STEM and Entrepreneurship - Engagement Through Wearables. HI-TEC 2016 Michael Lesiecki

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1 STEM and Entrepreneurship - Engagement Through Wearables HI-TEC 2016 Michael Lesiecki

2 Wearable Technology?

3 Wearable Technology? Rick Moranis: Ghostbusters: Image Credit: GBFans

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5 Virgin Mobile Canada

6 Goal Have students envision themselves as successful entrepreneurs in emerging technologies - specifically wearables Target: year olds Possible extension to college students Image: Intel

7 Activity Create a Entrepreneurship/Wearables activity within an existing career awareness program called High Tech U High Tech U is a three day program held at industry sites to connect students to the relevance of their STEM education

8 Outcomes Students see the relationship between technology and product realization that shapes today s world Intel Curie

9 Outcomes Are able to explain the concepts behind wearables and identify the key technology drivers

10 Outcomes See their potential as future entrepreneurs and their ability to impact future markets with their concepts Glucoware

11 Outcomes Understand the steps necessary to take a conceptual product to funders (vetting a concept; writing a business plan; pitching their invention, idea or program) Mira

12 Impact Students enroll in STEM higher education Graduates enter the STEM workforce Sanwa Supply Mouse Ring

13 Concept Entrepreneurship is best developed if students have a product or prototype capable of addressing a need or providing a service No New Folk Studio s prototype of its Orphe

14 Discovery Phase: A Decision Branch Are students to mimic the creation of the wearable device itself? or Are students to act as technology integrators? Images: adafruit and zwear.org

15 The Answer Was Easy The essence of developing an application is more universal for students Therefore the clear strategy is to emulate technology integration as our approach to entrepreneurship Pebble Time

16 Strategy Focus on the use of the technology as opposed to the technology itself Conceptual understanding of the basis of the technology is important Use an established product development system Nuzzle, GPS Pet Tracker

17 Product Development System Sensor(s) Communication Data Analysis Photos NC State ASSIST

18 What Was Considered: Open Source Electronics, Hardware Platforms Adafruit, Arduino

19 Ardinuo

20 Rasberry PI

21 Grove

22 But These development approaches seemed too far away from product realization

23 Why Not Mimic The Real World? Expand upon of the increasing use of PDKs (Product Development Kits) supplied by OEMs as a entrepreneurial strategy for companies large and small Example

24 The Platform Should Have Three Features Sensor and processor Communication (Bluetooth) Coupled to a smart device (student smartphone), with downloadable open source app and/or software Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices

25 Example WICED Platform Boadcom WICED kit is designed to be dead simple: Students insert the coin-cell battery, Download the WICED Sense app (available on the App Store and in the Google Play Store to a mobile device,) and Pair up the Bluetooth Low Energy connection between the sensor tag and the smartphone or tablet

26 Inside WICED The tag, outfitted with a MicroUSB port, is now ready to gather all kinds of data, including: Temperature Humidity Atmospheric pressure Direction Speed All of the needed software is already preprogrammed onto the sensor tag

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29 The Activity: Students Working in Teams 1. Introduce entrepreneurship Identify a problem or need Conceptualize a solution 2. Explain the steps necessary to take a conceptual product to funders: vetting the concept with customers creating a prototype writing a business plan pitching your product, idea or program

30 Activity Continued 3. Construct prototype Assemble and power sensor(s) Download App (Android/IOS) Establish communication and data flow 4. Identify market/need 5. Draft business plan 6. Pitch Star Wars BB-8 Controller

31 Development Kit Options

32 Hexiwear

33 Possible Expansion to College Programs Hexiwear

34 The Question: So What? Xmetrics: bio-audio feedback

35 Next Steps and Considerations Addressing the challenges of dong this Technologies change quickly How to manage 36 students? Managing time Planning pilot tests for fall

36 Acknowledgements Thanks for financial support from the SEMI Foundation and the Toole Family Foundation