Zesty Vesty Weekly Log

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Weekly log:

Week One: September 3

9/04 1hr – Preliminary Idea Meeting

• All group discussed ideas we might be interested in pursuing along with feasibilities.
• Discussed the idea of an internet-connected, sensing, alarm clock that could provide useful morning data

9/06 1 hr - Second Meeting

• We made our wiki page and weekly log page
• Finalized our project idea: The Dorm Buddy
• Discussed goals for our “dorm buddy”:

Week Two: September 9

9/10 - Meeting with Professor Feher and TA Chance

• Discussed project idea
• Polished wikis
• Discussed night light

9/12 - Group Meeting to Finalize Idea

• honed our idea of making a "dorm buddy"
• came up with a more detailed project outline
• discussed our personal goals (what we specifically want to get out of the project), and features we were most interested in having in our creation

9/14 - Meeting with Professor Feher and TA Chance from 2:10-3:00 pm

9/15 - Began construction of the circuit and designed the case for the night light from 2:00-5:30m

Week Three: September 16

9/15-9/16 - Brainstormed and Researched Individually: 1 hour

• We continued brainstorming project ideas and di research on other items on the market
• Recorded in shared google doc

9/18 - Conference Call to Discuss Project Idea : 9:00-10:30 pm

• Discussed themes of our idea: safety, personal health, fun
• Ended with our default idea being an IoT Light Jacket
• Decided on the use of Raspberry Pi as our go to system for the project
• Over Particle photon due to its greater versatility including bluetooth application

9/20 - Meeting to work on Gantt Chart and Budget: 9:00-10:00 am

• worked on Gantt Chart
• started developing list of things we need to buy
• worked on finalizing specifics of our project