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Week 18 Assignments - Invention, Intellectual Property and Income

Assignment

The task for this week was to:

  • Develop a plan for dissemination of your final project.
  • Prepare drafts of your summary slide (presentation.png, 1920x1080) and video clip (presentation.mp4, 1080p HTML5, < ~minute, < ~25 MB) and put them in your website’s root directory

Slide / Video

Slide and video are uploaded to the website root, and checked as accessible.

Dissemination Plan

Currently, the Locus Pocus project is primarily for personal use, and I am not interested in commercializing it.

It is worth noting, however, that in considering Who's done what beforehand?, there was a successful Kickstarter campign for The Stata Clock. While the Stata Company Site does not show much recent activity, there could be a niche market.

I do plan to raise awareness, through several channels:

  • Fab community channels and events
  • Local, regional, and global educational channels - I plan to use this as an example for courses and community outreach
  • Fandom channels - based on Who's done what beforehand?work, there are communities of interest around this kind of project

Future Possibilities

I am considering the potential for using the project in academic research. In the Who's done what beforehand? research, a number of academic publications were found. Situated awareness and community connection, particularly in the context of elder care are important channels of research. There remains a lot of scope for user study research in this area.