Materials:
Axe-man can be reaaaally expensive! Also, my ex's ex works there now! Horrifying ordeal!
Tools:
Just moved in with my cousins so after Leo's (where I couldn't really take anything home)
I had to make due with these tools. No glue. No wire cutters.
Got a lot of mileage out of the corkscrew.
Perplexed guinea pigs:
Poll'd unsuspecting classmates I have NEVER spoken to. Very weird!
Even with the prototypes people seemed to get a lot more into the concepts once presented with drawings. Also hard to get students to pay for anything, so I got some more WTP info from some people who work in my building.
Did some benchmarking and patent googling.
Prototyyyyyyyyypes!
This one is a little hard to read. Flickr is not letting me upload the image at the size i created it at. Expect an update wherein I chop it into two images.
Other ideas that didn't make it to prototyping.
Sam, I like the way you presented your findings; certainly a lot better than a brick of text. But you might want to re-arrange the ordering to put the reactions after the benchmarking and prototype creation. You made a lot of good prototypes, was there anything that people reacted better to or got excited about? Also, you mentioned that you asked people what they would be willing to pay for your product ideas but you didn't include it on the prototype picture. Overall good work; it would suck if I couldn't go into Ax-Man for fear of running into people I don't want to see.
These prototypes and this blog are super useful and well-made. I saw your sketch model in class and it is impressive. The compost disposal is an idea that I would buy. I would encourage you to pursue the idea, although I did see some similar products that had been patented, there is room for improvement and differentiation. The blog is a clear illustration of your thought process.