The Nitty Gritty

After getting through intensive ideation and finally making an idea, we have been dealing with the specific details of our product. We decided to keep a running list of issues and topics that need to be dealt with in more detail, and we have been volunteering to take on individual research goals. The idea is that each person will naturally be familiar with the project as a whole, but each task calls for more care than six people could efficiently offer. So, while we are taking new developments as they arrive--and they arrive quickly--we are simultaneously trying to bring structure to our work. 

David gathered our ideas in a list on our Facebook page, and we each elected to focus on one of following:

1. Determine the size of our prototype and concentration of allergen required.

2. Do a rough sketch of the product by hand and possibly in CAD

3. Determine how the needles will be distributed and spaced

4. Do a logo and pick colors for the product

5. Determine how to insert the allergen in the needles/patch

6. Determine the material of the stamp, patch, and which microneedles to use. Also how to adhere the stamp     to the patch.

7. Determine which lens to use or what technology to use to capture the size of the skin reaction.

The list is incomplete, representing a snapshot of what seemed urgent at the time, which has changed and continues to change. I think that the list has a lot of potential as a living document that grows alongside our project. The more we learn, the our answers to problems, as well as problems themselves, develop and take on new form. By the end of the project, we will have an extensive list of problems and researched solutions, and presenting the work to others will hopefully be trivial.