Surprise: Needy Wearable

Needy Wearable is a shirt that reacts heavily when no one is close/when someone is far away, and only calms down the closer one gets. The shirt moves with…

Fischer-randomizer by Team Steve: Final Documentation Redux

Fischer-random Chess: automated randomizer Built by: Josh Lefevre, Nathan Serafin, & Alyssa Casamento A brief overview In the Spring semester of 2018, our team of Carnegie Mellon students was…

Book Reminder by Dog-Loving Duo: Final Documentation

Introduction: We are students at Carnegie Mellon University taking a class in physical computing, a project-based course in which we learn the basic skills in programming and electronics…

Freezer Inventory by Team Wilma: final documentation

Introduction: Our goal with this project was to create an assistive device to help improve a part of someone’s day-to-day life. We teamed up with Wilma, a local…

Puzzle Box by Red Chameleon: Final Documentation

Team Members: Ryan, Willow, Chileshe INTRODUCTION The purpose of this project was to create an assistive device for Phil Sidel, an elderly individual in our community. Phil lives…

Fischer-randomizer by Team Steve: Final Documentation

Fischer-random Chess: automated randomizer Built by: Josh Lefevre, Nathan Serafin, & Alyssa Casamento A brief overview In the Spring semester of 2018, our team of Carnegie Mellon students was…

A Natural Meal Adaptation by Team Renfrew: Final Documentation

The goal of our final project was to incorporate all of the electrical, mechanical, and design skills we have been developing throughout the semester to create an assistive…

FitBox by Enrique’s Gizmos: final documentation

This class, Introduction to Physical Computing, has covered both the technical and design of electronic devices in depth.  These teachings and practice culminated in this final project: creating…

Team Wilma Prototype Documentation

Introduction Our overall goal is to create an assistive device for our partner Wilma to help her life in some fashion. After narrowing down product ideas we decided…

Team Red Chameleon: Prototype Documentation

Team Members: Willow, Chileshe, Ryan In our project, the goal was to provide an assistive device for an elderly individual. Our project developed into a puzzle, once we…

Dog Loving Duo: Prototype Documentation

Part Two of the Assistive Device Project Documentation: Prototype Part One Here Introduction: Our group was assigned to create a useful device to enhance the life of our…

Team Steve Process Documentation

Chess device process documentation Team: Nathan Serafin, Alyssa Casamento, Josh LeFevre Our process Brief Intro We built this Fischer-random Chess device to help Steve both teach Fischer-random Chess and…

Team Enrique’s Gizmos Prototype Documentation

Introduction: The product design process is iterative and fluid.  Ideas must be created, tested, and, most importantly, the opinions of the person the device is being made for…

Team Renfrew Prototype Documentation

The project is about designing an assistive devise for an older person. Team Renfrew works with Rosemarie, whom lives in Pittsburgh with her husband, Joe. She loves to…

Design Research Interview with Steve 3/29

Team: Alyssa Casamento, Nathan Serafin, Josh LeFevre Project Introduction An initial meeting with Steve was held  at his home, to learn about his daily life and develop  an…

Initial Meeting Documentation

Initial Meeting Introduction: We aim to create an assistive device for an older person. This can be in the form of any type of device that helps them…

Dog-Loving Duo Initial Meeting Documentation

Introduction We are students at Carnegie Mellon University taking a class in physical computing, a project-based course in which we learn the basic skills in programming and electronics…

Meeting Documentation

Introduction Team: Red Chameleon Members: Ryan, Willow, Chileshe We are students at Carnegie Mellon University taking a Physical Computing course, where we learn both mechanical and programming skills…

Initial Meeting Documentation

Throughout this physical computing class, we have been learning both technical and design-based skills.  Each project has consistently pushed both our technical skills and design prowess further as…

Meeting Documentation _1

Introduction On Thursday night (3/30), our group, Team Renfrew (consisting of Adriel, Arushi, and Monica), made a trip to an apartment in Downtown Pittsburgh to meet a wonderful…