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Viability
Does It Work?
Real World Testing
The real world problem that our team identified was safely wall charging our phones in public spaces, not cleaning our phones on a regular basis, and utilizing the back of our cell phones.
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We could design a solution and test our prototypes in our school. We can set up a 24 hour test of our final design to look at our proof of concept and how effective our product is in a public environment. This will allow us to use the design process we have learned in our Engineering Technology Shop at Oliver Wolcott Technical High School in Torrington.
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Our team tried to look at different ways to incorporate many of our design concerns into one product. For instance, the use of antimicrobial cloth serves two purposes - the first is to clean the phone case and to hold the phone while wall charging.
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While working with our phones, we noticed that the front and back of our phones actually get damaged in our pockets from keys, coins, mint boxes, etc. Out Phone Shield is portable and thin enough to wrap around the phone in your pocket and not feel too thick. Check out the two samples below:
Our PhoneBack design developed in the process after we realized the phone case industry was expensive to enter and the market was already crowded. Many of our friends found that using fidget spinners was helpful to remain focused, or just something to do to help pass the time.
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One of our team members made a joke about taping the attachment to the phone and the first PhoneBack was born. We designed two PhoneBack attachments for the backs of phones and phone cases. The PhoneBack Fidgeter and the PhoneBack Medicine Holder.
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We had to design a couple of experiments to prove that our designs would work. Our prototypes underwent several modifications as shown in the prototype tab of this website.
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We had to test our prototypes in the real world, so we made 5 prototype PhoneHammocks and placed them around the school for 48 hours. We wanted to see if anyone would trip over or damage our phones while in the PhoneHammocks.
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Our testing was successful, we photographed before and after photos of the PhoneHammocks in action, and they were in the same place as the day before, even in a school of 700 students walking through our hallways - check out the pics
Start of Test
May 6, 2019
7:30 AM
End of Test
May 8, 2019
7:30 AM
Our PhoneHammock Experiment had a control component of placing the phone on the ground while wall charging to demonstrate the tripping hazard. However, for the safety of our students, we were were not allowed to perform this part of the experiment. We did take a photo of what we planned on doing.
Pre-Production Samples
Our PhoneShield Staff decided that each team member needs to have a PhoneHammock at ExpoFest. We accepted the challenge head on a produced 16 Pre-Production Samples for everyone to have on the ExpoFest Floor.
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You can see Aidan preparing the PhoneHammocks while using the iron and sewing machine. Our Math Teacher, Mrs. Hill, taught us how to sew and iron.
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Check out the photos of our Pre-Production PhoneHammocks being made.
Our 14 Finished Pre-Production Prototypes
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