We have come to a conclusion on the product which we want to develop. During the meeting, we discussed the pros and cons of each design idea and discussed the possibility's and potential each could bring to the project and also the target market.
Tris - I felt that the first design idea, the Interactive Walking Guide by GPS, could be aimed at a number of age groups, not just the retired 65+ people, and so I was not sure it was something I wanted to develop further especially as the project definition was to design something for either children or the elderly. The idea was sound, and it had a lot of potential to develop but the market was not concise.
The remote control and home security system was basically to collect all home device controls into one PDA style device, to let the elderly operate them easily. The only problem here was that the device didn't had any potential to develop. It was not very original and something like it may already exist.
The interactive soap was software orientated and i would rather develop a physical device than one developed on a screen.
The same is also true for the community website idea on the television, but it had more potential. It had the familiarity of the television and the concept was good but it was going to be hard to develop.
This leaves the barcode scanner intake device, which we will discuss in a following post.
Ben - Adding to what Tris said about the Interactive walking
Guide it is a product aimed at tackling the issue of keeping
the Elderly active, as the majority of Elderly peoples exercise
comes from walking (to and from local shops/ buses etc.). The functionality of the product could be such that it would allow
for bus stops and shops to be added as well as showing walks from the local area. Although i do agree with the fact that the scope of the product isn't age specific and could do equally as well with other age groups.
Having thought of the idea for the remote control security system my position on choosing it as a design idea has changed after some thought. There already exists systems (see links) maybe not controlled by a single device but agreeing with tris' point that there isn't much room for development.
