Description:
A pair of heated gloves with LED lighting. This gloves can be turn on/off and with a switch and temperature can can be control/detected through a digital sensor. Rechargeable. LED lighting as ornament and security purpose in the snowy dark day.
Progress:
For the past week, I have been spending time on finalizing features on this project, doing research on wearable gloves, comparing what is desirable/doable and what’s not, what particular element can do and cannot do, what’s the difference between options, narrowing down and see if they can work well with Arduino.
Play Test Questions
On look &feel
1.What is your first impression of the heated gloves?
2.Do you like the appearance of the heated gloves?
3. What part of heated gloves draws your attention first?
4. WHat part of heated gloves did you touch first?
5. How does the look of heated gloves differ from regular gloves?
6. Did anything in appearance hold you back from trying this gloves?
7. Name the device you last seen that is the most similar to the one you play-tested.
8. What other addition do you like to have on this gloves to make the experience better?
On the product/design
9. What is your first reaction to this new product idea?
10. How well, if at all, does the word “innovative” describe this product?
10a. (How well, if at all, does the word “WELL-MADE” describe this new product?)
11. How often, if ever, do you currently use other, similar products?
12. If this product were available today, how likely would you be to buy this product?
13. How likely is it that you would recommend our new product to a friend or colleague?
(form a scale from 1-10, being 1 is not at all likely, and 10 is extremely likely)
14. When you’re considering new products in this area, what are the top two things you generally consider?
(price, brand, innovation, quality, safety)
15. When you think about this product, do you think of it as something people might NEED or as something people might WANT?
16. In your own words, what are the things that you like most about this new product?
17. In your own words, what are the things that you would most like to improve in this new product?
On features (energy-recharge)
18. Where do you prefer the heat spot to go? finger tips or sides of palm?
19. HOw many hours do you estimate you will be using this product?
20. Will you prefer to have a disposable battery or a rechargeable battery to this product?why? why not?
Inititial Timeline (subject to change)
Testing plan(subject to change)
Week9-10: BOM, order parts, temperature test 1 (program write-up, range setup)(TMP102+heating pad with arduino or lilypad?)
Week10-11: temperature test 2(threshold set up), LED add-in
Week 11-12: temperature+light testing
Week12: Final Presentation
Initial BOM
Thanks Caroline, BOM and Timeline look great. But what were the results of your play test? What did the play testers say? I like your practical approach to developing these gloves, as well as the very pragmatic questions you prepared for the play test. I also encourage you to be a bit more experimental in the interaction you develop– perhaps in the process, you’ll make something not just practical but innovative as well.