We learned that it takes intentional, thoughtful design to create a product that displays sensitive information, but in a way that doesn't negatively impact the user or anyone else who may interact with the product.
In the future, we would start the process with a more purposeful ideation session around the many different options or areas we could explore to display sensitive information that haven't been explored yet. We are aware that products like Water Me! currently exist (like the Thirsty Light, https://www.amazon.com/Thirsty-Light-Original-Digital-Moisture/dp/B0017RXJUS). Though creating Water Me! was an educational experience for us, it could be even more exciting to tackle an issue or project concept that has not been robustly and/or successfully addressed.
Next steps for this project would be to connect the motor to multiple plants, to have the motor run at different speeds depending on the level of dryness (not just programmed to one level) and/or to attached the motor to the moisture sensor in a way that looks more like the original concept sketches we presented at the beginning of this documentation.
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