Wearable Tech LA Presentation Slides
Glenn’s intro narration for slides 2, 3, 4, 5 is here: Compass H2.Org/wearabletechla-intro-slides
Joseph is narrating the user scenario
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Why is it called Compass H2O?
We’ve agreed to keep the name Compass H2O (and not take on an entire rebranding) even though our use case has evolved. We’ve also agreed not to confuse our brief presentation with talk of hydration sensors. But someone might still ask, Why is it called Compass H2O? Here’s a possible response, see what you think…
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Joseph is discussing. 
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Art Center Saturday July 12
Joseph Kan, Glenn Zucman, Susan Zhang & Vivia Liu. Photo by Sharon Gong.
Susan, Vivia, Joseph, Sharon & I metup in the Art Center College of Design (main campus) Cafatera from about noon-6p today to work on our presentation for WearableTechLA on Thursday. We weren’t able to reconsider our hardware solution, but we did take the opportunity to consider the Extreme Wearable Designathon Judge’s advice to move past the Find Water use case, and think more about Wayfinding.
We developed an Ephemeral Wayfinding scenario and created presentation slides. I got to live out my lifelong dream of being a Wearable Tech Hand Model! Here are some images from our day:
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Glenn Zucman
Features
Compass H2O
Ephemeral Wayfinding
• Hands free compass that believes that less is more
• Map-free wayfinding that believes the road less traveled can make all the difference
• A journey shared with a virtual friend
• A Destination Found
• A Compass With Serendipity
• A More Immersive Experience
Glenn Zucman
Warhol in NYC
Scenario
Joseph, Susan, Vivia, Sharon & I metup at Art Center (main campus) today and worked on our WearableTechLA presentation from about Noon – 6pm.
A scenario we developed was Walking New York City with Andy Warhol. The Silver Factory where he was shot… Max’s Kansas City where his relationship with Edie Sedgwick ended… the street where he ran in to Keith Haring chalking on the asphalt.
Here are a few Warhol in NYC waypoints:
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Ephemeral Wayfinding – concept
The Sublime
If you’re looking for a place here on earth, or up in the heavens, Stonehenge cannot begin to compete with Google Maps.
Yet for all its technical superiority, few people have profound spiritual experiences using Google Maps, while Stonehenge has provided exactly that for the last five thousand years. More: 419 words & 2 images >>
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Sharon Gong
Here is the new user case from Susan:
Problem: The Google map doesn’t work in small scope.
For example, the Google map can’t guide you the route in a mall when you want to find a specific store. It is troublesome to refer to signs and still maps in the mall. This case can also apply to hospital, Disneyland, botanical garden, a trade show etc.
Solution: You set your destination on the map of the building or zone on your smart phone. Our compass can guide you accurately where you want to go without holding your phone. (Even if you hold your phone, you phone still can’t tell you to go upstairs or downstairs.But compass can.)
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Samsung Simband Open Reference Sensor Module
Simband Open Reference Sensor Module from Samsung on Vimeo.
• MDDIonline.com / Samsung Simband
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Guerrilla Wayfinding
Last night, a friend from out of town commented on his disorientation when exiting subway stations in New York City. Which way is North? It always takes a minute or two (or more) to find a street sign, landmark, or other orienting information. In some cases it means walking a whole city block to find out you’re heading in the wrong direction. I’ve lived here for 15 years and I’m still disoriented at far-flung exits where the streets all have names and no numbers.
— John / Backspace.com
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Ephemeral Wayfinding
In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.
— Andy Warhol, 1968
The true luxury today is 15 minutes of anonymity.
— Sophie Fontanel, 2010
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Emotional Compass
Art is Open Source.net / an Emotional Compass: new ideas for wayfinding in cities
An Emotional Compass from salvatore iaconesi on Vimeo.
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This is a really interesting idea. Some years back I worked with art students at a high school in Irvine, CA. I had them draw cognitive maps of their campus and other projective drawings. Each was so compelling and so very different.
One student drew, in excruciating detail, every sink and table in the art building, the other nearby arts buildings in lesser detail, and the entire rest of the campus was simply a circle labeled all the rest.
Maps like these will never be as useful as a Google Map for getting from Point A to Point B. But Google Maps are heartless. They might take you to someone or something you love, but the route itself is banal.
Emotional Compass, Social Wayfinding, Cognitive Maps, and my new term for today, Ephemeral Wayfinding are all about making not better, but more meaningful and more deeply immersive journeys. Journeys that are, perhaps, more about the road than the destination.
