himself.

3588
02:57:30,410 --> 02:57:32,810
And I think that
spillage may be something

3589
02:57:32,810 --> 02:57:36,300
that you should give a little
less concern to because that

3590
02:57:36,300 --> 02:57:40,182
can be solved by not filling it
up as much because that would

3591
02:57:40,182 --> 02:57:42,682
boil over anyway, if you filled
it up as much as he actually

3592
02:57:42,682 --> 02:57:46,370
did in that video or
by putting lids on it.

3593
02:57:46,370 --> 02:57:48,690
But I really would encourage
you to worry much more

3594
02:57:48,690 --> 02:57:52,549
and pay much more attention
to the problem of heat.

3595
02:57:52,549 --> 02:57:54,340
JAN: That's something
that we'll definitely

3596
02:57:54,340 --> 02:57:54,770
take into account then.

3597
02:57:54,770 --> 02:57:56,270
AUDIENCE: Especially
if you're going

3598
02:57:56,270 --> 02:57:58,450
in the direction of
putting something

3599
02:57:58,450 --> 02:58:01,430
that's close to his body.

3600
02:58:01,430 --> 02:58:05,730
And you can do tests
with him not burning him,

3601
02:58:05,730 --> 02:58:07,251
like put food coloring.

3602
02:58:07,251 --> 02:58:09,500
Have him wear something he
doesn't care about, and see

3603
02:58:09,500 --> 02:58:12,650
if he an immediate reflex if
he's spilling food coloring

3604
02:58:12,650 --> 02:58:13,440
on his clothes.

3605
02:58:13,440 --> 02:58:16,650
It'll give you a better
sense of is he really

3606
02:58:16,650 --> 02:58:19,600
that confident with this
forearm, for instance.

3607
02:58:19,600 --> 02:58:21,740
PROFESSOR 5: So it's
a really hard problem.

3608
02:58:21,740 --> 02:58:23,890
In some ways, I'll
just be honest,

3609
02:58:23,890 --> 02:58:26,760
like when I first saw
this compelling client,

3610
02:58:26,760 --> 02:58:30,210
and it's like, this
is a great person.

3611
02:58:30,210 --> 02:58:32,290
It would be great
to help him, and I

3612
02:58:32,290 --> 02:58:33,770
know that he loves to cook.

3613
02:58:33,770 --> 02:58:38,770
But dealing with pots full
of water, possibly hot water,

3614
02:58:38,770 --> 02:58:40,710
that just seems like
a really hard problem.

3615
02:58:40,710 --> 02:58:42,890
And I wonder if
there's something else

3616
02:58:42,890 --> 02:58:47,250
you can do for him that's not
so physically, like something

3617
02:58:47,250 --> 02:58:49,791
that doesn't have
a safety dimension.

3618
02:58:49,791 --> 02:58:51,290
You don't want to
give him something

3619
02:58:51,290 --> 02:58:53,331
he's going to burn himself
with badly on his own.

3620
02:58:53,331 --> 02:58:54,909
You know what I mean?

3621
02:58:54,909 --> 02:58:57,200
JAN: Yeah, we could also take
the alternative approach,

3622
02:58:57,200 --> 02:59:00,794
the actual stirring or moving
the things within the pot.

3623
02:59:00,794 --> 02:59:02,210
PROFESSOR 5: Or
maybe he just lets

3624
02:59:02,210 --> 02:59:03,600
it cool for a really long time.

3625
02:59:03,600 --> 02:59:05,010
But how do you get the food out?

3626
02:59:05,010 --> 02:59:05,460
I don't know.

3627
02:59:05,460 --> 02:59:07,584
Maybe there's a way to
rethink the entire-- I mean,

3628
02:59:07,584 --> 02:59:09,540
the goal is to have cooked food.

3629
02:59:09,540 --> 02:59:11,870
Is there a way to rethink
how you get cooked food

3630
02:59:11,870 --> 02:59:13,747
at the end of the day
that avoids lifting

3631
02:59:13,747 --> 02:59:14,830
a heavy pot from the sink.

3632
02:59:14,830 --> 02:59:16,372
AUDIENCE: Have a longer hose.

3633
02:59:16,372 --> 02:59:18,580
AUDIENCE: That's another
way to do the filling right?

3634
02:59:18,580 --> 02:59:19,536
PROFESSOR 5: You can
imagine filling it

3635
02:59:19,536 --> 02:59:21,240
with like small--
you know, a ferry

3636
02:59:21,240 --> 02:59:22,706
system of smaller
things that get

3637
02:59:22,706 --> 02:59:23,914
added a little bit at a time.

3638
02:59:23,914 --> 02:59:25,000
AUDIENCE: Or an interesting
pump [INAUDIBLE].

3639
02:59:25,000 --> 02:59:27,542
PROFESSOR 5: If you can sort of
train him how to do the task.

