[PROJECT] Progress II

     We decided to change from LEU(Light Emotion Umbrella) to be LUMOS. We already coding the sample of pattern for show with umbrella(dim light, change colour and mix the colour.)

     Here is the link for progress

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loCF1KAJ4r8&feature=youtu.be

[LECTURE 9] Physical Computing

Physical Computing 

• Bridge the gap between physical and virtual.
• More or less in tangible user interface.
• Facilitate between human and computer (help people to connect with computer).
• Most of is object.
• Standalone objects (One object).

Hardware is hard

• Keep cost really low.
• Think about cost of multiple controllers.
• The few components, the better.
• Design base on daily life object.
• Focus on interface: easy to use, self understanding.

" Phidgets = no need to program hardware. It like set of building box. "

Design pattern : in term of Software architecture is MVC and it should base on OOP.

Software must be soft

• Simple interface.
• Simple language.
• Big function/feature is not important
• Minor language elements are major stumbling blocks.
• Focus on interface.

Physical computing is conversation between physical world and virtual world.

" Physical energy ---------translate----------> electrical signal "

This call Transduction.

Input and Output

Input : ways of censoring your physical energy.

Output : Changing it but moving things are hard (you need electrical and mechanical skills)

Transducer : Processor in between

Microcontrollers : gateway between the physical and the virtual ex. arduino

What I have learned from this class?

     I know that the physical computing is the link between the virtual world and real word that should has the translator like arduino or lilypad to help changing energy. And the characteristic of software and hardware that it should be like. 

[PROJECT] Progress I : Light Emotion Umbrella

     Yesterday, we went to Ban Mor for buy some tools Next step, we design to create the prototype of our project.
     In the prototype, we use accelerometer to control the colour of LED strips. The changing of angle, the changing of colour.

[ASSIGNMENT 5] Apply Service Design to Project

     First of all I gonna say that my project is group project name "Umbrella Corporation". We decided to do project with umbrella and LEDs Strips. Our project call "Light Emotion Umbrella" or "LEU". This project contain LEDs strips, transparent umbrella and humidity sensor. The LEU will light up whenever it rains. This gives a sense of an umbrella that is powered by the rain

     The LEU can be useful when a person is walking in the rain at night because it can act as the source of light and make the person holding the umbrella visible to cars passing by. We are going to use humidity sensor to detect the rain

How to apply service design to this project?

     Service design is the ways of thinking and the practical combine together and develop to service. We divided into 3 parts.

•  Exploration : Explore and conclude the problem or the needs of user.The user is the most important part. When we create new things, we needs to think who is our target. That why we needs to do some survey. It seem like usability test or stakeholder map.

• Creation : After we do the survey, we are meeting and conclude that this project was interested by many people because the idea look interested to user that we can make design scenario like this;

Design scenario

• In rainy night, the LEDs will turn on automatically.
• The pattern of LEDs will change due to rainy.
• Implementation : We will creating prototype in soon.

[ASSIGNMENT 4] Service Design

Service Design

     Now a day the customers have more need. The aesthetic design does not enough. Service design is the thing that can attract customers

The efficiency service design
    It use in market principle call 7Ps

• Product : Which product you sell. It demand to market or not?
• Price : The suitable price for sell.
• Place : Right place for sell product and full fill the demand of customer.
• Promotion : The event that promote the product which customer can be fun with.
• People : Make a relation with customers.
• Process : Design the system for customer easy to use. 
• Physical Evidence : Design the service point for the comfortable of customer.

What is Service Design?

     The service design is the combination between idea and practical develop in service. To make me find the new dimension of creative think meet with the need of customers for solve the problem and full fill the long term in business. It can divide in 3 sections;

• Exploration : Research and analysis to understand the real problem lead to the design which meet the customer requirement.

     Stakeholder Maps is a strategic business tool which identifies and assesses the effect of a different individual or a group of stakeholders on a company.

• Contextual Observation : See the use of customer.

•  Shadowing : Jot the real detail of customer when use service.

• In-Depth Interview : Interview directly to customer to know the deep problem.

Conclusion 

     After we gathering the data. Next we take the data to conclude and analyse then divide into topic for design brief.

• Problem : The problem that we found
• Opportunities : Opportunities for solving the problem.
• Insights : Understanding in deeply
• Needs : The requirement of customer.
• Themes : The collection of data.

• Creation : Simulation the events start from the beginning to the end including the event that can cause the problem.

• Customer Journey : See all the process.

     The good design come from the combination of reason and creation for make the service design that can answer all the requirement of customer and build the quality of business.

• Implementation : Test and develop all the idea that come from Creation step for make it real.

• Prototyping is an early sample, model or release of a product built to test a concept or process or to act as a thing to be replicated or learned from.


• Evaluate is a systematic determination of a subject's merit.

• Service Blueprint is an operational tool that describes the nature and the characteristics of the service interaction in enough detail to verify, implement and maintain it.The blueprint shows processes within the company, divided into different components which are separated by lines.












     Nowadays, the competitive in business is very high. The new way to help the business to grow is service design. To attract the customers for use the service again and again. This service design will help in long-term business.