In June 2016, a group of makers and hackers started meeting weekly at We Fab in São Paulo.
We eventually decided to gather a whole weekend for a (quick) Design Sprint, in order to work on a Minimum Viable Prototype (MVP).
First Makers night @yes_wefab challenge: to build an open source audio guide device // #musetech cc @drumminhands pic.twitter.com/1Bw28j21Ow
— Christophe Buffet (@cpjfb) June 23, 2016
Silicon & electronics. Almost ready to start playing. 2nd #noitemaker #makerspro @yes_wefab pic.twitter.com/D4M8intQNE
— Christophe Buffet (@cpjfb) June 29, 2016
Ready to play and build an audio player from scratch #noitemaker @yes_wefab pic.twitter.com/XZ9dgW6I8c
— Christophe Buffet (@cpjfb) July 5, 2016
design sprint weekend: brief at 11h +design at 13h +laser cutting +coding +3D printing = working prototype at 20h! pic.twitter.com/bSY9eIPkPx
— Christophe Buffet (@cpjfb) August 1, 2016
Last weekend, we set up a #makerspro #designsprint @yes_wefab to build an #opensource audio player // #musetech pic.twitter.com/d5I75AXJXW
— Christophe Buffet (@cpjfb) August 2, 2016
Sunday: more laser cutting to finish the case, from cardboard to wood // #designsprint #makerspro @yes_wefab pic.twitter.com/0O24AjQxOy
— Christophe Buffet (@cpjfb) August 2, 2016
Sunday: 3D printing the lanyard // #designsprint #makerspro @yes_wefab pic.twitter.com/8yMnONOS6E
— Christophe Buffet (@cpjfb) August 2, 2016
Sunday: fine-tuning the code and debugging // #designsprint #makerspro @yes_wefab pic.twitter.com/lX58QuXStH
— Christophe Buffet (@cpjfb) August 2, 2016
Sunday: finding a way to use even the vinyl cutting machine, for labels // #designsprint #makerspro @yes_wefab pic.twitter.com/QxnraC0v0B
— Christophe Buffet (@cpjfb) August 2, 2016
Sunday: trying to draw a crowd (of enthusiastic testers) // #designsprint #makerspro @yes_wefab pic.twitter.com/1vm10zQ5W9
— Christophe Buffet (@cpjfb) August 2, 2016
Sunday: testing (not scientific at all, but a good feeling of achievement!) // #designsprint #makerspro @yes_wefab pic.twitter.com/n6L3nIl02x
— Christophe Buffet (@cpjfb) August 2, 2016
Sunday: the team (- the hardcore electronics dept & museum representative) // #designsprint #makerspro @yes_wefab pic.twitter.com/eDL95M7dwL
— Christophe Buffet (@cpjfb) August 2, 2016
The team at We Fab also wrote about this “Open Prototyping Sprint” and its Second edition (in portuguese).