Update on Team!

So far, our team has been working pretty well!  We all understand the general direction we all want to take and make sure to hear everyone's ideas out.

The Team Meetings

Our team has met up about 4 times so far, and each time we have made strides in choosing a final project and have finally narrowed our options down to two.  The first meetings were more logistical and we just assigned who does what, but as of late, we have been being more collaborative and speaking our minds.  In this collaborative environment, everyone feels more comfortable and we are able to understand each others ideas.  We have narrowed down our projects to focus on a possible two patents: a patent regarding cyanobacteria conversion of ethanol and a greywater filtration system.

Issues that our Team is Facing

Currently the entire team is excited to start planning our project, but we have met the barrier of having limited information about what the patents are about.  We have all repeatedly sent emails to the respective professors, but we haven't been able to actually meet up with any.  Unfortunately the greywater filtration professor has not responded and the cyanobacteria professor was unable to meet the past week.

Market Needs and Unique Value Proposition

LE' GO

"I'm gonna pick up the pieces

And build a Lego house

When things go wrong we can knock it down"

INSTRUCTIONS

At the beginning of the game our team was split into two smaller teams, one team was "engineer based" and the other was more miscellaneous.  The instructions for the game were pretty vague, but everyone just played along and didn't really ask any questions.  After the teams separated, we were given papers with lego images and asked to write instructions to the other team on how to build them.

THE GAME

For the game I was placed on the miscellaneous team which consisted of a pre-business major, an IDS and me an MCB & Media Studies major.  My team was given a picture of a lego formula 1 car.  We initially tried to write out steps by focusing on specific parts, but decided to give more broad instructions about the separate parts of the car.  As it became increasingly difficult to give instructions, we just said it was a race car. Additionally we tried to give a link to what the car looked like.  When we got the bag of legos we realized that the parts were all random and that the instructions that were given wouldn't work.  As a result, we just improvised to follow the instructions of what our other team said.

WHAT I LEARNED

From the game I learned to use my resources to the best of my capabilities and in context of the situation.  Additionally, I came to understand that the end results don't always turn out as expected or as planned, but I should always try my best to make a product.

Introductions and Insights for this Course

Hey there! I'm Nicholas, but I go by Nick, an aspiring UI/UX Designer who is currently pursuing degrees in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Media Studies.  From a young age, I was always interested in creating things, from small meaningless sketches to Lego empires.  In high school I fell in love with biology.  I loved learning about the ins and outs of the Earth's creations and how they interact with each other.  I was never exposed to other interests until the second semester of the sophomore year.  I began dabbling in design and felt as though it was something I could do for the rest of my life.

Ideally, I would love to be apart of a tech company as a UI/UX design intern this summer and eventually secure a a job in the same field after graduation.  As for my final project I would love to have a company that can expose young children to the joys of technology.  Although its been done before, and seems cliche, I feel that this cause is something that will be beneficial for the future generations and want to make sure I can put my stamp on it.