dynaTac: A Device Improves Fishing Performance

dynaTac - Fishing sensorBackground

dynaTac is a novel consumer-facing technology which improves fishing performance. It was developed as the Hardware/Software Lab-II course project at the University of Washington, instructed by Gabe Cohn and Sidhant Gupta from Microsoft Research. A team of three students worked for ten weeks to develop this device.

General Objectives

  • Scope a real-world problem that could be solved/improved with sensing technology within ten weeks.
  • Study the case and experiment solutions to solve the problem.
  • Develop iterations to implement the solution and study from this experience.

Time Span

Mar. 28, 2018 – Jun. 04, 2018

People in the Project

Ryan Wu, Maksim Surguy, Tyson Chen

Role in the Project

Product/Project Manager, Mechanic Engineer

Keywords

Sensor, microcontroller, Arduino, fishing, lab
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Why Lepow, But Not Xiaomi Power Bank

重新用上智能手机,发现手机的续航能力确实是个问题,于是考虑收一块移动电源。

面对市面上不计其数的电源产品,怎么选择呢?我梳理了我的需求,列出如下标准:

  • 安全可靠:如果不安全,其他什么都不用看;
  • 场景适应:产品的设计应该可以和谐融入使用场景;
  • 造型美观:产品能给生活增添一份美感。

就安全可靠而言,市面上绝大部分品牌产品,只要电芯可靠、在正常品控下,质量安全是可以保证的。从流程上讲,这其实是挑选的最后一步,因为你很难在没有明确研究对象的情况下调查某款产品的安全性,而我调查安全性的办法也很简单——先搜“XX电源爆炸”这样的新闻,再在微博等社交平台上搜相关个案(厂商可以对新闻网站做公关工作,但对数量庞大的消费个体而言,口碑很难被“公关”)。
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