In the past 2 weeks, I have accomplished many things in the Immersion part of this project. Firstly, I decided to change the problem I was trying to solve. My original problem was people on crutches not being able to use water fountains, however after my interview, I found out that traveling in the rain while on crutches was an even bigger problem than my original. I thought that this was a problem that is worth trying to solve because according to my interviewee that was the hardest problem he had faced in the 3 months that he was on crutches.
After choosing the problem I was solving, I started to research about existing products that already help people solve this. There were many solutions to the crutches slipping in the rain, such as water tips, but I soon came to realize that there were not as many solutions for holding an umbrella in the rain. Because of the lack of solutions out there for this problem, I decided to tackle it. I found that there were three ways that people solved this problem. They either had someone carry the umbrella for them, used an umbrella hat, or used a tool called the over the shoulder umbrella holder.
I started to brainstorm for other ways I can solve this problem, and I came up with my own solution. I decided to create an invention that allows you to stick the umbrella in your crutches so that it stays above you at all times. I did my design brief, explaining my idea, and then I did my design specification. The design spec was pretty helpful because I noticed one weakness that my product could have. It may be hard for the person to stay under the umbrella when using their crutches. I am still thinking of new ways to get past this weakness, but from where I am now this idea sounds pretty good.
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