IPad Design Challenge
From InfoCamp
We start off the session with Thomas explaining what we will do and what paper prototyping is.
The challenge: Use the iPad as a medium to aid in disaster situation response.
Thomas starts us off with a set of ideas and a schedule for the session.
We break the session into three groups of four people.
We spend 7 minutes brainstorming possible ideas inside each group- all ideas welcome. Ideas are fabulous and include ways of helping users locate resources, report damage, communicate when wireless and cell access is not available, and helping users ask for help.
After all ideas have a post it note, the groups spend three minutes voting on the idea they will prototype. Each person gets three votes.
After each group votes for their favorite idea, they are invited to use all the awesome office supplies to make their prototype. The group RUSHES to the front, and selects their materials with gusto. Sweet!
(The only thing missing so far is a Banana Head... Heather?)
Rachel and Thomas float around from group to group, but it's obvious each group has their own momentum and don't need any help from us!
And the results:
Group One: Help people in need find experts nearby. Use geo-locating services to connect people to people. Log in to the app, it asks what kind of help you need, an urgency slider, show the medical help screen, you can add tags 'broken bone' 'exploded liver,' then it routes you to someone with that kind of expertise near you. People with that expertise can click to respond. It lets you know when a person has accepted and is on their way. It will keep track of people who are really busy.
Group Two: Trauma assessment device that can be administered by a non-medical professional. Uses the multi-touch accelerometer to do a battery of tests - motor, vision, hearing, balance. At the end of the test, you get a result of how severely a person is damaged. It will also have a database of medical knowledge of possible treatments.
Group Three: Medical/Utilities triage. They walk through a scenario of a broken arm - this is if medical personnel are not available. It has a 'dead' button in case the patient is dead. It sends out updates to organizations that are tracking conditions.
