Weeks 13-14 // First Demo and User Testing

We dedicated the passover vacation for product characterization and technological progress.

With 4 different potential users, we assembled our first demo and conducted tech-involved user testings for SeeMe.

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User Testing

We managed to conduct first tech demo based user testings for 4 children of the relevant ages.

We tested three main scenarios:

1. Reporting via SeeMe app: how often the users report? about what? when? We installed our app on the users phones and let them play with it for 2-3 days and then checked the results. We learned that the users not necessarily reports about events happen online.

2. Expectations vs reality: is the updated tree express the users expectations? what are the meanings of the results for them?

3. The tree output quality: is the output on the tree clear enough? is it creates the expected atmosphere?

We learned a lot and processed the results for considerations for our next sessions of user testings and development.

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Technological Progress

We made a big progress on the technological side, able to create a first demo for the user testings, to make them more interactive and close to the real thing.

We laser-printed a designed 2D tree on a wooden surface, and assemble the LEDs and other hardware to it. The result became our prototype for the user testing mentioned above.

Main tech progress mage those two weeks:

• Transform the MQTT broker into a WEB server implemented with Flask (Python).

• Dynamically response to changing number of LEDs on the LED strip using unique query.

• Improved fading responsiveness.

• Improved app design and transfer MQTT requests into HTTP requests.

• Created two demo kits: development and testing.