May 8th - (UNLISTED) Ideation and CAPSTONE Progress

Team Members Involved - All

We spent the majority of our meeting today on the remaining Capstone requirements, namely the Abstract, Poster, and Video submissions.

In our discussions on how to proceed with those steps, we discovered a few points of information that were previously missing. We've added them below for reference.

• Get a list of other DMS-able devices (to show our Dashboard as a proof-of-concept)
• Highlight the fact that the Dashboard can be connected to devices via Ethernet connections and mobile internet
• Focus on the strengths of our dashboard; simplified measurements display, fast information gathering

Abstract

We're still working on it! It's difficult to come up with the right words and concise approach to introduce our project without putting too much focus on background information, while avoiding over-simplification. Michael and I will be working on getting the abstract concise and up to par with the rest of our project.

Poster

We've been working on the poster design, trying to take cues from our Dashboard as the placement. Unfortunately, there isn't enough room on this particular design for images, so this idea will have to be modified in order to adapt to the poster format. We'll try to be taking cues from last year's Capstone posters, in order to see what layouts were ideal for images and text in equal but minimal measure.

Video

A lot of groups are opting out of this assignment, so we're opting in! One of the major choices we must make for this video is whether to intice or inform. Which direction fits the video's purpose and content best? Every team member had a different idea, so we're each writing our own scripts and figuring out which direction works best. Scripts will be due by this Saturday, and filming will occur the next weekend.

Personally, I'm hoping we can put "Is your refrigerator running?" on the Poster at least, and perhaps in the video as well. It's such a great tagline!