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Winter Documentation
The Winter Documentation is a report about the progress of the project upto March 2007. h ttp://wikibox.stanford.edu:8310/FileShare0607/CorpProjects/Nokia/WinterReport/NokiaWinterReport.pdf
ME 310 - Nokia Project
ME310 is a graduate level sequence in which students work with corporate partners to determine project requirements, benchmark alternatives, conceive solutions, and develop a series of increasingly sophisticated prototypes through rapid prototyping, analysis and user testing. Design methodology topics include creative team formation, structured design knowledge capture and re-use, and the management of geographically distributed teams. Teams are supported by a professional coach, corporate liaison and faculty advisor. Projects typically involve systems integration and include a mix of mechanical, electronic and software design. More details can be found at the me310.stanford.edu/06-07/index.html course web site.
This year, we are excited to be working with a group from ME310 on a project theme titled, "Very Human Technology." The proposal is intentionally open-ended and hopefully will evince interesting ideas related to new ways of addressing problems in communication, interaction and user experience.
NOKIA PROPOSAL
TITLE: “VERY HUMAN TECHNOLOGY”
OUR QUESTION: Forget Nokia's mobile telephony heritage; what is the future "Open Internet Communication Culture" Simply - how does it work? Simply - how does it feel?
WHAT IS VERY HUMAN TECHNOLOGY?
o Connecting people is our priority.
o Feeling close, especially with the most important people in your world.
o Technology solutions & experiences that become simply second nature.
We are increasingly connected & mobile; speed & bandwidth having driven e2e infrastructure capabilities to date. Yet we have barely touched our human capacity for rich communication & networking potential. The historical benefits of "early wireless communications" can be described as; personal, convenient, synchronous & asynchronous connectivity.
What will the future core benefits in this emerging culture of "open internet communications" be; given an all-IP network environment (accessible everywhere via a wealth of slow-to-fast cabled & wireless connectivity technologies; - such as Bluetooth, WiFi, 3G, WiMax, HSDPA, EDGE)? From connecting, searching, sharing… to the next big or little thing (exploring, performing, making…?) How can we facilitate the creation of happy, efficient, & creative communities; meaningfully connecting our physical & digital worlds? Igniting the senses, inspiring rhythm & bounce in life.
AREAS OF CONSIDERATION
o Social networking; communities of belonging, collaboration, & creativity
o Feeling technology; beyond five senses, delicious experiences, subtle signals, empathy, courtesy, response
o Rhythm & rituals
o Multiple media, multi-modal, multi-tasking
o Identity, presence, context awareness
o People, Place, & Time
o Open platforms for change & growth
EXAMPLES OF CORE TECHNOLOGIES WHICH WE THINK ARE RELEVANT
o Personal media and content management
o Community software and Web 2.0
o Wireless IP access (including mesh networks and sensor connectivity)
o Abstraction and Runtime for Multimedia
o Internet Security & Privacy
o New multimedia UI technology
o Pattern recognition and adaptation
o Community technologies
WAY FORWARD
o Need-finding, scenario generation
o Design criteria
o Concept exploration - focus on interaction
o Iterative prototyping
o Comprehensive vision documentation; - human values, business systems, technology enablers
INPUTS
o Face-2-face reviews &/or teleconferences
o Information & technology components as necessary
TIMING
o Start TBC
o Key review dates TBC
o Final presentation TBC
CONTACT
Palo Alto Nokia Research Center
975 Page Mill Road, Suite 200, Palo Alto, California 94304 USA
Ramin Vatanparast, ramin.vatanparast@nokia.com , +1 214 727 2406
Vidya Setlur, vidya.setlur@nokia.com , +1 650 796 6097
Los Angeles Nokia Design Center, Insight & Innovation
Stanford Design School
Larry Leifer - Director of the Center for Design Research (CDR) at Stanford University.
Addala Bhargav
Eric Bennett
Ruka Sakurai
Danielle Sheehan
