====== WEEK 10 | 28.11.17 ======

===== Implications and Applications =====

**Oscar Tomico** was the lecturer this week. Personally, this lecture made me reflect on the real application of everything I am creating or I am working on, and there are some important questions that I made myself before defining my final project:

1. How am I using technology to create ultra personalized products?

2. For things that I am currently designing, are they going beyond my own necessities?

3. Am I really solving a problem?

4. How far can technology go by adding value to what current market offers nowadays?

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[[http://wiki.textile-academy.org/fabricademy2017/classes/applications|Here]] you can find the documentation about this class.

**The challenge** for this week is to create an Ultra-personalized product-service system (UPPSS) and to present a customer journey map integrating the different levels of personalization (product level, systems level, and service level).
==== FINAL PROJECT PROPOSAL ====

- Applying the UPPSS, I finally defined my final project which is different from most of the ideas I had at the beginning of Fabricademy. So that, my final project is based on not only a personal need but also a problem that most of the women have when finding a bra with a perfect fit.

-**The problem:** Women spend a lot of time searching for a bra that adjusts exactly to their measurements and usually they end up buying not an exact fit.

-**My proposal:** Design a reshapable bra by utilizing a material that has stretchy properties and can keep the final shape of the bra. I also plan to use parametric design to simulate the fitting on specify areas of the breast till finding the more accurate design for a perfect fit. By creating an app the women will be able to select the best pattern to be used to adjust to their desire fit.
===== UPPSS =====

**The reshapable bra happens at more than one level of personalization:**

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==== CUSTOMER JOURNEY MAP ====

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==== REFERENCES ====

**[[https://softroboticstoolkit.com/soft-barrier|Soft Barrier]]: **Daniel Beltran, Salma Mahmood, and Michelle Ghanime

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**Augmented body:**

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**[[https://softroboticstoolkit.com/news/project-highlight-aposma-mask|The Aposma mask]]**

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==== SOME TESTS ====

As part of looking for which materials can be used in my final project, I tried making a silicone mold as I show in the video below.

[[https://vimeo.com/246268487|https://vimeo.com/246268487]]

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