COMP06261 2018 Maker Lab 202

Propose, articulate and investigate a problem scenario scoping the constituent issues and actors.

Construct both individually and in groups, innovative solutions to complex problems employing local resources and cloud-based services

Research and scrutinise community resources (e.g. hardware components or software libraries/services) to assess for suitability and synthesise these appropriately to target the problem

Select, justify and document design decisions and communicate this appropriately both through built solution and documentation

Opportunity will be given for students will work and be assessed both individually and collaboratively. It is likely that cohorts of students from a variety of computing programmes will work as a unit to ensure maximum opportunity to develop the transferable skills of presenting, writing, discussing, working with others, and time/skill management.

The scope of the planned exercises is such as to encourage participation across different computing programmes (e.g. UX expertise would be useful as would knowledge of networking protocols). However, formal assessments will primarily focus on individual work to ensure fairness and transparency of effort/reward.

The main assessments will be a team project where students will apply design thinking to imagine an IOT solution to a real world problem. They will then produce a  prototype as a proof of concept. Students will be asked to present their solutions as well as to write a report. The emphasis is on the process; creativity, teamwork using the tools above to produce an end product.

Students must engage with module lecturer to ensure access to necessary hardware material for completion of a repeat project.

Propose, articulate and investigate a problem scenario scoping the constituent issues and actors.

• Identify scope of problem, stakeholders, possible approaches to it solution
• Consider pros and cons of various approaches and documenting same
• Consider role and responsibilities of user interaction with the solution

Construct both individually and in groups, innovative solutions to complex problems employing local resources and cloud-based services

• High level overview of web services.
• Push data from a microcontroller to a web service.
• Expose/Consume RESTful services via micro-controller board
• Push/pull sensor data to cloud
• Use visual programming tools to expedite development (e.g. Node-RED, BlueMix)

Research and scrutinise community resources (e.g. hardware components or software libraries/services) to assess for suitability and synthesise these appropriately to target the problem

• Wireless Networking & Security
• Employ modern internet protocols for IoT: e.g. HTTP and MQTT
• Controlling an output device from the internet device through a Rest API or other protocol
• Engage with online communities to probe for advice/fixes

Select, justify and document design decisions and communicate this appropriately both through built solution and documentation

• Record work and publish appropriately (e.g. Github, Hackster, Youtube)
• Differentiate between alternate approaches and their respective advantages/dis-advantages