#svaixd2015

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Notes from my dear friend Jeff" dogconnection​ ". 

" I am curios on how you could make the outside environment safer instead of the bike itself?" 

As now, I am focusing on the area of connectivity between the cyclists and drivers. It's not only cyclists responsibility to aware others during their ride, drivers are also responsible to aware cyclist on the road. 

We were brain storming on one of the main incident for cyclist in the city. 

" THE DOOR..." Jeff and I both experienced hitting the car door before, it was painful! 

Jeff wishes there could be a better awareness for cyclist in the outside environment for such an incident.

If there is a way to connect driver/passengers with cyclists, and it provides notification system for each users before any action.  

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Thesis:

Narrative Assignment

_Narrative and Interactivity IXD 2015

“The Delivery” 

“ What was the color of the car? Did you see the plates number? “ the police asked. 

“ I think it’s was a dark blue Toyota; but I didn’t see the plates number.” I said.

The police man took out a notebook from his pocket.

  “ Could you describe the detail of the situation again? When did this happened? What did you see and what were you doing? “ Police asked. 

I took out my phone and checked my cycling route for a better detail information.

“ Ok officer, here is what happened.” I said.

“I was biking from the restaurant to deliver the food on Bleaker street. It was around 5 pm but was already dark out.  While I was riding to an intersection, I felt the vibration and noticed the soft blinking light on my right handle bar warning me that a car is moving fast through my direction behind me. So I stopped my bike (my break light then was on, so people can notice me).  I looked behind because I was scare to get hit by the car; the street was small and it was dark out.  Then the car drove fast by me then drifted to other direction. Everything happened so fast, but I notice the front lights o the car were off, and I see two people sitting at the front seat. The car was old and all scratched out.They don’t look old.. maybe around their late 20s?

After 10 second, I heard gun shots. I was scare shitless but still wanted to see what happened. So I slowly bike to that direction. As soon I made a left turn while my turning signals were blinking from from my bike, I saw a man and two woman on the ground… So immediately called for police and ambulance.”  I answered.

The officer was still writing. Then he asked for my contact information and told me that I can leave now polity. 

After that, I continually bike to Bleaker street to deliver the food. I rang the door bill and an old man opened the door. He was on the phone and crying. I awkwardly gave him the food then quickly left the building… What a weird day.   

Later the night, the incident was on the local news channel. The reporter said it was some type of gang conflict. 

I noticed one of the woman in the incident has the same name who placed the order of the food that I just delivered. 

Turns out, she was the daughter of thea old man that I delivered the food to… 

End.

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Thesis 2

As I stared researching, experiencing, and prototyping on my topic from last semester. 

List of questions through my research and feedbacks from others:

What can bicycle do more than just a transpiration?   

What experience and quality are missing and needed during their bike riding?

What are the challenging during the bike ride (urban city V.S outdoor long traveling)? What do they wish for?

How do cyclist usually react when they are turing to other direction?

Have they have accident before? (What happen?)

What information would they like to know during and after their bike ride?

What are their worries? 

Why don't they use these product to support them?

What do they care about the most of their bike? and what do they want?

Breaking lights? 

Do you listen to music when your biking?

Do you keep distance during your bike ride? 

What are the things that you brought with you you when you ride your bike? and why? 

What are the things that you brought with you you when you ride your bike travel? and why? 

Why is safety important for cyclists? Is there different safety for people in an urban environment vs. more residential?

Do people who are biking long distance or may need safety, do they want more technology they need to rely on?

How are you going include it in the bike vs. an add on? Working with bike companies or build you own bike?

Business model, costs, ways you'd sell it, all of the aspects about how you could/will get it to market?

How is this product different from what's out there in the market?

What's the scenario? Who's your target market (young biker or Mikey's dad)?

Market prospective, How much does it cost?

How is the prototype you built different from existing products such as blinking turning lights?

I will be working my way to answering these these questions or design problems; These questions allows me to exploring and understanding deeper on my thesis. 

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Thesis 1

I had finally began my to write about my thesis.  

The main interested and area of my thesis that I always wanted to explore and focused on are SUPPORTING & SAFETY. I am interested in these areas because I enjoy observed/finding problems and solving/redesign the needs for better solutions. I have been researching ,reading , and experiencing/for my these. 

My thesis is providing better engagement and safety solution to solve the needs for Bike riders.  A smart connected wireless biking system that has build in individual parts of the bicycle for safety protection and prevent unnecessary accident for bicycle riders. 

How I started this project? and why?

3 years ago, I went bike traveling with my father and his bike club members for 7 days. It was a great experience but difficult. Bike traveling could be really danger specially as a group. There can be lacks of awareness for bikers and others. ( Turning signal lights, break lights, and personal traveling tracking (distance, heard beats, tire level, etc…)) So I started to have conversation with other cyclists of my thoughts. Many of them have similar experience and wish to have better supports for it. 

So I began to question:

What can bicycle do more than just a transpiration?   

What experience and quality are missing and needed during their bike riding?

What are the challenging during the bike ride (urban city V.S outdoor long traveling)? What do they wish for?

According to The Royal Society: 

Every year in this country around 19,000 cyclists are killed or injured in reported road accidents, including around 3,000 who are killed or seriously injured. 

Cyclist casualties have risen in recent years as the amount of cycling has increased.

CYCLING ACCIDENTS:

- Around 75% of fatal or serious cyclist accidents occur in urban areas

- Around half of cyclist fatalities occur on rural roads

- 75% happen at, or near, a road junction 

- 80% occur in daylight 

- 80% of cyclist casualties are male 

- Almost one quarter of the cyclists killed or injured are children

- Around three quarters of cyclists killed have major head injuries.

COMMON CYCLING ACCIDENTS:

Motorist emerging into path of cyclist

Motorist turning across path of cyclist

Cyclist riding into the path of a motor vehicle, often riding off a pavement

Cyclist and motorist going straight ahead

Cyclist turning right from a major road and from a minor road

Child cyclist playing or riding too fas

Nearly all bicyclist fatalities (92%) occurred as a result of crashes with motor vehicles.

• Although they make up only 5–17% of vehicles on NYC roadways, large vehicles (trucks, buses) accounted for almost one third (32%) of fatalities.

• Nearly all (94%) fatalities involved poor driving or bicycle riding practices, particularly driver inattention and disregarding traffic signals and signs.

• Although there are many more miles of local roads, more than half of fatal crashes occurred on arterial (large,four lane) roads (53%).

I want to learn, explore, design and create a better safety solution that meets security, safety and importantly convenience needs for cyclist. To also dive deeper and explore  more how can bicycle be more engaged to the cyclist. (What can bicycle do more than just a transpiration for the cyclist?  What experience and quality is missing and needed during their bike riding.)