A project starting nearly 6 years ago finally becomes realistic. Imogen Heap's dream began when many different ideas started flowing into her head. She wanted to make something that would take what her body and head was doing and create a beat. She didn't like the way the mouse and keypad had been so inefficient. So she began to brainstorm with herself, and as here ideas pilled up she realized she needed a team. So she got a group of all different types of people to help design the product. As the team began to come up with an idea of what the product would be they realized they needed funds. Although they couldn't get the necessary funds to get the product they exactly wanted, they got criticism, which helped shape the project. People are already trying to get there hands on this invention. One of them being Ariana Grande. They love the way it uses things within the gloves to sense your body motion and develop a beat.
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http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/12/technology/imogen-heap-mimu-music-gloves-blk/index.html
What do you think makes up a successful team when engineering a product?
What would you do with the gloves if you could add anything to them?
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Good job overall but all of your comment are from last night. You are expected to comment throughout the week.
Wow our technology just keeps expanding everyday. I think that a successful team needs to be made up of hard work, communication, and team work. IF I could add anything to the gloves it would probably be a setting that can change the beat to any genre of music.
I think you need people with ideas but also people who can advertise well the project to raise enough funds to make it happen. If I could add anything to it, I would try to use it for people with disabilities, helping to open doors, in the kitchen or whatever.
I think that your addition to the gloves is incredible. I love the concept of the gloves helping people who can't do certain things. It would be awesome if they could make gloves that fit on your feet to help people also.
You need people that all understand what is going on in the making of the product. They all understand each others parts and respect what the other has to do for the group. Each person may know more about one part than the other, but they all work together and use each others skills to figure it out. If I could do anything with them I would maybe make then like memorize my phone keyboard or computer keyboard. Also then like make me type the right letters so that there would really never be a mistake anymore and ever again.
I like what you would use your gloves for, but I also like the team characteristics you have. I like the way your team has a different person or group for each person. I think that would help the team be efficient as well as productive.
A successful team is a team that works great together technically and emotionally. Everyone understands each other and they are willing to make compromises with each other or admit it when they're wrong. I don't know enough about the gloves yet to make that statement, but if I had to do something to them, I would give them various types of settings, sounds, instrumental settings, recording privileges and audio playback.
I like your arrangement of an engineering team. I especially like the emotion of them. I think that you are right that they need to be able to accept that they are wrong. I think that would be a wonderful concept for teams to have.