Revolution for your meetings.

By Benjamin Obländer 12/2010

IDEA TABLE

Agenda

• Project Describtion

• Hardware

• Software

• Business model

IDEA-Table

The heart of IDEA: the display

• three layers

1. Reader

2. Display (transparent)

3. Multitouch (transparent)

• Cinema HD-Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Pixels

• Industry partner: http://iphonetable.blogspot.com/

Use smartphone to communicatewith the IDEA-table

Real and virtual teamwork throughworldwide syncronisation

LAN

UMTS

WIFI

The IDEA-app

Connected Phones

• NO phones connected

IInput

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EEntscheidung

(decision)

AAll informedby sending

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Options

Start Smartphone

Welcome Benjamin

Please choose

an app at the

IDEA-table

Enter Name

Email

Enter Shortcut (V)

RememberJoin

The IDEA-app

Connected Phones• V Benjamin (Moderator)• L Oliver• O Kathrin• I Andy• E Michael

IInput

Ddiscussion

EEntscheidung

(decision)

AAll informedby sending

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Options

Moderator

• First connected device is Moderator

• Moderator is usually also normal participant

• Moderator‘s task is to control the IDEA-table

– Via IDEA table

– Via special screens at his smartphone

• Moderator can be changed and specified in the Options

Moderator

The options

• Possibility to set:

– Moderator and its role

– Change name/email/shortcut of participants

– Colour schemes

– Further options for the minutes

– Server settings to connect with other IDEA-tables

– Connection settings for the smartphones

Start Table

Connected Phones• V Benjamin (Moderator)• L Oliver• O Kathrin• I Andy• E Michael

IInput

Ddiscussion

EEntscheidung

(decision)

AAll informedby sending

minutes

Options

Input: Visual Synectics

• Creative technique to solve problems from a new point of view by using images

• Analogy of nature

Source: University of Technology Delft, Netherlands, 2010

Input: Visual Synectics

• iPhone App starts

Input

Waiting for images…

Start Brainstorming

Back toMain Menu

Waiting for images

Input: Images

Start Brainstorming

Back toMain Menu

Input: Zoom

Andy

ancientnaturespring

Start Brainstorming

Back toMain Menu

Discussion: Brainstorming

Make a decision/poll

Back toMain Menu

ActionViolenceSpeed

Benjamin, To join the discussion just draw your sign on the ideatable.

Discussion

ActionViolenceSpeed

Make a decision/poll

Back toMain Menu

Discussion

Make a decision/poll

Back toMain Menu

Cold: As special winterchololate

Done

Benjamin

ActionViolenceSpeed

is typing…

Discussion

Make a decision/poll

Back toMain Menu

As specialwinterchololate

Oliver, To join the discussion just draw your sign on the ideatable.

ActionViolenceSpeed

Discussion

Make a decision/poll

Back toMain Menu

As specialwinterchololate

ActionViolenceSpeed

Done

Discussion

Make a decision/poll

Back toMain Menu

As specialwinterchololate

You added“Cinamon”To add another argument to the discussion draw your sign on the ideatable.

ActionViolenceSpeed

Cinamon

Discussion

Make a decision/poll

Back toMain Menu

Chocolate which keeps you warm

Done

As specialwinterchololate

ActionViolenceSpeed

Cinamon

Benjaminis typing…

Andyis typing…

Discussion

Make a decision/poll

Back toMain Menu

As specialwinterchololate

Possiblethroughchemicalinventions

Apple

CinamonIs existing Toblerone

Sunflowerseeds

Chocolate which keeps you warm

ActionViolenceSpeed

Form of theChocolate: a Mountain

Entscheidung: Polls

Enter Question:

Which sort of chocolateshould we produce?

Done

Set answers:

2 3 4 5

Answer 1

Answer 2

Sunflower seedsCinemon

Public Polls

Which sort of chocolate should we produce?

Apple

Benjamin,

Please lay yoursmartphone on the answer thatyou support

Done

Sunflower seedsCinemon

Which sort of chocolate should we produce?

Apple

Done

Public Polls

1 1 321

Public Polls

Result

Exit without saving

0 2 4

Cinamon

Apple

Sunflower Seeds

SunflowerSeeds

Apple Cinamon

3 1 1

OliverKathrinBenjamin

Michael Andy

Save to minutes

Which sort of chocolate should we produce?

All informed: the minutes

Connected Phones• V Benjamin (Leader)• L Oliver• O Kathrin• I Andy• E Michael

IInput

Ddiscussion

EEntscheidung

(decision)

AAll informedby sending

minutes

Options

All informed: the minutes

• Automatically HTML-5-file via email to everyone (also as static pdf possible)

• Access to online database with saved sessions:

www.ideatable.com/company

• Format: participants, mindmaps, graphs

The minutes

• Participants: Benjamin, Oliver, Kathrin, Andy, Michael

• Time of the IDEA-meeting: 14/12/2010 – 11:00 AM

• The discussion:

As specialwinterchololate

Possible throughchemicalinventions

Apple Cinamon

Is existing Toblerone

Sunflower seeds

Chocolate which keeps you warm

Form of theChocolate: a Mountain

• Benjamin• Oliver• Kathrin• Andy• Michael

The minutes

• Participants: Benjamin, Oliver, Kathrin, Andy, Michael

• Time of the IDEA-meeting: 14/12/2010 – 11:00 AM

• The discussion:

As specialwinterchololate

Possible throughchemicalinventions

Apple Cinamon

Is existing Toblerone

Sunflower seeds

Chocolate which keeps you warm

Form of theChocolate: a Mountain

• Benjamin• Oliver• Kathrin• Andy• Michael

The minutes

• Poll: Which sort of chocolate should we produce?

Sunflower Seeds

0 2 4

Cinamon

Apple

Sunflower Seeds

SunflowerSeeds

Apple Cinamon

3 1 1

OliverKathrinBenjamin

Michael Andy

Businessmodel

• Buy the table and remotes, get free apps for mobiles

• IDEA-Table + 4 remotes + free apps

+ +

Businessmodel

• Rent the table for a month/year

• IDEA-Table + 4 remotes

• IDEA-Table + free apps

+

+

Summary

• Interactive Table will bring more motivation

IInput

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EEntscheidung

(decision)

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minutes

Visual Synectics Brainstorming Polls Automatic Minutes

Sources

• http://iphonetable.blogspot.com/

• Jonathan Zdziarski (2009): IPhone SDK Application Development: Building Applications for the AppStore, O’Reilly Media Inc.: Sebastopol.

• A concept by

Benjamin Obländer

oblaender@gmx.de

December 2010