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- - - - Include more useful information such as a step-by-step process on how to recycle and why recycling is important --> Could become a slideshow like the directories in shopping malls
      - Think about how to make the prototype more compact as 6 categories of recyclables seems a little excessive and overwhelming for the users
  - - - . If the functions of the prototype come naturally to her, it shows that I have correctly addressed her needs and difficulties with recycling. If the functions of the prototype are not well understood by her, it shows that there is room for improvement in terms of my prototype addressing her needs.
        
        When my grandmother noticed the LED screen, she exclaimed ‘What is this!’ in Chinese. When asked to elaborate, she said that it was interesting that there were so many languages written on the piece of paper that was the ‘screen’ but she suggested that more helpful information should be provided as well.
        
        The different colours of the recycling bin also threw her off and caused some confusion as well. I wanted to use different colours to distinguish the type of recyclables in each transparent compartment, but I realised that some colours were repeated and it did not make sense for those categories to have the same colours either
      - I learnt how important conducting this evaluation is as it allows me to see the gaps between my user and I’s point of view. The prototype was built on my assumptions of what I thought would be functional and feasible for my grandmother but no two people think the same way and thus I truly understand the importance of evaluating with users
  - - - Suggested that instead of making clay models, I could make the transparent compartments in the shape of the objects instead. For example, instead of a banana clay model, I could make a banana shaped transparent bin instead
      - Asked me to consider the costs of the LED screen and whether it would be feasible to place a recycling bin under HDB block
- - - - Difficulties I faced while building the prototype
        
        I built each individual component and then realised that I forgot that they were supposed to come together to form a prototype.
        
        I am also not confident of my arts and crafts skills and was worried that my clay modelling would not look like the universally known objects that I was trying to make.
        
        The LED screen was also made out of a piece of paper inserted in a glass film and I realised that I only had limited space and had to decide what information to write on the paper and I had to miss out important elements like the steps of recycling. One lesson that I took away from building the prototype is that it is impossible to incorporate every single element you planned to include at the start and we must be prepared for challenges along the way or unexpected situations such as the limited space or resources.