Monday, February 15, 2010

Finding directions for this project

finding direction
I have been finding the direction(s) I would like to take for this project, here I show what type of options I have and I crossed the areas which I do not consider relevant to end up with. I think the opportunity is to be between a big machine and small wearable product, something in between these 2 ("M" medium size) would be a good opportunity, then I need to find out in what situations is important to be or if I can blend it.

2nd revision with Anders Smith

Last Thursday 11 we presented at the UID our first approach for our research, then one day later we meet up with Anders Smith to discuss more about the direction we would like to take, the conclusions are:
- I found where the problems are: 
A- falling, rolling or sliding rocks and material.
B- fire
C- transporting injured people outside of the mine.
All of them can be very different between each other, I can end up doing more a product, vehicle, machine, robot, etc.
so it is important to picture it right now!


What's next?
I will decide which of these problems is the most relevant and I will find out my opportunities for each one, then I have to discard what I don't want to end up with.
Necessarily I need to visit a mine and spend time with the miners to get more information and references, once I discover in where I want to work I will be faster and more focus on something specific.