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Project Lighthouse and stuff we learnt along the way David Teller Mozilla Connected Devices About us Were Mozilla Connected Devices. Internal non-profit startups. We care about users. and were trying to ship products.


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Project Lighthouse and stuff we learnt along the way

David Teller Mozilla Connected Devices

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  • We’re Mozilla Connected Devices.
  • Internal non-profit startups.
  • We care about users.
  • … and we’re trying to ship products.

About us

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Step 1. Idea to prototype

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Sometimes, a solution…

  • Cheap Cameras + CPU + ? = cool
  • Cheap Cameras + CPU + surveillance ≠ cool
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…meets a problem

  • ~285 million visually impaired

people (source: WHO);

  • many need help to shop/

recognise household items;

  • need a device to help you

live independently? rake $2,000+.

  • can we do something cheap,
  • pen source, open

hardware?

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Let’s help vision-impaired people recognise household items

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Ingredients

+ + + + x2

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Ingredients (2)

+ x24

If it hasn’t been tested by users, it doesn’t work!

Full disclosure: These are not our real users.

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Results of step 1

  • This device will definitely

fill a need

  • …if it remains cheap;
  • …and simple;
  • …and has a good form

factor.

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Step 2. Prototype to product

It can’t be hard, can it?

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Ingredients

+ +

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Ingredients

+ +

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Process!

Source: https://medium.com/koobeglobal/choosing-a-manufacturing-service-model-what-every-startup-should-know-197e0e11201d#.m0e4qze1z

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Process!

Source: https://medium.com/koobeglobal/choosing-a-manufacturing-service-model-what-every-startup-should-know-197e0e11201d#.m0e4qze1z

Estimate: 6+ months

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How do you iterate without devices?

  • Use hardware that people

already own (smartphone, tablet, tv, …).

  • Find out which hardware your

users have!

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Ingredients

+ + x5 + + :(

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Our next steps

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Soft prototype

  • Iterate on Computer Vision, with real use cases.
  • Iterate on Usability/Accessibility, with real users.
  • Iterate on Features, with real users.
  • Make it social: Connected Device doesn’t need to

be Big Brother-only!

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Hard prototype

  • Custom devices are expensive, avoid bankruptcy!
  • Iterate on form factors with “fake” devices.
  • Negotiate prices down.
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And lots more!

  • Insurances.
  • Lawyers.
  • Non-profit associations.
  • Kickstarter?
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To be continued

Maybe at FOSDEM 2018 https://github.com/project-lighthouse https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/c/connected-devices/ project-lighthouse