Glenn Zucman
Wayfinding & the Social Compass
In the children’s game “warmer – cooler” the seeker receives feedback after every step or two. Using constant feedback as a guide, the seeker begins to converge on the object of her quest, without prior knowledge of her destination.
Glenn Zucman
Gizmodo Feature
Compass H2O Medium Rez1 1600 x 1067
Compass H2O: ephemeral wayfinding
Our lives are dominated by the relentless need to get From Point A to Point B. It’s necessary in a fast-paced, deadline-driven world. But it’s both unhealthy and unsatisfying to never stop and smell the roses.
Ephemeral Wayfinding is an invitation to wander, to linger, to loiter, to be a 21st century flâneur.
Compass H2O is a wrist worn compass that enables you to experience a place with another person: More: Team Bios & Hirez Images >>
Glenn Zucman
WearableTechLA & Gizmodo Info
Here’s the info Courtney Peterson sent us:
Wearable Tech LA
• Pasadena Convention Center, Th July 17
• Arrive no later than 2:00 pm
• Presentations begin @ 2:30 pm
• You may attend the conference all day.
• RSVP Attendance (1st & Last Names) to Courtney ASAP
• On-stage presentations will be 5 minutes (NO overtime!)
• Prototype working & ready to demonstrate
• Presentations 2 Courtney no later than Mon July 13 (Powerpoint or Google Slide format)
Gizmodo Feature
2-3 paragraph description of project & any additional photos of prototype by Mon July 13. Please include:
- Extreme Theme of Project
- Detail about the working prototype – materials & functionality
- Brief background of each team member (name & any school/professional affiliations)
- Any additional photos (suitable for media use (hi-rez, descriptive images of project))
Sharon Gong
To Do List
Next we are going to present our Compass H2O propotype on Wearable LA. And get a spot of Gizmodo Feature. Exciting about that.
So what are we going to to next? Let’s revise this list and take action:)
- Create a new story or modify the existing one.
- Perfect the prototype and make it in working condition.
- Revise the presentation PowerPoint.
- Prepare and present.
- For Gizmodo, provide introduction about the project and the prototype.
- For Gizmodo, create a series of prototype advertisement images for media use (Including taking photos and post production).
- Provide your own introduction as a team member.
Feel free to revise and add more.
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Glenn Zucman
Great list Sharon!
#6 – As you noted, we need to photograph the wristband!
#8 – I’ll bring a case of “blank water”. Can we print more labels?New Story / Use Case
Moving off Water Finding to Wayfinding, Body Sensing, Social Compass..
New Slides
to go with new use case
As you and I discussed in our Wed nite Google Hangout, we’ll plan to meetup Saturday, Noon – 6p or something like that. At Art Center, or my place in Rosemead, or MakerCityLA, or…
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Expressive Wearables
expressive WEARABLES from Sangli on Vimeo.
I was poking around Sangli Li’s website, the photographer & MDP student who shot our XWD pix. While we’ve been so serious with Extreme Wearables, he’s been having whimsical fun working on Expressive Wearables. And you definitely can’t do that with a phone!
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Photos by Sangli Li
Natalia, Joseph, Samy, David, Vivia, Glenn, Sharon & Susan display their 3rd place prizes as Samy presents the Compass H2O wristband. Photo by Sangli Li | Media Design Practices @ Art Center College of Design
Art Center MFA candidate Sangli Li came by XWD on Sunday and took some nice photos of the teams and the judging. Here are a few of them, used with the kind permission of Courtney Peterson / MDP / Art Center. You can see all of Li’s work on Flickr.
Photography by Sangli Li | Media Design Practices @ Art Center College of Design
More: 6 images of Team, Presentation & Award >>
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Alia / Crashspace Blog
Alia: connected
One of the experts helping us at XWD was Carlyn Maw of Crashspace, and the Crashspace blog has a new article on XWD with info and some links to the 2nd place Alia team’s materials. You can buy Alia’s electroincs for $196.35 at SparkFun, and you can download Alia’s code for $0 from GitHub.
The Alia team was: Matt Pinner | Ella Jeong | M Asynaps | Jon Hsiung | Mary Kim | Divya Gaitnode
photo: Alia: connected by CRASHSpace
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Make it Wearable
Intel / Make it Wearable
Joseph 7:16 pm on July 27, 2014 Permalink | Log in to Reply
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbW0zmCit1U#t=170
This is the same idea that Sammy came out on the first day of designathon