
Design for corporate startup
Find a use case for a cutting edge acoustic technology, SoundSee.
Problem
Our client, Bosch, owns a cutting edge acoustic technology, SoundSee, which is to hearing as computer vision is to seeing. They are looking for a use case that can maximize this technology's potential and benefit the stakeholders the most. Our team, consisting of 7 master students at CMU with diverse backgrounds, was striving to find the use case.
Solution
Identify the industry that SoundSee can create the most impact.
Create a Most Awesome Product (MAP) to demonstrate the value SoundSee can bring.
Formulate a roadmap for the market expansion of SoundSee.
My role
Conduct user research
Create storyboards
Create wireframes for MAP
Design high-fidelity MAP
The team
Alex Heyison, Designer
Aubrey Kalashian, Software Engineer
Emily Yang, Interaction Designer
Molly Mercer, Mechanic Engineer
Nick Shariat, MBA
Stephanie Wang, Interaction Designer
Duration
Jan, 2020 - May, 2020
The process
1.
Scope
- Study SoundSee and Bosch
- Propose two directions
2.
Define use case
- Understand Bosch’s goals
- Potential industries
- Research industries
- User discovery
- Evaluate MAP Ideas
3.
Design the MAP
- Background research
- Develop user journey maps and features
- Prototype and test
- Iterate prototypes and usability test
- Create high-fi prototype
4.
Develop roadmap
- Bowling pin roll-out strategy

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