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Thinc-a-thon: Redesigning the Home
When and where
Date and time
Saturday, March 29, 2014 · 10:30am - 7pm EDT
Location
Miller Learning Center North Tower 3rd floor, Room 314 Athens, GA 30605
Description
Are you interesting in working on diverse teams to create new innovations for the home?
Spend the day designing solutions to make the "home" more usable, efficient, and fun with fellow UGA students from various backgrounds. Come experience the joys of design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Join us for a fun, hands-on day of experiencing evidence-centered design, ideation, prototyping and business model development. Prizes will be awarded for the best ideas, prototypes, and business plans. Meals and snacks will be provided.
Play with the latest technology including Google Glass, MakeyMakey, Arudino, Estimote Beacons, and more!
This event is free and spaces are limited! We're looking for students from all levels (undergraduate and graduate) and backgrounds.
Schedule:
10:30am: Check-In
11am - 11:15pm - Introduction to Make-a-thon and challenge
11:20am - 11:50pm - Form teams
12- 12:15pm - Design Thinking Intro
12:30 - 3:00pm - Research and Ideation
3-7:00pm - Prototyping and Testing
7:00-7:30pm - Presentations
7:30-8:pm – Wrap up
Sponsored by the Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE) and Thinc@UGA.
About the organizer
The What I.F.? (Innovation Fellows) club seeks to use design thinking and lean startup techniques to tackle real world problems while also promoting innovation and entrepreneurial thinking on campus through speakers, workshops, and projects. The club is open to all levels and disciplines.