Blog Assignment 5: Idea Generation Part 2

Mo Chen
Mo Chen
Nov 6 · 8 min read

HMWs

HMW 1. How might we make bike pannier easier to install?

In the market research and user research, I found in complain of bike pannier using, over 50 percent is related to install problem. Like install is too complete install step and the install buckle are too tight or too light.

HMW 2. How might we prevent water enter bike pannier?

The demand of bike pannier is waterproof. We want the bike pannier can prevent stuff event in raining days. Open the Amazon, 90 percent bike pannier is waterproof or water resistance. However, some comments still not satisfy with the existing bike pannier.

HMW 3. How might we make bike pannier stay stable at anytime?

In the complain of bike pannier, expect the quality or two problems I mentioned above. One huge proportion is bike pannier will change shape when it empty or use for a while. During the biking, some people’s heel will hit the bike pannier. It is dangerous for the user.

Set Up

After I know the specific requirements about assignment that from lecture in Oct.29. I spent two days to prepare for the meeting. So, My four participants are totally different in what I showed in blog 4 idea generation one because the schedule problem. The original time is on Wednesday, then changed to Friday. I will reintroduce all of them.

Who

Participant A

A 20 years old male who study at English major. He comes from Minnesota.

Participant B

A 21 years old female who study at earth science major. She comes from Chicago.

Participant C

A 22 years old female who study at chemistry major. She comes from Minnesota.

Participant D

A 18 years old female who study at social sciences major. She comes from New York.

Where

The meeting take place at first floor in Tate Hall.

Time

November 1

4:25 pm-5.25 pm

I divide the meeting into to four sections. The first section include the personal info and describe the purpose and structure for the meeting. Such as exchange name of participants, what is bike pannier and show “how might we” statements. The second section is the warm up activity. The third section is brainstorm session. The fourth section is sorting. The fifth section is voting, draw a star means like, a triangle means creative, a circle means practical.

The time ratio of each section is 1:2:5:1:1.

Material

Sticky notes

5 distinct color pen

Wall

One Table

Five chairs

iPad-to present information

Warm up Games

“Words and Play”

Warm Up

In the assignment rubric, it ask me to develop a original warm up activity. My warm up activity called “ words and play”. I hope this activity can make participants more alive after whole days of class. So that they could perform better in brainstorming.

RULE

In the counterclockwise, one person randomly say a motion word. Then the rest of people need only use face expression and their arm to express a irrelevant move. For example, someone say words “biking”, the other’ may show the play of “sleeping”.

Brainstorm Session

Exceeding my expectation, the sticky notes is not strong enough to stay up the wall for 30 minutes. As the facilitator, I mark the order and rearrange the notes on the table.

30 minutes brainstorm session bring us 36 ideas across 5 people.

(36 ideas) / (30 min) = 1.2 ideas/min

ipm (pp): (1.2 ideas/min) / (5 people) = 0.24 ideas/minute/person

Participant A:

Easy access pockets for food

Place to hole shoes(incase you have different shoes for biking)

A light bulb for light while biking at nigh

Hooks to hang jacket on while biking

Tube that you can drink out of while biking

Pressure opening

Stick stopper

Footplate to open

Electric pannier

Eyeball scanner

Ball buckle to install

Participant B:

Two large containers for water

Speakers/stereos in stead of a bag

Coolers for snacks

AED and medical supplies for emergencies

Two flotsams to keep the bike up in the water. Like a life jacket, but for person’s bike

Whorl to install, like cup cover

Hooks to install

Participant C:

Bike pannier with a projector

Name tag pannier

Bike pannier with two wheels switch to skate boat

Revolving bike pannier with six box

Bike pannier with a umbrella

Push holder to install

Participant D:

Shelf Bike pannier, stretch to a camera stand

Charcoal pen bike pannier, after unpacking protection, some part of pannier can became a pen.

Alphabet bike pannier, help learning

Open and closing with a rocking handle

Me:

Bounce bike pannier, made by rubber

Bathroom curtain bike pannier

Telescope bike pannier

Key board bike pannier

Venetian blinds bike pannier

Caterpillar bike pannier

Finger scanner

Sorting

The sorting separate into parts. Three group for the 3 HMW statements. One group for unrelated HMWs statements BUT fun ideas.

HMW 1. How might we make bike pannier easier to install?

HMW 2. How might we prevent water enter bike pannier?

HMW 3. How might we make bike pannier stay stable at anytime?

Fun ideas

Voting

Since the limit of ideas. People only have three votes in each.

Star mark means LIKE.

Triangle mark means CREATIVE.

Circle mark means PARCTICAL.

Top 10 ideas

  1. (From Marker research idea NO.2)Coffee cup bike pannier

Push the tube in the front, it is the switch to open the pannier. The whole will separate in 4 part, each part is a small inside pocket. Strip is to fasten the pannier.

Combine (From User research idea NO. 3) Magnet for install.

2. (From User research idea NO.8) Stapler Pannier

Whenever people close the pannier then open the inside will switch to another layer, three-layer total. People can feel surprise every time they open the pannier. Engineering structure: button activate rotate the buckle of gear, then the pocket fixed on the certain buckle gear will move.

Combine (From brainstorm) hook for install

3. (From User research idea NO. 4) Knot Bike Pannier

Combine (From Idea Generation part 1 NO.16)Copy plug for install

4. (From Idea Generation part 1 NO. 9, NO.66 , NO. 74 and brainstorm session) AI Bike Pannier

Bike pannier should response the user all the time too. This bike pannier have to connect “bike pannier” App on your phone. The app will show the distance and calorie once pannier moving. Scan things inside pannier. Beside the APP, on the top of bike pannier, there are a emergency button on the bike pannier, to call police. And it have a speaker on the right side. Play music if you want.

Combine (From Idea Generation part 1 NO.17) stopple for install

5. (From Idea Generation part 1 NO.18) Refresh Bike pannier

There is a equipment for putting umbrella cover. This bike pannier have a similar structure with that. Every time, people can get a new pannier.

Combine (From Idea Generation part 1 NO.19) key ring for install

6.(From Idea Generation part 1 NO.30) Stretch Bike pannier

This bike pannier have two form. Small and Large.

7. (From Idea Generation part 1 NO.37) One step Bike Pannier

Normally, there is three steps of using bike pannier. Open it, put stuff in and close it. This bike pannier is like trap with string. Once it feel weight, it will close in two seconds.

Combine (From Market research idea NO. 6) Rolled up strip for install

8. (from Idea generation idea NO.58 with brainstorm session idea) Repair and AED Bike Pannier

A bike pannier with repair tool and emergency medicine.

9. (From Brainstorm) Drinking Tube Bike Pannier

Combine (From Idea Generation part 1 NO.17) stopple for install

10. Gas Bike pannier (From idea generation part NO.71 with brainstorm)

Gas for keep pannier shape also as water flotsam.

Timeline

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