NEXT YEAR IS OUR YEAR

Inspiration

The speech by Mr Malcolm Chen was an eye opener which drove as an inspiration to do better to better help Ageless Bicyclists and its beneficiaries and serve a positive role in the society, and hopefully possibly enable more people to be able to cycle again.

What it does

We retrofitted the current design with things we think will be useful, improving user experience for people with user limitations, daily living needs, safety and regulation in mind.

How we built it

We applied the double diamond design thinking framework, considering all our stakeholders and all the possible issues the potential users may have with the current design. We then threw whatever ideas and research(especially on a new way to pedal as the regular pedals aren't ideal for the target audience) we had to solve these issues into a google doc, discussed which ones were worth solving and combined them all into one to come up with an improved version which I can confidently say address most of their problems and even widen the range of people who can use this one trike. We then worked on the prototypes, which was challenging as many of the things we were doing were new, like programming an arduino board and 3d printing.

Challenges we ran into

3d printing and arduino programming was new to us, and we had to explore other stuff that werent part of the workshop on our own which was time consuming but extremely rewarding when we finished our prototypes with no problems. also, finding a suitable mechanism to replace the pedals was no easy task with so many requirements we want to solve

Accomplishments that we're proud of

having learnt the fundamentals of arduino programming and 3d printing which is very beneficial for the near future and having finished our prototypes

What we learned

that every small design tweak makes a large impact and the whole process of designing something that is worth solving and practical. fast prototyping is an essential skill we picked up too having only 2 weeks to design and prototype, making use of cardboard, 3d printing and prototyping boards like the arduino

What's next for adaptive bicycle design

we have so many future plans that we currently cannot work on, like a speed limiter with auto braking for safety, more attachments to take full advantage of the modularity, lockable cargo, more shock absorbant stuff for comfort and maybe even one handed steering. all these can further diversify the group of people the trike caters to which ultimately makes the users life much much easier and can cater to more people, making it more possibly widely used

Built With

• arduinoide
• canva
• docs
• fusion
• ideamaker
• slides