CISCO NOTES
Project Overview
CISCO NOTES IS A NOTE-TAKING DEVICE WE DESIGNED FOR CISCO TO OPEN UP A NEW NICHE OF PRODUCTS
AIMED AT PROFESSIONALS WHO NO LONGER WORK EXCLUSIVELY IN TRADITIONAL OFFICES.
- Project Duration
- 10 WEEKS
- Team Members
- NICOLO VINCENCI AND ME
- Organization
- UMEA UNIVERSITY IN COLLABORATION WITH CISCO
- My Contribution
- CAD, VISUALS AND CONCEPT OF DEVICE
Project Brief
CISCO NOTES IS A DIGITAL NOTE-TAKING DEVICE INSPIRED BY THE SIMPLICITY AND SIZE OF A POST-IT. ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED FOR DIGITAL NOMADS, WE QUICKLY REALIZED THE NEED WAS UNIVERSAL: MANY OF US LOVE THE BENEFITS OF TRADITIONAL NOTE-TAKING, BUT STRUGGLE WITH THE CHAOS OF MULTIPLE NOTEBOOKS, LOOSE PAPERS, AND THINGS TO CARRY AROUND. TO ADDRESS THIS, WE DESIGNED A DEVICE THAT RECREATES THE EXPERIENCE OF JOTTING DOWN QUICK BULLET POINTS OR SHORT THOUGHT SNIPPETS, WHILE SEAMLESSLY ORGANIZING THEM INTO A CLEAR, ACCESSIBLE APPLICATION ON THE COMPUTER. THE DEVICE RUNS ON A LOCAL LLM THAT STORES ALL NOTES SECURELY OFFLINE, REQUIRING NO INTERNET CONNECTION. WHEN DOCKED, THE LOCAL LLM CONNECTS VIA THE STATION TO A CLOUD-BASED LLM, WHICH COLLECTS, SORTS, AND CLUSTERS THE NOTES WITHIN THE CISCO NOTES INTERFACE.
OUR PROCESS
Process Description
WE TRIED TO BE AS REALISTIC AND FEASABLE IN THE EXECUTION OF THE PROJECT,
SO WE PROTOTYED FROM ROUGH FORM FINDING TO INTERNALS USING FOAM AND 3D PRINTING.
