Lesson 2: Sharing and further development of idea

From a recap of last week's brainstorming, my group's idea is to create a kinetic powered bicycle. We wrote down the features of the bicycle and also did a rough sketch of the bicycle although it did not turn out well in the end.

After that, we were asked to share our idea to the other groups and seek understanding from the other groups and hopefully further implement on our idea.There were many different feedbacks from the other groups such as the weight consideration of the bicycle, how will the docking unit and power source be implemented on the bicycle?, whether the power source is detachable?

After the feedback from the other groups, we manage to finalise and further implement on our idea.
How does it work?

A kinetic turbine is connected to the gears of the pedal and as the user cycles, electricity is generated on a detachable generator as the turbine turns. This electricity generated from the turbine would enable the user to charge his iphone or ipod as he cycles.

Features of kinetic powered bicycle

• Docking Unit to charge iphone and ipod.
• Saves electricity through the use of kinetic energy to electrical energy.
• Able to detach generator for home uses and etc.

After today's lesson, I realised that engaging other people in idea discussions can help further develop and modify the idea as flaws would be discovered throughout the discussion rather than engaging alone which would be futile.