Final project (concept)

Initial idea, plan, and sketch

Project summary

I practice sports frequently: soccer, basketball, volleyball, tennis, run, swim, and other. Actually, I swim everyday. It is a super sport, but compare with other disciplines, is very individual and personal.


And, I have a frequently questions:

  • What about people with disabilities?
  • How can they swim? How can I improve this experience?
  • Can we find devices in the market?

    • Problem


    I usually swim everyday. Sometimes, I could hear music, improve my performance or see around the pool

    People with visual disabilities needs one or more assistance to swim

    People with visual disabilities have limited mobility and they usually hear the enviroment

    Proposed solution

    The idea is: With Fab Lab Academy learning process, How can I help people with visual disabilities to swim safely?

    I design AquaGuide: a device that can be used in the pool, and that can help people with visual disabilities to swim safely.

    Target user

  • Who will use it? Swimmers, focus on people with visual disabilities
  • Where? In every pool
  • when? Everyday
  • How? With a device that can be used in the pool
  • Why? To provide a safer swimming environment for people with visual disabilities
  • Why? To improve the swimming experience and security of people with visual disabilities
  • Why? To bring accessibility to swimming for people with visual disabilities
  • Why? To enhance the overall swimming experience for people with visual disabilities

    • Key features

    • Hear sounds
    • Swimmers security

    The concept

    Swimming 2
    Initial sketch
    Exploring ideas, uses and designs. People with visual disabilities
    Swimming 2
    Initial ideas: head and body devices
    Exploring solutions and cases
    Swimming 2
    Testing the prototype
    Environment testing
    Swimming 2
    Testing the prototype
    Working in real conditions
    Swimming 2
    The concept
    An image generated by AI. Considering the concept and test pictures
    Swimming 2
    The concept
    An image generated by AI. A sequence of pictures, a possible use case
    An animation generated by AI. A possible use case

    Final slide

    Final slide - Week 20. A slide that summarize the project, the concept, the user and the problem. The idea is to have a clear and simple slide.

    Hand sketch of final project concept

    Final video

    Final video - Week 20. A video that summarize the project, a clear and simple in a one minute video.

    Previous presentations - Slide



    Slide Ver 2.0 (Week 19)

    Hand sketch of final project concept

    Slide Ver 1.0 (Week 17)

    Camera 2

    Previous presentations - 1 minute video



    Video Ver 2.0 (Week 19 - 60 seconds)



    Video Ver 1.0 (Week 17 - 45 initial seconds)

    Initial plan

    Phases

    1. Explore the market and products
    2. Define the product
    3. Explore posible technologies and materials
    4. Prototype
    5. Focus group

      Final project sketch

    Open questions

    • What is the best material for...?
    • Which sensor/board should I use?
    • How will I power the system?

      • Final project sketch
      Me at the Olympic pool
      Reviewing the pool, thinking about the project, user and possible devices

    Weekly advanced


    Final project - Initial thoughts

    Initials comments, recommendations and ideas. Initial thoughts during my first weeks at Fab Lab Academy

  • Main challenges
  • Integrate concepts
  • More CAD & Cutting
  • Prototype
  • Design by hand

    • Feedback - Main challenges

    Feedback main challenges
    A virtual meeting with a local instructor - Around 10:00 PM 😱😱😱

    Ideas - Main challenges

    Ideas
    Studying Fab Lab Academy materials, concepts and requierement. My notebook picture 😇😇😇

    The idea

    CAD and cutting
    Ideas and sketches of possible solutions and use cases

    Integrate concepts

    Concepts
    Ideas and sketches of possible devices, considering electronic, network and programming, + - CAD and cutting. Initials weeks. Exploring swimming devices and materials

    Integrate products

    Products integration
    Integrating concepts, materials, devices, commercial product and others. Try to find a possible integration, a cohesive final product

    Final integration

    Final integration
    Merging products, ideas, concepts