Evidence of Work:
To make our product desirable for consumers we needed to figure out what their wants and needs are. To do this we started with a brainstorming Padlet to help us come up with ideas of who we would be selling our product to. Then we would do some research on those possible consumers and groups of people. We also have to know the size of the market and how much people actually need what we would be selling.
To make our product desirable for consumers we needed to figure out what their wants and needs are. To do this we started with a brainstorming Padlet to help us come up with ideas of who we would be selling our product to. Then we would do some research on those possible consumers and groups of people. We also have to know the size of the market and how much people actually need what we would be selling.
We created a survey asking people questions about how they normally get from place to place to have a gauge on what product would be most used and what they care about to. By doing this we get an understanding of what the people care about and what they are looking for in our product.
As a brief overview, we found that almost everyone cared about the environment and has made a change in their life to help. Also, most of the people use a gasoline powered car as their main way of transportation. Knowing that people use their cars almost all the time allows us to focus on a product for gasoline powered cards to cater to the majority. We also found that a little over half of the people are willing to sacrifice the looks of their car to help the environment. We need to make sure the product doesn't take away too much of the looks and stays small and almost hidden. We will use all of the information gathered by the survey and research to influence the design of our product.
As a brief overview, we found that almost everyone cared about the environment and has made a change in their life to help. Also, most of the people use a gasoline powered car as their main way of transportation. Knowing that people use their cars almost all the time allows us to focus on a product for gasoline powered cards to cater to the majority. We also found that a little over half of the people are willing to sacrifice the looks of their car to help the environment. We need to make sure the product doesn't take away too much of the looks and stays small and almost hidden. We will use all of the information gathered by the survey and research to influence the design of our product.
Content:
Empathy - being in someone else's position and understanding what they are feeling. This also applies to what they would want or need depending on what they do everyday. We used this when creating our design because it helps us understand the customer and add features that is needed or wanted.
Muffler - a device in every car to lower the sounds that it makes. It used baffles to slow the sound waves and soften the sound.
Exhaust Pipe - a pipe that runs from the engine of a car to the end that carries burnt fuel gases away from the car. After burning the fuel or gasoline, many different kinds of gases and particulate matter can come out of exhaust pipes. They differ in circumference for each car and normally made out of stainless steel.
*My reflection is located on design step 1 page: Design Step 1