Week 3-Selection Criteria Wednesday, Sep 26 2007 

Fall Semester teamcouture 6:07 am


Selection Criteria Part 1:

1) Cost: In comparison with the other top picks, wearable technology has a relatively lower cost.

2) Customer Needs/Market: There will definitely be a market for this technology. Nowadays, people are more concern about their health and well-being. (e.g. Nike+ is an excellent example)

3) Technical: Some of the skills that are required in order for us to build this product are: Programming, sewing, designing and marketing.

4) Time (Skill/Strength): It will take approximately 4 months to create a very basic prototype of this particular product.

5) Skill Set: Our team has all the necessary skill set to create this product.

Selection Criteria Part 2: Q&A

Q: Are there similar products in existence today?

A:Yes, a similar product example would be Nike+; it is a very successful product. However, there are a lot of complaints as to the accuracy of Nike+, some Nike+ users have found the recorded data inaccurate and imprecise. In addition, for people who do not run on a usual schedule, have not purchased a Nike+. Team Couture wants to create something that will solve these issues.

(http://runpl.us/forum/discussion/176/my-proposal-for-nike-trouble-with-nike-calibrating-wrong-distances/)

Q: Will there be a lot of user interest?

A: Definitely. There are 36,912 people who are currently logged in to Nike+ website and all of these users are runners. Our product will not only delivers what Nike+ has to offer but will also provide the same interactive product to different types of athletes and they can enjoy this product.

http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/?sitesrc=uslanding

 

Week 3-Voting Methods and Results Wednesday, Sep 26 2007 

Fall Semester teamcouture 6:07 am


Voting Methods and Results:

Each person has 4 Green (Green=concept he/she likes) and 4 Red dots to give out (Red=concept he/she doesn’t)

Idea 1) Recycling and Refund in University (3 G, 10 R)

Idea 2) Adjustable Sword Belt (3G, 10R)

Idea 3+4) High-Tech Business suit, Effortlessly Stylish Wearable Technology for Athletes (10G, 1R)

Idea 5) The Minimal Bicycle (4G, 2R)

Idea 6) Un-tethered Mobile Onsite Video Monitored System (4G, 2R)

Our Top 3 ideas are:

1st Place) Idea 3+4 High-Tech Business Suit/Wearable Technology for Athletes

2nd Place) Idea 5, The Minimal Bicycle

3rd Place) Idea 5, Un-tethered Mobile OnSite Video Monitored System

Our Top Project idea is Wearable Technology.

 

Week 3-Develop Elaborate Each project Idea Wednesday, Sep 26 2007 

Fall Semester teamcouture 6:06 am

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Week 3-Final 5 Project Ideas Wednesday, Sep 26 2007 

Fall Semester teamcouture 6:06 am

Part 1: Project ideas:

Our team has Six Project ideas:

Idea 1) Recycling and Refund in University. Recycle bin system that will credit the students that recycle their plastic/glass bottles.

Idea 2) Adjustable Sword Belt. It is designed for casual wear and casual practice, so it’s easy to wear and easy to adjust.

Idea 3) High-Tech Business suit. The suit that feels like no other with great features and captivating style and comfort; it’s irresistible because it’s Couture.

Idea 4) Effortlessly Stylish Wearable Technology for Athletes. Wearable technology designed to control electronic devices and record physiological data for users.

Idea 5) The Minimal Bicycle. Maintenance-free bicycle.

Idea 6) Un-tethered Mobile onsite video monitored system. Using existing Wi-Max infrastructure we can have network cameras powered by solar panels and storage cells, mounted on a spike/pole.

Since our team has six project ideas, Spenser and Ada decided to combine their two ideas together into one. The two ideas are, High-Tech Business suit and Effortlessly stylish Wearable technology for athletes.

 

Week 3-Technique 2: Matrix Wednesday, Sep 26 2007 

Fall Semester teamcouture 6:06 am

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Week 3-Technique 1: Checklists/Matrix Wednesday, Sep 26 2007 

Fall Semester teamcouture 6:06 am

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Week 2 Wednesday, Sep 19 2007 

Fall Semester teamcouture 6:02 am

In Workshop 2, our team generated a list consist of 20 verbs and 20 adverbs.

20 Verbs:
Talk, Cut, Grow, Touch, Shine, Dance, Firm, Bent, Apply, Crap, Wash, Length, Write, Read, Squint, Prolong, Glace, Fashioned, Evolve, Style

20 Adverbs:
Ubiguously, Quickly, Seemingly, Efficiently, Interestingly, Gracefully, Softly, Gently, Glamorously, Generously, Lovely, Crazily, Amazingly, Sexually, Promiscuously, Stressfully, Anxiously, Slowly, Perfectly, Decisively.

We used these words to generate possible project ideas.

At the end, we picked a set of 7 adverb-verbs that describe our project ideas.
Work->Efficiently
Touch->Softly
Glance->Sensually
Apply->Gently
Style->Glamorously
Shine->Passionately.

 

Week 1-2 Sunday, Sep 16 2007 

Fall Semester teamcouture 6:01 am

Detail team discussions/ideas can be viewed at:

http://teamcouture.blogspot.com/

Kyle, Spenser and Ada made different T-Shirt design samples for Team Couture.

 

Week 1 Wednesday, Sep 12 2007 

Fall Semester teamcouture 6:00 am

Week 1 lab: Workshop on Team Identity and Building.

Team Name/Thought Process:

William came up with the name team Tuning fork, Nathan suggested the name UPS, Ada suggested to use Combustion as our team name and Spenser came up with the name Team Couture.

Group Skills:

During the lab, our team managed to identify Team Couture’s strengths and weaknesses. The photo(above) is a Concept Map of our group skills.

Responsibilities/Task:

Spenser created our beautiful team logo and Ada made our website/blog.