Reflections on task

This task has been a very, very steep learning curve. When given the Arduino board, I had not the faintest idea how I might get it to do anything at all, and was similarly perplexed as to how to go about working on the assignment. It wasn’t until our second week breakthrough that the gears really started turning and we began undertaking truly productive work. As the first genuinely “interactive” task we have undertaken, this project has significance. There has been an extra dimension we have had to work with; instead of simply designing and modelling a device, its shape and appearance, we were choreographing interaction with that device. The experience gained here, in particular the knowledge of microprocessors such as the Arduino, should prove invaluable in future projects.