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Advisor Meeting & Presentation Preparation

This week we held a meeting with our advisors, who provided feedback advising us to further detail the architecture of our project. Alongside this, we began ideating our communication materials and started preparing the presentation for next week. In parallel, the team continued advancing the development of the prototype, keeping steady progress on all fronts.

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Prototype Development Begins & Partnership

This week marked the beginning of the prototype development phase. We retrieved the necessary materials to start building the prototype, successfully gathering all the required components except for the camera, which was unfortunately unavailable at the time. With the materials in hand, the team began dividing the development tasks according to the requirements list, and we will look into sourcing the camera as soon as possible. Also, on a very positive note, we finally secured a partnership — we held a meeting with the Associação Promotora do Ensino dos Cegos, which provided us with excellent insights about our project that will be invaluable for its development going forward.

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Exam Season

This week was fully dedicated to the exam season, leaving no availability to advance the project. Development will resume once the exam period comes to an end.

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Exam Preparation Week

This week was dedicated to exam season preparation, which meant that overall project development was largely on hold. Despite this, we managed to make some further progress on the website, keeping that front moving forward during this busier academic period.

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Mid-Program Pitch Deck Final Submission

This week marked an important milestone as we submitted the final version of our mid-program pitch deck, incorporating the feedback previously received from our scientific advisor and teaching assistant, and uploaded it in PDF format to the Fenix system. Alongside this, we continued to advance the development of our website, making further progress towards its completion.

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Mid-Program Pitch Deck & Advisor Feedback

This week, we submitted a provisional version of our mid-program pitch deck to our scientific advisor and teaching assistant, giving us the opportunity to receive early feedback before the final submission. We also held a meeting with our advisors, who reviewed our pitch and suggested improvements, particularly regarding the project’s architecture structure, which we will work on refining for the final version.

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