Diet Download

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Diet Download

• CSIDC World Finals
• North Carolina State University
• Team Members
• Nathan Green
• Jeremy Maness
• Whitmel Buck Webb
• JR Wilson
• Team Mentor
• Dr. Robert J. Fornaro

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Presentation Overview

• The Diet Download System
• Design, Implementation, Tradeoffs
• Business Plan
• Innovation Benefit To Society
• Conclusion
• Question Answer

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Problem Solution

• Problem
• Weight Control Is Challenging
• Diet Management Is Complex Tedious
• Brainstorm
• Interactive Mobile Diet System
• Simple Data Entry Record Keeping
• Solution
• Diet Download

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Diet Management

• Journaling
• Nutritional Information of Foods Eaten
• Daily Logs of Foods Eaten
• Persistence of User Weight Progress
• Manual Entry
• Records Are Large Difficult To Manage on Paper
• Time Intensive
• Confusing to New Dieters

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Journaling
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Functional Requirements

• Scan Any Barcode
• Create Meals
• Track Consumption
• Manage Pantry
• Records Weight Loss Progress

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Database Requirements

• Food Items
• Universal Product Code (UPC Barcode)
• Nutritional Information
• Product Description
• Prototype Database
• Custom Built
• USDA Grocery Store

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Diet Download Package

• On PDA With Barcode Scanner
• PDA Oriented Database
• Our Diet Download Software Completes The System

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Diet Download Diet Module

• Modular
• New Diet Plans Can Be Written Inserted
• Change Diet Constraints
• Low Carbohydrate Diet
• Limit Set At 50g Carbohydrates A Day
• Alerts User Of Daily Totals
• Warns When A Meal Is Over The Limit

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Diet Download Demo
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Development Implementation

• Coded In A Team Environment
• Dealt With Decisions by Committee
• Team Roles
• Ground Rules
• Conflict Resolution Policy
• Milestones

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Design

• Used the MVC Pattern
• Powerful for GUI Driven Applications
• Model
• Abstract Frame of Reference
• View
• Graphical User Interface
• Controller
• Business Logic

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Iterative Methodology
Problem Statement/Feasibility
Project Installation/Delivery
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Model
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Model
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Model
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Model
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View
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Controller
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Controller
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Example
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Design Tradeoffs

• Development Environment
• Metrowerks CodeWarrior
• AppForge MobileVB
• Databases
• Oracle 9i Lite
• XML
• Palm Database (PDB)

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Implementation Tradeoffs

• Code Development
• Monolithic Structure
• Modular Paradigm
• Sizing Space Requirements

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System Unit Testing

• Requirements Yielded The Test Rubric
• Documented Bugs In Code
• Code Went Back To Programmers
• System Was Retested

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Usability Testing

• User Profiles
• Nutritionists
• Dieters
• Students
• Faculty Staff

• User Feedback
• Flow Layout Feedback
• Redesigned Retested

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Business Plan

• Patent Pending
• Two Routes For Business
• Licensing Royalties
• Start-Up Business Plan
• Health Fitness Market Summary
• Greater Than 30 Billion A Year
• Large Growth Over Last Few Years

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Start Up Model

• The Final Package
• PDA Scanner With Diet Download Software
• Our Target Market
• Weight Loss Chains (i.e. Weight Watchers, Curves)

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Annual Breakdown
Total (Annual) 1,000,000
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Three Year Plan

• First Year
• Development Of Hardware Software
• Develop Marketing Plan
• Second Year
• Completion Of Hardware Software
• Increased Marketing Emphasis
• Third Year
• Shift To Support Service
• Marketing Intensive

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Three Years To Profitability

• Product Pricing
• Total Package 400
• Estimated Market
• 90,000 People
• 10 Market Penetration
• 9,000 x 400 3,600,000

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Innovation Benefits

• Innovation
• Harnessing Current Technology in a Unique Way
• Benefit To Society
• Weight Control 2nd Only to Tobacco as Health
  Issue
• Wide Range of Appeal
• Added Value Provides an Opportunity to
  Create/Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle

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Conclusion

• Addressed The Issue Of Weight Control
• Lessons Learned
• Team Work
• Working With Personal Schedules
• Recognizing Utilizing Personal Strengths
• Software Engineering
• Importance of Lead Time Planning
• Design Tradeoffs Impact/Limit Future Decisions
• Time Limitations/Deadlines

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Thank You

• We would like to thank the CSIDC
• IEEE Computer Society
• Microsoft, ABB, and Sponsors
• The Amazing Volunteers!
• Our NC State University Senior Design Center
• Video courtesy of
• Media Arts Images Corporation of Charlotte N.C.

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Question Answer Period

• Nathan Green Research specialist and developer
• Jeremy Maness Lead Programmer
• Whitmel Buck Webb Team Lead
• JR Wilson GUI specialist and team facilitator