We need some headings...

I've been thinking about this for a few days now and I currently feel that our approach after the brainstorming session has mimicked that of a substances diffusion in water, i.e. we've gone about some things with no general idea of a heading. Therefore I think we should split the project up into 3 groups as follows:

• Device design - This needs to cover design information from shape and placement on body right through to how it will be powered and how it communicates with the other devices it will work with. This will need to work in conjunction with the other 2 paths
  
• Working alongside, integration and replacement of current technology/methods - This needs to cover current approaches to problems, finding their strengths and weaknesses and then looking into ways the device could work with these or replace them. I think its important here to establish the limitations of our idea and where other devices need to replace it due to these limitations (e.g. in the middle of nowhere we cannot expect a matrix of cameras to guide the device
  
• New areas of interest - This needs to cover areas which have traditionally not been covered by devices to help the blind, such as in-built panic alarms and whether these could be beneficial or detrimental to the user and/or the device design. Also why and how we could integrate these ideas into the device. This can include how the device is "informed" of where the user wants to go and how it could work along side standard devices such as burglar and fire alarms.
  
  

All this does depend of course us showing that this device would be worth the hassle inventing in the first place...I think we need a questionnaire for a group of the target audience!

Also, I'll upload the meeting audio to my ipod for a listen tonight