Real-time Global Collaboration Design Workshop
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We're partnering with Save the Children to design smart space-saving equipment to assist and promote usage of kangaroo-mother care in developing countries.

September 20 to September 22

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Objective
 
Currently, 10,000 premature babies die each year due to lack of proper care. The objective is to design smart space-saving equipment to assist and promote usage of kangaroo-mother care in developing countries. 
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Purdue University / US Schedule /@matchboxstudio
Open to all Disciplines. 
September 20 / 6:15 pm - 9:30 pm

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0.0   Setup

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4:00 - 6:00 Setup (ID Seniors only)

  • Participant Check-in Starts at 5:45

 

1.0   Intro

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6:15 - 6:30 Welcome / Introduction to the Hackathon / All Participants

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  • Introduction to Design Good Now

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6:30 - 7:30 Introduction to Save the Children Presented by Steve Visser

 

7:30 - 8:30 Dinner

  • Teammates meet each other and eat dinner together

  • Faculty and mentors meet each other

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September 21 / 8:30 am - 10:00 pm

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2.0   Design Thinking

 

8:30 Breakfast 

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8:30 - 10:00 Problem-solving workshop / Breakout sessions / Teams of 8 people

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  • Research video will be shared with the team

  • Empathy research with new team members

  • Brainstorming / Ideation using post-it note/sorting and grouping

  • Storyboarding / Each group has to come up with three big ideas /3 Big sketches

 

9:30 - 10:00 Snack Break

  • Teams meet with mentors or other teams and review ideas and keep working as necessary

 

3.0   Design Making

 

10:00 and beyond  Hands-on / Prototyping of the concepts

  • Building 3 mockups

  • Using foam core, cardboard, straws, tape, hot glue, etc.

  • Empathy prototyping

  • User testing and evaluation

  • Please take video clips of the concept in use

  • Begin CAD

  • How to use a 3D printers / Tips using the tool

  • Send concept to 3D printer

 

11:30-12:00

  • End of the day fun activity

  • Midnight Snack

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September 21 / 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

 

3.0   Design Communication

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9:00 - 9:30  Breakfast / Recap / All Participants

  • Overview of the day

  • Fun morning activity

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9:30 -12:00 Final Presentation 

  • Teams will present their final deck in 20 minutes

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5.0  Final Deliverables/ 1 Week after