3640
02:59:27,542 --> 02:59:29,166
I wonder if there
are experts out there

3641
02:59:29,166 --> 02:59:31,090
in the world that figure
out how to do this.

3642
02:59:31,090 --> 02:59:33,700
Disabled cooking, is
there such a thing?

3643
02:59:33,700 --> 02:59:35,196
But I admire you
for taking it on.

3644
02:59:35,196 --> 02:59:38,351
It just seems really
hard and dangerous.

3645
02:59:38,351 --> 02:59:40,017
PROFESSOR 4: Great,
thank you, Team Don.

3646
02:59:40,017 --> 02:59:40,558
Thanks again.

3647
02:59:44,490 --> 02:59:46,814
We managed to get
through them all.

3648
02:59:46,814 --> 02:59:48,480
We have maybe two or
three minutes left.

3649
02:59:48,480 --> 02:59:51,710
Maybe I'll ask if the
panelists or the support staff

3650
02:59:51,710 --> 02:59:55,600
have general comments on
all the presentation today,

3651
02:59:55,600 --> 02:59:56,910
for the panelists here today.

3652
02:59:56,910 --> 02:59:59,800
And Professor Miller, if you
have general comments or advice

3653
02:59:59,800 --> 03:00:03,490
on the presentations or the
project progress in general,

3654
03:00:03,490 --> 03:00:04,990
give you the
opportunity to do that.

3655
03:00:07,350 --> 03:00:10,580
But while you think about
that, just one reminder

3656
03:00:10,580 --> 03:00:13,810
is to remember to upload your
slides from the presentation

3657
03:00:13,810 --> 03:00:20,132
today, so that we can integrate
these things into the video,

3658
03:00:20,132 --> 03:00:22,090
and so that we can look
at your slides as well.

3659
03:00:22,090 --> 03:00:23,940
And then the reports
are due Friday,

3660
03:00:23,940 --> 03:00:27,160
and then next week, we'll
have read all the reports,

3661
03:00:27,160 --> 03:00:30,470
and we'll give you some more
written feedback, a letter

3662
03:00:30,470 --> 03:00:34,140
grade at this point in time.

3663
03:00:34,140 --> 03:00:36,141
But I'll of the
panelists, Jose or Anna,

3664
03:00:36,141 --> 03:00:37,640
Professor Leonard,
Professor Miller,

3665
03:00:37,640 --> 03:00:41,670
if you have any general
comments or advice for teams

3666
03:00:41,670 --> 03:00:43,444
at this point in time.

3667
03:00:43,444 --> 03:00:45,860
PROFESSOR 1: Great to see the
progress that you're making.

3668
03:00:45,860 --> 03:00:48,920
Keep meeting with your
clients, and focus

3669
03:00:48,920 --> 03:00:51,630
on trying to finish that
prototype that you're

3670
03:00:51,630 --> 03:00:53,824
going to deliver at the
end of the semester.

3671
03:00:53,824 --> 03:00:55,490
PROFESSOR 5: I would
just say, like I've

3672
03:00:55,490 --> 03:00:57,590
taught design classes
and mechanical and ocean

3673
03:00:57,590 --> 03:01:00,480
engineering, and it's
really challenging

3674
03:01:00,480 --> 03:01:03,720
when the schedule crunch
at the end of the semester,

3675
03:01:03,720 --> 03:01:05,670
and so sometimes
you're going to have

3676
03:01:05,670 --> 03:01:07,240
to down scope towards the end.

3677
03:01:07,240 --> 03:01:10,279
But if you try to really think
about a measurable result,

3678
03:01:10,279 --> 03:01:11,820
that you really
accomplish something,

3679
03:01:11,820 --> 03:01:14,490
and what that would be, and make
sure you at least get that far.

3680
03:01:14,490 --> 03:01:17,840
Like it would be a disaster
if you didn't at least do x.

3681
03:01:17,840 --> 03:01:18,730
What is x?

3682
03:01:18,730 --> 03:01:22,817
Have a prototype that
does something, that gives

3683
03:01:22,817 --> 03:01:23,900
some value to your client.

3684
03:01:23,900 --> 03:01:26,510
And so the time's going
to go really quickly,

3685
03:01:26,510 --> 03:01:30,125
and you're going
to run out of time.

3686
03:01:30,125 --> 03:01:32,250
PROFESSOR 6: I would say
it's great to that you all

3687
03:01:32,250 --> 03:01:34,660
are meeting what seems
like a regular basis

3688
03:01:34,660 --> 03:01:37,700
with your collaborators
for these projects.

3689
03:01:37,700 --> 03:01:39,200
And so take advantage
of every time

3690
03:01:39,200 --> 03:01:41,390
you're meeting with
them to bring something

3691
03:01:41,390 --> 03:01:44,210
you can hold in your hand
that is going to impact

3692
03:01:44,210 --> 03:01:46,570
the final design, whether
a potential material

3693
03:01:46,570 --> 03:01:49,960
you could use, a prototype
of a looks-like design,

3694
03:01:49,960 --> 03:01:51,420
or this is a feature design.

