Concept Refinement is an ssignment from 2.744 - Product Design in which students take what they have learned from their concept sketch models related to their chosen design opportunities for the course project and come up with a detailed design. Team America has chosen to design a clue scanner disguised as a flip-top glasses case that store possible intelligence clues found in the Director's office.

To proceed with the detailed design, Team America decided to split the work into three parts: (1) Form/Lighting, (2) Hardware/Mechanism, and (3) Software/Interface. Wey-Jiun, along with Angela, worked on the Form/Lighting. They worked out the details regarding exteriors of the device, what the user will see, along with the lighting that simulates "scanning." To learn more about the other aspects of the clue scanner, please visit the team website.

Project Review:
The purpose of the clue scanner is to "scan" possible clues found by the agents, in the Director's Office. Whether these are helpful clues or not will be determined at the "Safe House".

The device does not actually have to "scan" the object, but recognizes when it is a clue and either stores or sends information about the clue. The team has chosen to do this by using RFID.

Spy Requirements:
The device must give the illusion that the device is "scanning." The possible clues are 2D (documents, business cards, etc.) but may be in a 3D location (e.g. map on the wall).

The scanner design can either be disguised as an everyday object or a brand new design. The priority should be that the scanner is functionally intuitive--the guide should not need to take time to explain to the team how to use it. Form follows function.

Click on the buttons to the left to begin learning about the concept refinement details Wey-Jiun focused on.