Defining my problem, user & constraints:
- What problems or needs could be addressed in my product?
Energy Capture and Storage
2. Market analysis relating to the topic of Energy Capture and Storage in which sale is possible
- People with less/no access to electricity and have no choice but to try to catch up with contemporary devices. My project could be to provide them with the ability to charge without need to pay electricity bills
- People who like to go camping might want to use their phone to take photos or contact their families might not have the conditions to replenish their phone, I could design an apparatus that charge their phone using solar or kinetic energy.
3. What problems could arise in the future?
- What could be made in the time restraint of a mere five lessons?
- With all the already original designs out there, how can I make something original?
- How do I know about the accessibility of whatever materials I need?
- How do I generate 30 divergent ideas?
- What will I use to design my final idea, though I only know tinkercad
4. Examples – Precedents
Solar Panel: This type of energy capture device captures and utilises the most common source of energy, which is the sun. This device captures the light energy and NOT heat energy of the sun. This could relate somehow to my idea, as I could use solar energy as a source of charging phones if in the nature, especially for someone who is in the desert.
Windmill: A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy (kinetic)
Watermill: A watermill is a utilizer of hydropower, though not usually used to produce electric energy, it can be modified – like a windmill – to do so.
Speakers: Speakers work by converting electrical energy into mechanical energy (motion). The mechanical energy compresses air and converts the motion into sound energy or sound pressure level (SPL).
