Challenge: How can we increase safety, through a wearable interaction design that facilitates awareness regarding exceeding speed limits to riders of personal electric scooters?
- Timeline: 7th Semester, 2019
- Type/Setting: School Project
- Team: Julie Corlin Mikkelsen, Nadia Urvashi Ryberg, Ridwan Asad Mohamed, Tummas Jóhan Sigvardsen
- Supervisor: Rikke Hagensby Jensen
- Skills: Problem Scoping, Brainstorming, Design Critique Sessions, Imperative Programming
Abstract
Green Mobility is a global initiative for countries and companies, innovating sustainable transportation solutions for future generations. In this paper, we will develop an interaction design for riders of personal electric scooters with the focus on reducing travel speeds, thereby possibly decreasing speed-related injuries. Through a study by Austin Public Health, they found that 37% of the injuries related to e-scooters are directly correlated to travel speed. Throughout this paper, the focal point has been the use of vibrotactile feedback to alert the user. We chose this to minimize the visual overload that the users can experience while riding e-scooters, thereby emphasizing that they keep their attention on the road. The goal is to make sustainable transportation a more attractive alternative and ensure the user’s safety. To reach this goal, we have created the wearable glove, Breezy.
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