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Wearable Story: Backpacks

I have a personal affinity for backpacks. Until exiting the store, procuring a backpack at REI makes you briefly feel as though you’re going to hike a famous trail or cycle forever. It’s clearly funct

IN TUNED MEDIA

For this challenge, I want a news service that delivers the Week in Review in animations and/or images, hence “tuned.” Tuned In also allows for customization and locational-driven news. Thus, you can

What I’ve Got: GriGri

I’ve been climbing since 2011. Beyond being a sport of focus and precision, at it’s core climbing requires trust between the person climbing and the belayor, the person below who is responsible for gi

A Museum Experience: Without Sight

For this challenge, I am interested in creating: Experience that is sensory Something allows for compassion Requires a person to become vulnerable Replicable With these 4 things in mind, my exper

What I’ve Got: Copenhagen Wheel

I recently road one of these, and it was so much fun! It would’ve been incredibly helpful riding in San Francisco. So, the Copenhagen Wheel by Superpedestrian is a product that came out of the MIT Sen

What I’ve Got: Disney’s Billion Dollar Magic Band

Disney sought a new way to improve the experience and cues at it’s parks. After being inspired by nike’s fitness band and similar band technologies, outside design agencies including Frog Design creat

Challenge 2b: Spotify

Challenge 3: Simplify

The target for simplify is for smart phone owning lower to middle income earners looking to modify their habits (subscriptions, spirits, coffee/tea, smoking, etc.) It’s specifically for those looking

What I’ve Got: Google Cardboard VR

Still a neophyte into the world of VR? In 2015, Google dropped a low-cost virtual reality viewer system meant to encourage interest and accessibility for consumers and developers. The design developme

What I’ve Got: Shoes That Tie Themselves

In 1985 Back to the Future starring Michael J. Foxx was released. An international hit, many remember Marty McFly going to back to 50s in the Dolorean. Many also remember McFly’s shoes that self-laced

What I’ve Got: The Folding Bike Helmet

A product brain child from the mind Jelf Woolf, the Morpher helmet is meant to be easily condensed and easy to carry. I am particular interested in this design solution + process based on Woolf’s ethn

What I’ve Got: Nintendo Power Glove

This product, the Nintendo Power Glove, released in 1989. This hand controller was the first gaming device that allowed for motion controls. It was known to be limited functionally and inaccurate; how

Challenge 7: Additional Facts

Our survey focused on value judgements of brand. A survey of 20 people about two rideshare companies and two yogurt companies revealed that based on additional information about companies, people are

What I’ve Got: Better Shelter

Over winter break I experienced the UN exhibit at the NY MoMA. Apart of the visit was the experience of being in a refugee shelter made by IKEA. In 2010 Better Shelter began as a partnership between I

What I’ve Got: SafariSeat

Traversing the world with a mobility-related impairment I imagine is incredibly tough. As a designer and planner, we constantly have to think about ADA accessibility, heights of objects, curbs, slopes

What I’ve Got: The New Sony A9

This camera just released, and if you’re an action or sports photographer, it’s likely that you’re drooling (like me). The sony a (or alpha) series is a mirrorless series. Thus, it’s much more compact

What I’ve Got: The Intelligent Helmet

In the past I did a foldable helmet. I’m incredibly interested in cycling + adventure innovations. For this What I’ve Got, I want to highlight a “smart helmet,” the Classon helmet by Brooklyness. The

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