Girls of Steel 2022 InvenTeam: Update #2

Happy New Year from the Girls of Steel BuzzBand team! Not a moment of December went to waste, and we’ve made huge progress on both the business and technical aspects of the BuzzBand. Here is the video update we shared at the InvenTeams Open House on December 9th.

After BuzzBand’s press release last month, we have been featured in various news outlets. Two of our team members interviewed with Kidsburgh and KDKA, and our media team is busy sharing updates on our social medias. Check out the segment from KDKA and articles from Carnegie Mellon University and Kidsburgh below.

Carnegie Mellon University Article
Kidsburgh Article
KDKA Segment

We also received our first batch of materials purchased with our grant money, and our finance lead updated our finance logs with all of our purchases.

We’ve made a lot of progress on BuzzBand 2.0 too! We 3D printed the first iteration of the BuzzBand’s electronics casing. Our design lead is preparing a second iteration, with a press-fit closure. Our materials expert sewed the first armband prototype for BuzzBand 2.0 at our last meeting. It looks fantastic! Our programming lead is working hard on the code for the speaker and vibration motors.

As a team, we are preparing for the Mid-Grant Technical Review which is scheduled for February 26, 2022, 3 to 5 pm. We’re so excited to present our progress to our peers and mentors at Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams in February, and there’s so much more to come!