UC Berkeley — Breaking Through the Language and Culture Barriers JiaHua Mai Noe Lozano Jose Mojica Sara Safavihomami Rich Manzana Presented by Team Global THE MACR LAB

Agenda Project Definition Design Process Personas, Constraints, and Goals Design Solution Top 3 Design Ideas User Survey Conclusion

Project Definition To build bridges among the best faculty, researchers, and students at Berkeley and the rest of the world through technology and innovation. At the same time aiming to maximize the appeal of the MacroLab globally, which in turn promotes the integration of people from all academic backgrounds with the hope of benefiting human society as a whole. Project Definition Project Definition Design Process Design Solution User Survey Conclusion

Design Process Personas: Engineers and Scientists Bob Johnson (ME) Non-engineers or non-scientists Ida Dolatabady (Psychology) Faculty Ken Aragon International-Virtual-Person i_Person Project Definition Design Process Design Solution User Survey Conclusion Design Process

Design Process (continue) Constraints Budget-production cost: 1 million Amount of space available: 1st floor -3rooms Certain areas are restricted to the limited of space for use and time restriction, that is, may not be a 24hr operating room. Access points, entrance/exit Amount of time provided to the students to work. Resources such as computers, chairs, and software. Other countries may not have the required technology to communicate. Project Definition Design Process Design Solution User Survey Conclusion Design Process

Goals Our mission is to provide an environment where students and faculty from all back- grounds can collaborate and share Ideas with their peers at Cal and around the world. Be able to create a pleasant environment where students are able to work freely with enough space and resources at their hands. Appealing and welcoming design at the cutting edge of modern technology. Project Definition Design Process Design Solution User Survey Conclusion Design Process Design Process (continue)

Design Solution Top Three Design Concepts 1.IDEA 2.International Multimedia Room 3.Room X Project Definition Design Process Design Solution User Survey ConclusionDesign Solution

Innovation, Design, Education, Action Open Source Kiosk located in the middle of the room Theoretical or Actual problem posted each month Problem is posted via VB Bulletin Board. Login and required to keep track of people. Chat room w/ instant translators available for instant communication For model problems robotic camera will be able to provide online viewing for users Work desks available on 4 corners Results from previous problems posted on the walls IDEA Room Project Definition Design Process Design Solution User Survey ConclusionDesign Solution

IDEA Project Definition Design Process Design Solution User Survey ConclusionDesign Solution

International Multimedia Room -Provide a Rich Experience by integrating high performance audio, video, and network technologies into a rich environment for instruction, conferencing, and collaboration in order to maximize the impact of education research not only within engineering but also within law, humanities and social science fields. -A room where people can communicate with other people across the world and within the nation. The main purpose of this room is to communicate ideas efficiently through available technology and resources. The room will feature language translating tools from dictionaries to advance software. Project Definition Design Process Design Solution User Survey ConclusionDesign Solution

Essentially a map of the world that rotates within a ring which is marked by the 24 hours of the day. Each highlighted city on the map is connected to indicators which establish the international time zones. International Multimedia Room Detail Prototype: The design of the room will have a global theme. In the center of the floor there will be a design of the world. The walls will have international flags and finished projects to encourage motivation. Flat screens on the wall displaying news worldwide. A a clock displaying different times worldwide. 2 conference rooms to optimize collaboration. Video editing software and other tools. One-on-One computer conference/work centers Project Definition Design Process Design Solution User Survey ConclusionDesign Solution

WebTalker: Record, playback, and publish. Quick way to put streaming audio on your web site. Google Talk: Free instant messaging and voice chat service. Babel Fish Translation (from Altavista) Systran: Developed under Linux and runs on all Unix platforms and Microsoft Windows. All Systran systems utilize one engine and use the latest Natural Language Processing (NLP) technologies. Marratech: Software for collaborative web conferencing and multipoint video conferencing. Conferencing Experience Project: serves as an open research platform by providing a flexible, common framework for designing and implementing collaborative learning applications. Go Meet Now: Inexpensive and easy to use web conferencing service, compliant with restrictive firewalls. Share screens with multiple participants International Multimedia Room Project Definition Design Process Design Solution User Survey ConclusionDesign Solution

Project Definition Design Process Design Solution User Survey ConclusionDesign Solution Room X Project Definition Design Process Design Solution User Survey Conclusion

Room X Dark Room Portable Drafting Table Array of Seating Options Mobile Walls and Tables

Room X Power Faucet Ceiling Pulleys Intl Coffee Track Lighting Drafting Tools Combination of Tools

Room X Project Definition Design Process Design Solution User Survey Conclusion

Potential User Survey (89 users) Project Definition Design Process Design Solution User Survey ConclusionUser Survey Participation in IDEA RoomParticipation in IMR Participation in Room X Additional Comments International journal collection Resting/sleeping areas Seminar series Advertise the MacroLab etc

Conclusion Facilitates Communication Immediate understanding of foreign content, web pages, documents, work reports, proposals, engineering project, etc. Promotes Global Integration The opportunity to take on world wide projects for the benefit of the world Builds Knowledge Assets Develops conceptual and operational areas of content within nations Manage worldwide problems A constant learning environment to see how people from different backgrounds interact with technology and between themselves. Project Definition Design Process Design Solution User Survey ConclusionConclusion

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