Introduction
Yield is a smart field sensor helping framers increase their field’s yield through technology.
The sensor has a mobile app providing up to the minute data on who each plot is doing in order maximise profits.
The Challenge
In one sentence: farmers are not techies. And to add to that, global warming is making the farming profession much more difficult.
So the challenge is creating a tool that is “feel it in your pocket” effective and easy to use.
Research
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Prototype
Here is one example of many more done through this project of how the main dashboard looks and functions.
Prototyping in this project wend from sketches to Balsamiq Mockups and only then to colouring and branding final UI.
As always, in this project, I had to go back to the dawning board and then back to the path of Balsamic to Sketch or Illustrator many times.
Test
Testing of Yield took several forms:
First, it was tested in a clean lab-like environment.
Second, it was tested in the field by actual farmers.
Third it was test on a moving tractor in the field to simulate real life usage, where dust and motion are a factor. It is important to note that in phase 2 and 3 of testing sensors had to be connected (or paired) to the app, as they would be in the real life.