Connected Devices Weekly Update/2016-10-20

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Program		Passed Gate	Status	Notes
Project Sensor Web	Cindy/Jean	Gate 1	On Target	PIB Checkin this Fri, Oct 21 to provide follow up action items from Oct 4 Gate1 review: Provide details project plan on 4 main components: Cloud/API, Updates, Device and Hardware. Provide updated Architecture diagrams Provide next level budget forecast to 2017 Provide detail AWS data hosting costs SensorWeb Branding Checkin meeting with Branding team Oct 26th to review proposed branding framework Kicked off User study #1 for user interviews in Taipei to start Oct 25 to 28. This study will cover UI/ID and installation, unboxing experience, user interaction of setup process and value proposition. Continuation of weekly 3rd party vendor meetings to support creation of early Sensor hardware development boards by end of Dec 2016. Upcoming Milestone: Confirmed key components list and detail Hardware Development Schedule with task and ownership for Dec 2016
Project_Haiku (taking in Project Smart Display)	Liz/Joe/Mahe	Gate 0	On Target	UR 8 Findings here UR 9 with prototypes is wrapped. Prototypes in return shipping UR 9 surveys completed. Being synthesized into a report, will be available next week UR 9 usage data report here Working on finalizing features and functionality
Platform and Tools	Sandip/Nicole/Mahe	N/A	On Target	Platform planning begins Last week we reviewed Q4-2016 & 2017 goals for the platform team. Now we are detailing the Q4 goals into action plan. Market (Differentiation Avenues): Open (no overlording), Security (e.g. IoT news is full of DDoS attacks), Data ownerships, Lack of Standardization Technology: The Design white paper outline kicked off and in review this week (Platform Architecture & integration patterns). Ekr participated for platform/security inputs. Use Cases: Target to finish the draft list of platform “use cases domains” (devices, services) by end of this week. These will serve as an input to verify completeness of the platform based on the technology / architecture Early thoughts on Platform GTM plans Developers: Onboarding plans for developers, areas of focus Evangelism, events, training, certification programs Marketing / outreach Partners: Onboarding plans, forums, Support, training Marketing / outreach Tie these plans with viable business model options Weekly Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yo1AtuozukgfkZwzO745LdEsB1fdZrEWoIYr8F9eydo/edit#heading=h.qgtmzupjdx35
Voice Platform - Deep Speech	Sandip/Nicole	N/A	On Target	Integration of Fisher+Switchboard Corpus in Deep Speech Creating English Language Model Created English corpus from Wikipedia Starting on creation of a RNN (how the machine learns) language model Create demo milestones for Hawaii Demo Ideas: Talking santa WER chart Browser add-on that has basic control of browser Robot - grammar Live transcription demo Integrate decoder with web speech API on firefox browser--gecko webvr and aframe demos with speech Hosting of WER chart http://doyouunderstand.me/
Abigail	Preeti/Julie	Gate 0	On Target	Prototype Development and Testing Continued work to test value propositions. Finalizing a questionnaire and visual designs to use in a study next week with targeted market segment to test value props. Targeting Oct. 24th to launch this study. Developing ad copy for a campaign to drive traffic to a landing page Finalizing copy for landing page that will feature a video. Writing script for the video that will describe the overall purpose and functionality of Abigail to get consumer feedback. Feedback from the study will be incorporated into the video. 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 Completing work for end-to-end integration for reminder use-case. Further work breakdown was completed on the first day. Good progress is being made and work is on track for on time completion. Schedule Value proposition validation - Oct. 24 - early November Prototype development: month of October Assembly of devices: week of October 31 Testing in homes: November 7 - 18 Data synthesis from pilot and video/landing page studies: November 21 - 29 Gate 1 pitch: November 30
Project Magnet	David/Maria	Gate 0	On Target	Finishing our first Sprint (Sprint 6) after passing Gate 0 (more details of the sprint in our Waffle and our wiki). Main Goal for this sprint is implementing our current service/client to work for GPS/Virtual beacons Architecture Main Tasks: Investigate and implement GPS solutions in React Native (iOS and Android) Implement GPS content discovery on client Geo Backend: Implement Magnet Service Upgrade to latest react-native version as there were errors when compiling magnet for iOS10 and bugfixing Metrics: Modify the metrics to identify Beacons URL and GPS or Virtual Beacons Provide content for the London Pilot that fit our target audience and our technical requirements Design of several options for the final UX of our client (High level) Working in the presentation for the PIB (Oct 21st) to nail down the target audience and stories for our Pilot/MVP
HomeWeb	Ben/Mahe	Gate 0	On Target	Team assigned (mostly) Order placed for hardware evaluation kits, waiting for delivery (Engineers ramping up on research while we wait) Several team members meeting with hardware vendor at IoT Expo on Friday Setting up landing page & survey tools Started mocking up landing page & survey, will engage UR/UX/Marketing for input
GameON!	Candice/Julie	Pre Gate 0	On Target	Product Definition Focus is on product differentiation and tech enhancements that will bring something totally new with this concept Use case refinement has narrowed the scope of a first iteration prototype that will be proposed in Gate 0 pitch Refining the Gate 0 pitch and will send it out for feedback in the coming week Gate 1 pitch: November 30 Engineering Development of a game board simulator and also a physical board with an LED base Evaluating Hall sensors and magnets Prototype spinner developed Identified specific requirements around basic game play Working on a demo for the Gate 0 Pitch presentation
Lighthouse	Preeti/Julie	Gate 0	On Target	Engineering Work on image matching is progressing well. Might work well enough to not have to worry about separating out background during image acquisition 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. Team is looking for an additional engineer to help on this project User Study with Prototype Testing hypotheses around technical feasibility, that study participants will trust it, not the testing of specific form factors. 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. Schedule Complete development of prototype: October Assemble prototypes: Oct 31 - Nov 4 Prototype pilot: Nov 7 - 18 Data synthesis from pilot and video/landing page studies: November 21 - 29 Gate 1 pitch: November 30
PocketID	Francisco	Pre Gate 0	On Hold	Hard dates for project Magnet and project Sensor Web, so the team cannot continue working on PocketID after December
3D Printing	Thomas	Pre Gate 0	On Target	Bulleted list item Bulleted list item
Market Developments Update	Irina			Bulleted list item Bulleted list item
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