Problem Solving

•  Introduce who you are designing for, how they could benefit from an IoT appliance and why you chose this person and the problem

• My IoT home hack product aims to bridge communication between roommates in a dorm setting. As someone who lives in an on-campus dorm with a roommate, I found that finding private time in a shared space can be difficult. Sometimes it is a hindrance to message my roommate asking whether she was in the room or not and then waiting for her reply (she’s slow at responding, too). Always having to manually notify my roommate would be annoying too. I know a lot of my floormates in my dorm face the same issue of oftentimes being disturbed by their roommates. In order to solve this problem I created this Home Hack that would ultimately communicate when roommates are in or out of the room, preventing any miscommunications or unnecessary messaging. In order to prevent any disturbances, my Home Hack can effectively bridge student roommates together. As a student who lives in a dorm setting, I personally think it is useful and helpful to know when a roommate is in or out of the room since a dorm is a shared space.