“Cignals”

👏 Adjunct Professor at University of The Potomac — Emoti-Con Judge

This project is excellent! The only problem I can see is the thinking out of security, will the robot be protected from attacks, such as jamming, dissociation, or zombification (forced isolation from the network)? The students have a good idea and it is worth exploring.

👏 Director of Learning at Killer Snails — Emoti-Con Judge

Thanks for developing this project! I was especially impressed with the Figma interface design. Figma's a great tool that we really use when designing games. This was a very polished design! I also love the logo, it's got a Batman-like vibe to it and also references sending signals, really nice work combining ideas into something distinct that tells a story. There was also so much great information in the Intentions section of the website. The combination of personal stories, description, and data really highlights the kind of problem you wanted to solve with this project. It would be nice to see a reference for the stats. Your vision for how the hardware of a robot and the software of an app & people reporting problems was also really clearly explained. One piece of information I was curious about was the interview with the school security office -- it looks like it's not on the website yet, but I wondered about what they said, and how the robot would help them do their job. Focusing on just one location, or type of problem, might also be helpful during your development process so you don't get bogged down in trying to do too much at once. I also wondered, could access to Cignals cause any problems? What happens if people don't use it the way you planned? Overall, great work on the planning, design, and website, I loved your innovative ideas to solve such an important problem!

👏 Senior Manager, Talent & Organization at Accenture — Emoti-Con Judge

Great project! Thank you for addressing an important and very challenging problem: improving safety for people in our schools and communities. Your robot solution is interesting and promising. I especially liked the “Intentions” page on your website which provided the use cases and benefits of your robot solution. Continue your design thinking process on a specific use case (e.g., school monitoring and student safety); further identify the users needs through additional conversations with people, seek to identify and understand the specific problems and pain point and design a solution that addresses those specific problems.

Again, I believe a robotic monitoring system could have great promise in improving safety of students and people in our communities. Hope you continue to build-test-learn on your Cignals concept. You are off to a great start. Good luck!