Author: Marie Clarke

Packaging Prototypes

We are currently tackling the packaging designs along with the inset and user manual. Pictured below are some of the prototype packaging designs we are hashing out. We have decided to go with the white packaging shown (still to be tweaked) and the inset shown will most likely be grey for the final draft. The user manual is near to being finished with some minor redrafting to be done to ensure it reads well and explains exactly what you guys need to know about operating the Pip. Anyway, have a look at the photos and let us know what you guys think!

Latest packaging with most recent draft of user manual and coloured insert.

[caption id="attachment_2996" align="alignnone" width="700"] An array of first prototypes for Pip packaging[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2997" align="alignnone" width="700"] Latest Pip packaging prototype![/caption] [caption id="attachment_2998" align="alignnone" width="700"] Latest Pip packaging with most recent draft of user manual and coloured insert[/caption]

Team Addition!

With the growing number of tasks in bringing the Pip fruition, we are delighted to announce our latest team addition! We welcome Tom to the team as Project Manager. Tom has 7

+ years experience in managing software and hardware development projects and being in a start-up environment.

Wireframe video

Have a look at the video below, showing an animation of the building blocks and wire framing for the Dragons in Relax & Race. Really cool stuff!

Delivery times

A number of our backers have contacted us as there has been some confusion with the surveys being sent out earlier than promised. The reason for sending out the surveys earlier was we needed to get the numbers for colours and choices of applications/platforms to give us an idea for the total pricing and to start planning delivery channels of the apps. We will be in touch early in the New Year regarding delivery times.

Happy Holidays!

Hope you enjoyed our update! The season of festivities is around the corner and we are very much looking forward to a well earned break to spend time with family and friends (don’t worry we won’t be relaxing too much!).

From all the Galvanic team, we wish all our backers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Hey everyone, sorry we’re late in our update but boy have we got some great news to share with our awesome backers!

T-shirts & Posters

We have just got our t-shirts and posters for our Pip ambassadors, we are delighted with the outcome and hope you guys like them as well. We will be sending out the rewards by the end of this week. Here are some pictures so let us know what you think!

[caption id="attachment_2940" align="alignnone" width="523"] Unpacking the first box of Pip branded t-shirts![/caption] [caption id="attachment_2936" align="alignnone" width="523"] Front of Pip T-shirts[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2934" align="alignnone" width="523"] Back of Pip T-shirts[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2939" align="alignnone" width="523"] The Power to Relax Posters![/caption]

New Design Pip Shells

We recently received a test batch of Pip shells in Arctic White, Onyx Black and all three Kickstarter colours – Racing Red, Outrageous Orange and Imperial Purple. You can see in the photos they’ve come out great and we’re delighted with the look, feel and function of them. These shells will be used in making the latest Pips for demos, developing and testing.

[caption id="attachment_2933" align="alignnone" width="523"] New design for black and white Pips[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2938" align="alignnone" width="523"] New design for Purple,Orange and Red Pips[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2935" align="alignnone" width="523"] Flower petals of Pips[/caption]

Stay tuned, We’ll have another update for you soon!

Yours in relaxation,

The Galvanic Team

Hi Everyone,
It’s been a good while since our last update and we’ve been hard at work getting a number of wins and we have a few updates for you!

New Team Member
We are happy to welcome Eoin on board as a new addition to the team! We’ve recruited Eoin as our Game Artist and he has been given the task of designing the artwork for our Pip games. Eoin joins the Galvanic team with over 15 years experience as a 2D/3D artist. Welcome Eoin!

[caption id="attachment_2928" align="alignnone" width="700"] Eoin working on the new look Relax & Race Dragon.[/caption]

Assembling and testing iOS compatible Prototypes
In the last couple of weeks the new batteries and circuit boards for the latest prototype Pips have arrived and we are now currently in the process of testing and assembling a number of iOS compatible Pips to pair and test with Apple’s iOS. This will allow us to configure and test iOS compatible versions of Relax & Race, The Loom and Lie Detective.

[caption id="attachment_2929" align="alignnone" width="700"] Pip’s CTO Daragh soldering circuit boards.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2930" align="alignnone" width="700"] Testing the latest circuit boards for Pip[/caption]

Pre-ordering System

At this moment we are working on a pre-ordering system for anyone who might have missed out on getting their hands on a Pip via our Kickstarter pledges. If you are someone who is interested in knowing when our pre-ordering system is up and running, send an email to hello@galvanic.ie to be notified as soon as it is available.

Thanks again to everyone for your wonderful support,

The Galvanic Team.

We’ve made it and boy are we happy about it. We would really like to thank all our Kickstarter backers for all the support both in pledges and feedback. Not only did we reach our funding target but we also learned so much from you all. There is still about 15 hours to go (not that we were cutting it close or anything) so if anyone knows people out there who might be interested in the Pip, let them know before it’s too late.

We’ll be in contact early next week with all our backers about surveys and and the details of what happens next. In the mean time, the sun is actually shining in Ireland (a fairly rare event) so I think we’re all going to go check that out

Again, Thank you all so much.

Galvanic Team.

We’re more than 50% of the way there but we’re getting close to the final week. We need everyone to email, tweet, facebook or even bebo or myspace (if you are so inclined) the Pip to the far corners of the globe! We really believe the potential for the Pip is huge, especially given the feedback from our backers, so please help us to get the message out there and get it over the line.

We’ve also had a lot of interest from research groups looking to do work with the Pip so we’ve added a new pledge. If you are looking to setup a project that uses Pips to help better people lives or would just like a convenient way to measure GSR this is the pledge for you. With this pledge, we’re going to try to get you your Pips early, if we can, and we’ll also provide you early access to the SDK and a little consultation from us to ensure you get off the ground.

Finally, We’ve been playing around in the office with some new finishes for the Pip plastics. These are merely one off tests and may never see the light of day but we thought you all might like to see them.

Here’s the latest Updates on the Pip!

Sensor discs

We have recently received new sensor disk samples back from the lab and have been testing their performance with the help of some friends/human guinea pigs! Great news: the results are looking good – even better than we expected – which translates to even more accurate readings of your galvanic skin response.

Счастливого пути / Safe Travels!

Today we are wishing safe travels to Mr. and Mrs. Pip, who are being shipped off to the Trinity Science Gallery Exhibition: GAME held in the Polytechnical Museum in Moscow, which kicks off on July the 1st. We’ll post a link with further details in the near future!

Now that we’re in the throes of our Kickstarter campaign, we want to make sure we continue our conversation with you all. Many of you have been telling us how you plan to use the Pip in real life. So, whether it’s for your kids, for work or as a complement to other therapies we’d like to hear even more. We want to learn from you: how do you think the Pip can help improve daily life? Get commenting below this update or in the project’s comments and let’s get talking. Feel free to pass this question on to anyone you think might have a good answer!

Thanks again everyone!

From all the Galvanic team