Simple Home

Jake Stants, Scot Freysinger, and Michael Tenniswood

Demonstration

MVP2 Users● 5 users of our smart home system● Same users as MVP1 (Scot’s housemates)● 5 tech savvy college students

App Feature Importance Satisfaction

Consumer Perspective Application Layout 3.5 3.6

Module Usability 4 4.5

Module Addition 4.75 4.6

Producer PerspectiveEase of embedding 5 4.7

Ease of module creation 5 4.5

Qualitative Data Collection● “Adding new modules was pretty simple.”● “I wish I could control the frequency of the

radio from the app.”● “The app was intuitive to use.”

What We Learned● Barcode scanning provides easy module addition● Users want modules to control all of the item’s

features● Hardware embedding is simple and practical for

third party manufacturers

MVP2 Release Status● Not ready for release● Develop proprietary chip● Need to partner with hardware producers

Semester Learning● Early User Feedback

Questions?Michael Tenniswood (mtwood@umich.edu)Jake Stants (jmstants@umich.edu)Scot Freysinger (scotfrey@umich.edu)