Framework

Project Framework

Artifact:
Helius ingestible sensor in a pill
A Proteus Digital Health Product

Format:
Script for a (comic if it sounds like one) skit

Introduction

- What does it do?

- How does it work?

- Current Status of the technology


What does it consist of? - opening the black box and seeing the connections
What made this technology possible?

Radio

-       earlier used in AM and FM radio

-       now, used in cellphones, wireless internet, Bluetooth, Zigbee 

-       scaling down of devices because of current device technology 

Potato Battery
-    powering sensors like powering with a potato
Mobile phone technology
-    new Smartphone Technology

Here I want to explore the design awareness tactics:

-     Open the black box. Ask – what is connected?

-     Innovation is not always about the future – be alert to the shock of the old

At the same time I want to explore some of the themes from the class:

• thing involves networked associations of material and immaterial forms – assemblages; think therefore of things as "gatherings"
• innovation is about crossover - pre-existing design solutions applied to new problems

What makes this product a great product?

Looking the context of health industry and exploring the importance of this product locally in pharmaceutical companies and medical sector
-   pharmaceutical companies and expensive drug trials and medication adherence

-    chronic diseases

-     high health cost due to chronic diseases

User centric design

-       For pharmaceutical phase trials
-    Empathizing with people

-       Making technology disappear
-     FDA approval

By asking this question, I want to explore the real need of the medical sector. I want to see how this product recognizes the real need and addresses it. 
I also want to see why this product is so appealing to the users - patients, clinicians and the medical industry.
Related to design tactic awareness:

Consider the particulars of experience - they make an artifact what it is 

·       Overall, nothing new, but just a crossover of old existing things with the mobile technology.

What makes this better than any other wearable or technology?

By tackling this question, I want to see the design approach of this particular product. There are many wearable devices out there that monitor the physical activities, or for medicine adherence but this product is better than others. So, how have they put the user in the center (user-centric approach)? How is the experience of the users with this artifact?

What other concerns are there for a product like this - which consists of an ingestible sensor and also the sharing of patient's data?

Safety concerns
Reliability concerns
Privacy concerns