3695
03:01:51,420 --> 03:01:53,430
But that'll really
help you to continue

3696
03:01:53,430 --> 03:01:54,920
to iterate on those features.

3697
03:01:58,250 --> 03:02:01,520
AUDIENCE: I would echo
Professor Leonard's comments

3698
03:02:01,520 --> 03:02:03,120
of take something.

3699
03:02:03,120 --> 03:02:06,820
If you're going towards
the end of the semester,

3700
03:02:06,820 --> 03:02:08,736
pick that one item
that you know is going

3701
03:02:08,736 --> 03:02:11,300
to make a critical difference.

3702
03:02:11,300 --> 03:02:15,330
If you spend too much
time picking pots,

3703
03:02:15,330 --> 03:02:18,250
we know what pots look
like, and how they behave.

3704
03:02:18,250 --> 03:02:21,390
But if you don't know how
another mechanism that you're

3705
03:02:21,390 --> 03:02:23,720
designing behaves,
then focus on that one.

3706
03:02:23,720 --> 03:02:27,660
And just in case you
do run out of time,

3707
03:02:27,660 --> 03:02:31,170
you know that that's an
addressable thing to leave out.

3708
03:02:31,170 --> 03:02:33,780
Don't leave out the
[? core ?] [INAUDIBLE].

3709
03:02:33,780 --> 03:02:35,530
PROFESSOR 4: Michelle,
[INAUDIBLE], Grace,

3710
03:02:35,530 --> 03:02:37,140
you have general comments?

3711
03:02:39,720 --> 03:02:40,640
OK, cool.

3712
03:02:40,640 --> 03:02:42,930
I think one thing I'll
say is I think you all

3713
03:02:42,930 --> 03:02:45,420
have gotten to know your
clients really well,

3714
03:02:45,420 --> 03:02:47,550
from the presentations.

3715
03:02:47,550 --> 03:02:51,330
On Monday and Wednesday and on
Friday night or on the weekend,

3716
03:02:51,330 --> 03:02:54,870
Grace and I watched all the
videos that where submitted.

3717
03:02:54,870 --> 03:02:57,040
We're all very impressed.

3718
03:02:57,040 --> 03:02:58,750
You really have
spent a lot of time

3719
03:02:58,750 --> 03:03:00,820
and really gotten
to know the people.

3720
03:03:00,820 --> 03:03:02,587
One thing I would
suggest is you really,

3721
03:03:02,587 --> 03:03:04,670
maybe in the next couple
weeks, really, really get

3722
03:03:04,670 --> 03:03:06,900
to know the client's task.

3723
03:03:06,900 --> 03:03:08,910
I mean really break
it down and come up

3724
03:03:08,910 --> 03:03:12,130
with these measurable
metrics, try things out,

3725
03:03:12,130 --> 03:03:15,630
food color the water, things
like that, so you can really

3726
03:03:15,630 --> 03:03:17,300
get a sense of
whether your device

3727
03:03:17,300 --> 03:03:20,925
or whether the system you're
building is going to work.

3728
03:03:20,925 --> 03:03:23,230
PROFESSOR 5: Like really
put yourself in their shoes.

3729
03:03:23,230 --> 03:03:25,370
PROFESSOR 4: OK, I think
that's pretty much it.

3730
03:03:25,370 --> 03:03:27,880
Next week we're going to do
a bunch of electronic device

3731
03:03:27,880 --> 03:03:29,850
labs, so bring your
laptop computer

3732
03:03:29,850 --> 03:03:31,750
is what we're hoping
for people to bring.

3733
03:03:31,750 --> 03:03:33,291
Grace, you have a
final announcement?

3734
03:03:33,291 --> 03:03:35,660
GRACE: Yeah, we sent
out a poll today.

3735
03:03:35,660 --> 03:03:39,170
We're going to set up twice
weekly hobby shop office hours.

3736
03:03:39,170 --> 03:03:42,720
So if you think you're going
to be using a hobby shop

3737
03:03:42,720 --> 03:03:45,520
or building anything mechanical,
please fill out the-- we'll

3738
03:03:45,520 --> 03:03:47,395
decide by Friday what
those office hours are.

3739
03:03:47,395 --> 03:03:47,670
Thanks.

3740
03:03:47,670 --> 03:03:49,295
PROFESSOR 4: And
Monday's class lecture

3741
03:03:49,295 --> 03:03:51,070
and lab will both
be in this room

3742
03:03:51,070 --> 03:03:53,350
because we're doing these
electronic device access

3743
03:03:53,350 --> 03:03:58,150
labs, so 32044 at both
1:00 PM and 3:00 PM.

3744
03:03:58,150 --> 03:03:59,700
OK, thanks.