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Completed updates for Lighthouse, Game ON!, Abigail
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*Reviewed first drafts of industrial design proposals. Feedback is being incorporated into the second drafts which will be reviewed today (Oct. 20).
*Reviewed first drafts of industrial design proposals. Feedback is being incorporated into the second drafts which will be reviewed today (Oct. 20).
'''Work Week Update'''
'''Work Week Update'''
*Completing work for end-to-end integration for reminder use-case.
*On track to be done by Oct. 31
**Further work breakdown was completed on the first day.
*Further work breakdown was completed on the first day.
**Good progress is being made and work is on track for on time completion.   
*Good progress is being made and work is on track for on time completion.   
*Tap to wake device is working.
*Multi-user functionality is nearly complete.
*SMS notifications is nearly complete.
*First time user setup script is nearly complete
'''Schedule'''
'''Schedule'''
*Value proposition validation - Oct. 24 - early November   
*Value proposition validation - Oct. 24 - early November   
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'''Product Definition'''
'''Gate 0 Pitch'''
*Focus is on product differentiation and tech enhancements that will bring something totally new with this concept
*A draft of the Game ON! Gate 0 pitch will be circulated for review by EOB today (Oct. 20). 
*Use case refinement has narrowed the scope of a first iteration prototype that will be proposed in Gate 0 pitch
Focus is on product differentiation and tech enhancements that will bring something totally new with this concept
*Refining the Gate 0 pitch and will send it out for feedback in the coming week
*Gate 1 pitch: November 30  
*Gate 1 pitch: November 30  
'''Engineering'''
'''Engineering'''
*Development of a game board simulator and also a physical board with an LED base
*Development of the game board with an LED base and the use of Halls sensors and magnets is far along.
 
*Spinner work is also progressing well, and team will continue work with connected dice.
[[File:Game board prototype.png|500px]]
[[File:Game board prototype.png|500px]]
*Evaluating Hall sensors and magnets
**Prototype spinner developed
[[File:Kevin's spinner.png|300px]]
[[File:Kevin's spinner.png|300px]]
 
*Game play work is progressing well, too.
*Identified specific requirements around basic game play  
*Prototype components have been identified and priced for producing prototype boards. 
*Working on a demo for the Gate 0 Pitch presentation
*Have produced an architecture diagram
'''Prototype testing'''
*Planning to test the game prototype with Mozilla kids who will be at the Hawaii work week.
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'''Engineering'''
'''Engineering'''
*Work on image matching is progressing well. Might work well enough to not have to worry about separating out background during image acquisition
*Completed testing the alternatives for mic/speaker, including sound card and USB options. There will be more work to do in testing them in wearable and hand held form factors when we get to that point.
*Testing alternatives for mic/speaker, including Wolfson card, Wilson card that uses I2S expansion bus on rpi, as well as USB option. Goal is to make a quick decision so that prototype can be assembled in time for the study.  
*Building a prototype with raspberry pi running Open CV ORB algorithm for image matching with voice labeling using PyAlsa audio library. Next week focus is to put it all together -- Integrating and merging image acquisition, image matching and voice labeling and button press interaction and testing end to end. Team is currently integrating the components of the hardware including voice recording and playback.
* Team is looking for an additional engineer to help on this project
[[File:Lighthouse prototype.png|500px]]
'''User Study with Prototype'''
 
*Testing hypotheses around technical feasibility, that study participants will trust it, not the testing of specific form factors.
'''User Studies'''
*Current thinking is that team members will accompany participants on shopping outings and possibly assist in taking photos of the items being purchased, as the focus of the study is on how well image matching works, not on how easy it is for the participants to take the photos.
Wizard of Oz Study
*Conducted this study with our team consultant who is blind. Gained valuable insight into how a blind person will interact with the device.
*Also planning to test out various form factors with off the shelf cameras that can be clipped on or Velcro or strapped or hand-held as a wizard of oz style lean experiments with blind users.
User Study with Prototype
*Working on the logistics for testing the prototypes with study participants who are blind. The current plan is for team members to bring items typically purchased by the participants to the SCVBC.
*Photos will be taken of these items with the prototype devices, and the devices will record the participants' descriptions of them.
*Image matching accuracy will be tested when participants later try to identify these objects with the camera device. If there's a successful image match, the camera device will playback the participant's recorded description of the item to identify it.  
'''Schedule'''
'''Schedule'''
*Complete development of prototype: October
*Complete development of prototype: October
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