IDEATION
SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF MUSCLE WEAKNESS THAT LEADS TO IMMOBILITY AMONG AND AGEING POPULATION.
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RESEARCH - URS
During the research phase of this project the area that caused elderly people a lot of problems was falling and immobility. Through reading literature, focus groups, observations and interviews it became apparent that weak leg muscles was the culprit.
Using these insights a User Requirement Specification was created, as shown on the left (click to enlarge). Key points from this URS included improving leg muscles strength (particularly vastus medialis), making the product a social activity rather than a chore, should not use any advanced modern technologies and can be used in either a standing or seated position
IDEA GENERATION
Using the URS generated from the research, idea generation could start. In order to completely exhaust product ideas multipleg techniques were used to generate ideas. Click below to read and see more.
IDEA SHORTLISTING
After generating a wealth of ideas it was time to start sorting through them in order to focus on a handful of ideas that best solve the issue at hand. Several methods were used to aid the shortlisting process. Click below to read and see more.
IDEA DEVELOPMENT
AND MODEL MAKING
The shortlisting process left a handful of ideas with potential to further develop to produce a prototype. These several ideas where then further shortlisted using feedback from various sources. The final concepts where then put through a model making process in order to better understand what the risks would be and how they could be potentially solved. Click below to read and see more.
FINAL CONCEPT
This was the final idea chosen to take forward to the development stage. This idea is not only an interesting concept to develop further but also it crucially meets the URS derived from the research report.