Semester 2 Week #3: It Vibrates. It Collapses. It Works.🤸🏼‍♀️

🚧 Major Progress This Week

We made serious progress – and it actually feels like we're getting somewhere. We ran usability tests for the vibration feature, and the results were super promising: people intuitively understood the vibration as a signal of fear or danger, and actively avoided touching the phone. Exactly the response we were aiming for!

🧪 Tech-Enhanced Paper Prototype

We also built a new version of our prototype – a combination of low-fi materials and real tech.It doesn’t just vibrate — it collapses.This hybrid model really helped us simulate how the product would behave in a real-life scenario.

🔍 Design Direction

We gathered tons of inspiration and references for how the physical product might look.At this point, we’re starting to see a clear design direction, and it’s looking really good.

🔜 Coming Next...

• First usability testing for the vibrating + collapsing prototype

• Laser-cutting our first actual model

• Taking another big step forward toward a functional and meaningful product

We're excited. It’s happening. 🙌