Problem Identification
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<img src="/icons/mountains_blue.svg" alt="/icons/mountains_blue.svg" width="40px" /> What are some common problems musicians face that can be realistically solved?
- Cleaning instruments is difficult, time consuming, and oftentimes ineffective
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<img src="/icons/mountains_blue.svg" alt="/icons/mountains_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Which instruments are the hardest to clean and require the most cleaning?
- Brass Instruments that have mouthpieces
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<img src="/icons/mountains_blue.svg" alt="/icons/mountains_blue.svg" width="40px" /> What are typical methods of cleaning mouthpieces?
- Running under water or using a cloth → requires time and effort and not effective at killing germs and bacteria
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<img src="/icons/mountains_blue.svg" alt="/icons/mountains_blue.svg" width="40px" /> How can we improve upon these methods?
- Use UV light to kill bacteria and create an easy to use mechanism that cleans sanitizes a mouthpiece with only the click of a button
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Market Research
Ideation
Go To Market
Project Reflection
What Worked Well
- Ideation sessions: worked through a lot of ideas and were able to improve and add to our ideas each session
- Prototyping: started modeling in solidworks early in the semester and had 3 iterations of designs in solidworks
What Could Be Improved
- 3D Printing: our prints failed a few times and we had many unfinished prints that put us
behind schedule a few weeks
- Arduino: a switch could be added out the back of the device to toggle power to the Arduino. Also, more power should be supplied to the UV LED to produce enough light