April 2018

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…