Design Review 1

Here are the slides for our first design review presentation on 2/24:

We got some valuable feedback from our peers and instructors at the end of the presentation, which is documented below:

  • Define user needs more specifically and to have mainly one application
    • Potential focus: pasta and jar lids
    • Clarify requirements of device
  • People using the device (personas) may differ from just the demographic of the interviews 
    • Needs to work for all age groups 
      • Ex: injured younger people, not just elderly/women 
  • Design flaw in using bodily physics to manipulate device:
    • Torque depends on size and distance → hard to create force without length, may need device to be collapsable to accommodate the large length
  • Further research needed:
    • Statistics on total potential users
    • Market research of existing devices
      • Industry standards