2009 5-11~~~5-25

We built 3 dices by using different materials. We had lots of fun in the workshop. We bought a cute dice on EBay, (actually it’s a CD box). After some tests we decided to use the CD dice. It looks really coooooolllllll.
After the Tuesday class, we went to China town had lunch together. We ordered some Chinese food. Juan said he like the first dish. And he had like 5 bottles QingDao beer. OMG~~~~~~~

2009-5-4 3 DICEs

We went to westend and bought some materials for building our dice.
Hope we can finish all of the different materials dices in week 10. we still got lots of works need to do.

2009-4-25 presentation week

In this week we got some feedback from Steven and Marie about our project.
We discussed what we need to finish before this weekend. First we need to build a physical mock-up for this week’s presentation. Juan will do that. Secondly, we need to prepare two scenarios based on feedback from interviews. The hard part in our project is how to make wireless and Bluetooth works. Hope everything going well.

2009-4-18 interview

We finished the interviews during the break. We got many useful feedbacks. Marie helped us a lot. Thanks Marie!

Here are the interview questions and feedback:


Questionnaire
1. Are you aware of your power consumption?
2. Are you aware what standby mode is?
3. If so, do you leave your devices on standby or do you turn them off?
4. How many power points do you have in your living (entertainment) room?
5. Which electrical appliances do you use the most?
6. What are you entertainment activities? (Yourself and with kids)
7. Are there any electrical appliances that you use at the same time?
8. How would you prioritize the usage of the electrical appliances?
9. Do you argue with other family members who want to use the same electrical appliance at the same time? If so, which device?
10. How would the power dice be useful for you? Why? Would this change your original operation/routine?
11. Do you think the Power Dice would improve communication or interaction among the family?
12. Would you use the Power Dice as for chance or control?
13. Would you like to use a dice like this at home? In what areas of your home?
14. Can you give us some suggestions to improve our product?

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Feedback:

2009-4-6

We will do 3 families interviews during the coming break. We came out 14 interviews’ questions, and our lovely tutor Marie helped us to fix some grammar problems. Thanks Marie. So far we have done the physical mock-up dice, we got some really useful feedbacks from Steven, Dekker, Marie and our classmates. For the interview, at first we were thinking to do at least 5 families’ interviews, after some group meeting we decided cut it down to 2-3 families, and Marie will help us to arrange these interviews. Marie, thanks again!
Enjoy your break!