Final Summary and Evaluation

The project evaluation   Issues    The Placement：Choosing the right location for installation is also a big issue for our team, the originally plan of the placement of our device is on site 25 (bowl-shaped ramp). However, during the initial testing performed at the skatepark, the ultrasonic sensor was unable to accurately detect the skater’s…

week 12 Peer user test

In this week, we were trying to refine our codes and improve the appearance of our installations. There are still a few details that we need to reconsider and add in order to make it look more similar to an injector and thermometer.  Moreover, we made the questionnaire for the evaluation. As for the code, …

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week 9 Final concept

The last two weeks has been tough for us as our final concept was rejected in the WIP presentation. What even worse is that all our back-up plans were killing in the cradle. As a result, we devoted ourselves to new concepts. Fortunately, we got one and was accepted by Lian. Inspiration: This concept’s idea…

Week 6 Feedback from assignment 1

In this week, our job mainly focused on refine concepts based on Lian’s feedback on assignment 1. We chose one concept as our final display and sensor to assist it. In the meantime, we prepared the contents for next’s presentation Research Feedback Among all of the three assignment, one is considered not very practical and…

Week 5 Site research

This is week, we spared no efforts to think about the last concept. For the first two concepts, we covered playfulness and musical interactions. In regards of the third one, we have two options, one is involved in interacting with audiences, and another one is a competition among skaters. The sketch for the second is…

week 4 Interview

To get a better understanding of the skatepark and skateboarding, we decided to visit Sydenham park again. Moreover, we intended to combine what we have researched with the skaters experience. We also need to observe and communicate with different skaters to get some valid inspirations.   We interview  2 male adults and two juveniles, one of…

week 3 Concepts brainstorming

Before our first group assignment get started, we generally separated our work for the upcoming week. I will be responsible for background research and Cecillia will do site research. In regards to background research, i firstly did some research about the history of skateboarding. It wasn’t a mainstream sport until 2000, so it is pretty…

Week 2 Site research and team setup

team fellows: Hua Deng ; Xintong Xu First thing first, we came up with our team name :Pink republic, since both of us are girls we can be as lovely as possible. We talked about group members’ specialities, our responsibilities for each member , our work norms, as well as our team goal. The main…