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Intelligent Systems — What investigators are finding

Design systems that collect trustworthy data

These are anonymised patterns from investigations across Kokiri Lab. They are not individual student work.

Current discoveries

Sensor placement mattered more than sensor type

Groups that repositioned their sensor based on their evidence found more meaningful variation in their readings than groups that changed sensors.

Evidence: Across investigations, teams who mapped readings in multiple positions often found a location where the signal changed clearly, even when using the same sensor type.

What it might mean

The investigation should tell you where to put a sensor. Changing hardware doesn’t help if the placement can’t detect the variation you care about.

Try this next: Before changing your sensor, map readings at three different positions to find where variation is highest.

early pattern

What worked in the makerspace

Sensor placement mattered more than sensor type

Groups that repositioned their sensor based on their evidence found more meaningful variation in their readings than groups that changed sensors.

Evidence: Across investigations, teams who mapped readings in multiple positions often found a location where the signal changed clearly, even when using the same sensor type.

What it might mean

The investigation should tell you where to put a sensor. Changing hardware doesn’t help if the placement can’t detect the variation you care about.

Try this next: Before changing your sensor, map readings at three different positions to find where variation is highest.

early pattern

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