# How one team turned a sprint project into a marathon success

- Institution: TED
- Department: The Way We Work
- Speaker: Dropbox
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/dropbox_how_one_team_turned_a_sprint_project_into_a_marathon_success)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

TED Resident Keith Kirkland and his team at WearWorks use haptic technology to develop products and experiences that communicate information through touch. In 2017, they were faced with a seemingly impossible challenge: quickly develop a device for a blind ultra-marathon runner to compete -- unaided and unassisted -- in the New York City Marathon. Jennifer Brook, a design researcher at Dropbox, explains how the team at WearWorks navigated the challenges and tensions of designing this groundbreaking new technology.

## Lectures

1. [How one team turned a sprint project into a marathon success](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/dropbox_how_one_team_turned_a_sprint_project_into_a_marathon_success/e24101273d47), 4 min (TED's player)