Meeting+1

Meeting Notes - Lab #1 September 13, 2006 3-069 (Pappalardo Lab) 7-10PM

Officers: System Integrator Financial Safety Information Tool

List: Harmeet – Financial Doodee – Safety Dave – Tools Zack – Info Taylor – Safety Adam – Integrator Moneer Helu – Integrator

Brainstorming Ideas Postings -Posted drawings -Presented ideas -Categorized ideas

Categories- Games/Entertainment -Musical Moon Bounce (Harmeet) -Modified Skee Ball Game (Harmeet) -Spinning Top Pinball (Zack) -Big Bath Game /or any other game (Harmeet) -Music Player for the Deaf (Moneer)

Walking -Adjustable Walker (Harmeet) -Rehabilitation Supports (Moneer) -Hands Free Luggage (Zack)

Baby -Baby Buffet (Taylor) -Pregnancy Sound Belt (Harmeet)

Vision -Roller Change-a-Cane (Taylor) -Removable Lighting (Harmeet) -Stairwell Touch Warning System for Blind (Zack) -Money Counter Belt (Aaron) -Handheld Text Reader (Adam) -Watch/Proximity Warning System for Blind (Moneer)

Hygiene -FogySocker (Aaron) -HandyBath (Taylor)

Accessibility -StandPad (Taylor) -Accessible Car Seat -Motorized Shelves (Dave) -Motorized Refrigerator Shelves (Zack) -Personal Elevator (Dave)

Wheelchair Mods -ATV Wheelchair (Aaron) -Stair Climbing Wheelchair (Dave)

Comfort and Injury -Adaptative, Active Suspension for Wheelchairs (Moneer) -Bed sores -Rising/Lowering Bed (Dave)

Shelter -Self-constructing Home (Moneer) -Port-A-Shelter (Taylor)

Memory -Lost Object Beeper (Dave) -Lost Object “Divining Rod” (Zack)

Opinions/Initial Reactions:

David- Games will be interesting and different & Accessibility is extremely important

Aaron- Pointed out that the ATV Wheelchair idea would be helpful in Boston winters; likes ideas for Elderly because a huge market where people are getting older and so on.

Taylor- Broader ideas. Bathroom ideas will help all types of people. Vision ideas are also good because it is a problem that is not thought of a lot. Accessibility is also really important.

Zack- Elderly stuff is important. Hygiene is important because of the privacy issues. Doing a game would be really fun because would get to build base really fast and rest of time on customer interactions and needs.

Moneer- Comfort and injury prevention likes a lot because it is really important. The elderly are also important. Games would be interesting. Everything is good.

Adam- Games would be fun and to work with kids. Accessibility issues are really important. The four-wheel wheelchair would be really cool and fun. It would be nice to also be able to put electronics stuff into the market.

Harmeet- everything is cool. Games would be really nice because of the human aspect and colorful side of it. Accessibility is so important and hygiene and privacy issues are so vital.

What we would like out of research?

-markets -existing products -costs -core proposition -challenges -representatives (people related to the products)

Assignments

Harmeet: Games and Accessibility Moneer: Injury & Comfort and Walking Zack: Memory and Hygiene and Vision Taylor: Hygiene and Vision Aaron: Wheelchair Modifications and Accessibility David: Memory and Comfort & Injury Adam: Wheelchair Modifications and Shelter and Baby

Games- Harmeet Walking- Moneer Baby- Adam Memory- Zack, David Hygiene – Zack, Taylor Accessibility - Aaron, Harmeet Wheel Chair Mods – Aaron, Adam Shelter – Adam Injury & Comfort – Moneer, David Vision – Taylor, Zack