Week 12 - Individual Work

Week 12 - Individual Work

Overview

After the last week, we decided that a lot of the work needed to be done individually, or at home. My role, was to focus on the scenario, and how this object would fit in with the lives of our users. Michael, was focusing on the programming, and also started helping Niall with resolving the form, and some of the detailing aspects.

Scenarios 

I started to look at the different scenarios in which our object could have a profound effect. 

Some of the possible scenarios that where outlined were; 

Armed forces

A Soldier is leaving for war. He is leaving behind his family, and is going to miss them dearly. He can use our device to communicate with his friends and family back home. 

Prison

A prisoner is in jail for a long period of time. This object could be used for them to communicate with loved ones, in a safe and deeply emotional way. 

Long nights at Work

A user is working back late at night, and their partner is missing them. our device is used to help both people in this situation. 

Boarding School

Our concept could be used for children who are away at boarding school. They would be able to communicate with there family when and how they wanted. 

Reflection

After going through these scenarios, and discussing with tutors, we decided to go back to our original target user group - which was emergency services and the armed forces. They are an interesting target user, and represent many varied challenges for us to address. 

Michael was able to continue with his research into the parts needed for the model without this part of the assignment completed, however by next week it is important that i have this done so that the model can be tailored to suit the specific context.