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CMF Project 3

November 04, 2021

About a Pivot

Philip and my original idea was explicitly around drinking, and specifically was designed to create a mutual drinking experience. link to Philip’s brainstorming post

here are our original prototypes, contrasting with another prototype we are somewhat basing our project on
here are our original prototypes, contrasting with another prototype we are somewhat basing our project on

We ended up pivoting to::

An adult nightlight that tells you a bar story to help you fall 
asleep and dispenses a sleep-aid

here is our ideation process
here is our ideation process

We are now curating a bar experience from the comfort of your own bed, so you can regale your friends with tales of your wild night without actually needing to leave your hotel room.

CMF Breakdown

a basic breakdown of the core CMF for the design of the night light
a basic breakdown of the core CMF for the design of the night light

break parts sketch
break parts sketch

Timeline

Friday:

  • CAD Files Finished
  • All Digital Materials collected
  • All Physical Materials collected
  • Scrape Bar stories from Reddit

Saturday:

  • Animations created and running with code
  • Bar Stories compiled into variables
  • Mechanism for dispensing sleep aid with servos

Sunday:

  • Animations Implemented into sketch
  • Voice to Speech implementation
  • Connect rPi and physical Buttons
  • Milling Begins

Monday:

  • Sketch Completed
  • Milling and Fab continues

Tuesday:

  • Put pieces together
  • Finishing

Wednesday:

  • Finishing and cleaning
  • Re-cut/design/etc for parts that don’t work
  • Begin Documentation

Thursday:

  • Finish Documentation

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