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Ad-Hoc Networking Project

PM Liaison: Mathilde Technical Lead: Jim Research Lead: Megan Design Lead: Jordan Document Lead: Whitney

Last Time

Excited to move ahead Meeting with Ko Brainstorming Session Picking an area to work with and going with it for now

Brainstorming Session 1

“spark and share” technique start with a catchy title, sketch, tagline, description and pass it on to your neighbor 45 ideas, 8 categories In-car content delivery Recommender systems Driver reputation/rater Multi-car gaming In-car convenience Traffjc management Paying without cash Different prices for different people

• nline survey for ranking ideas

voted on 5 point scale (I love it, I like it, I don’t care, I don’t like it, I hate it—Throw it away)

Brainstorming Session 1 – Survey Results

We agree on: driver reputation system car games local tour guide cop detector sharing cabs/carpooling directions from people in ad-hoc group bids on gas download content from billboards We disagree on: spam for local stores directions for caravan restaurant reservations traffjc probe sign memory speed limit monitor personal radio station negotiate intersection driver reputation determines toll fare Thrown out: audio newspapers set recorder and watch DVDs car AIM this Bud’s For You compete for best gas mileage asphalt canvas pedestrian ring talking steering wheel car sex fjnd a doctor borrow stuff from other cars

Brainstorming Session 1 – Survey Results

We agree on: driver reputation system car games local tour guide cop detector sharing cabs/carpooling directions from people in ad-hoc group bids on gas download content from billboards We disagree on: spam for local stores directions for caravan restaurant reservations traffjc probe sign memory speed limit monitor personal radio station negotiate intersection driver reputation determines toll fare Thrown out: audio newspapers set recorder and watch DVDs car AIM this Bud’s For You compete for best gas mileage asphalt canvas pedestrian ring talking steering wheel car sex fjnd a doctor borrow stuff from other cars

Meeting With Client

met in person with Ko talked about his background discussed the timeline talked about projects last year talked about IP and patents had 2nd brainstorming session presented our ideas, none seemed exciting to Ko but games would be a good backup

Brainstorming Session 3

in search of that “Great Idea” great ideas come from several people leaping off of each other’s thoughts explored technologies currently infmuencing our lives in an attempt to identify the technology of the future created a persona: Ron Laudy 33 years old married, no kids middle management in advertising watches sports with his buddies leases a new car every 3 years

• wns a Roomba, loves his TiVo

has a large DVD collection wears addidas and puma likes to grill/cook for his wife

Brainstorming Session 3 – Ideas

• ur ideas based on future technology

and Ron’s desires mobile garage sale goods trading service location based trading

• nline fantasy team on the go

presets that move with you tailored news on radio internet in the car “Dude, where’s my car?” (from cell) driver game: everyone in network wins widespread backup network improved decentralized shipping

Brainstorming Session 3 – Ideas

• ur ideas based on future technology

and Ron’s desires mobile garage sale goods trading service location based trading

• nline fantasy team on the go

presets that move with you tailored news on radio internet in the car “Dude, where’s my car?” (from cell) driver game: everyone in network wins widespread backup network improved decentralized shipping

Five Concepts, No Direction

5 ideas iGuide local tour guide with recommendation Billboard download content from billboards DJMe personal radio station Game Tribes driver game: everyone in network wins EZ Delivery improved decentralized shipping but no feedback, how to choose? each of us took an idea, wrote it up to explore feasibility and implementation details

Feedback at Last!

conference call with client gave us feedback and ranked each of our ideas DJMe Game Tribes were top 2 got rid of Billboard idea

Pittsburgh Auto Show

looked at: navigation systems radios OnStar uConnect controls and UIs heads-up displays fjndings: all new high-end cars have navigation systems controls and UIs are poor heads-up displays will be commonplace in 6 years

Choosing One Idea

eliminated EZ Delivery because it didn’t seem right for this project rated remaining ideas on a 5-point scale for 4 characteristics easy to prototype not obvious inherent interest educational value Game Tribes had overall highest rating DJMe had low rating for “easy to prototype” researched how hard it would be to prototype DJMe doable although it never has been done

Choosing One Idea

DJMe wins!

The Road Ahead

rescheduling of our focus group not enough participants started recruiting too late CIs scheduled for this week 2 with WRCT DJs 2 with XBox Live users looking into ways to prototype patent and IP

Questions? Comments?

this is the part where YOU talk :)