By Ziyi Song （Rosie）S3894644 & Shanshan Gao （Miya）S3819864

An app that helps pets improve happiness.

Summary:

Nowadays, more and more people like to keep pets, but pets are not just playthings to accompany their owners, their own perception is also very important. Our MISSE is designed to help people better domesticate pets. If you don’t know what kind of pet is suitable for you, you can find out by talking with other owners. People have a lot of software to look after their physical and mental health, but pets also need to be protected for their mental and physical health. KEEP, for example, can teach people how to exercise properly through videos and monitor their physical health in real-time. Our MISSE establishes the connection between pet and owner through a smart collar, which not only has the basic function of locating and preventing stray pets but also can remotely monitor the mental and physical health of pets at all times. When the dog is in a low mood or overloaded with exercise, the owner’s phone will receive an alert and check the dog in time.

Process：

During the whole process of production, we had a lot of collisions in our ideas, but eventually, we solved the problem by persuading each other. It took a lot of time and energy from the emergence of the idea at the very beginning to the finalization of the idea to extend it further, and then to constantly improve the structure of the App. But because it’s something we love to do, it’s not boring. But at the end of the day, we had so many extension ideas that we had to simplify them. In speech after speech, we all received encouragement and recognition from our classmates and teachers, and we were encouraged to do better when we did our next homework. The content of the course is what we like, and the atmosphere of the class is just as exciting.

What we got：

In this semester’s course, we learned not only the theoretical knowledge in class but also the reflection on society. The basic concept of our App is a reflection on life. We first wanted to make such an App to help pets. During the epidemic, many owners were isolated or restricted by various policies and could not return home in time to take care of their pets. Hopefully, if there are people in the neighbourhood who love animals, they can help each other out and have a brief adoption. Every time she asked questions to the teacher, she responded positively and gave very helpful replies. Through the large-scale project of this semester, we know that when an idea is generated, numerous theories are needed to support it. Just because you have an idea doesn’t mean you can make a product. It takes a lot of thinking.

If you want to know more about our MISSE in detail, you can click on this link：https://www.mediafactory.org.au/ziyi-song/2022/05/30/misse-final-project/

If you want to watch our final video, you can follow this link:https://vimeo.com/713505765