3rd Year Thesis Project

Hi Everyone

I have been struggling to choose my final year project. We are supposed to look for a problem without knowing what we would do to solve it eg: Assault on police in riot gear, 60% of new mothers not breast feeding etc... and then go back and pick apart the problem to find possible solutions.

The best two problems I have come up with are 'Portable Power Sources In Remote Locations' and 'Reducing the strain on parents when moving young children in and out of vehicles. I know neither are particularly inspiring.

If anyone has or knows of any serious problems that really could do with solving; be it safety issues, social, security, anything... tell me and I will see if I can make a project out of them.

Thanks

Alex

Just curious what course you are doing sounds similar to the kinda thing i get on my BSc Product Design course??

People not reading enough? Reading not being cool? People not getting enough exercise? Peoples body/back posture not being right? People not realising they are out of milk? People losing their keys? Vandalism? Lack of recycling? Lack of composting? Lights/taps being left on? Noise from roads/streets keeping people awake at night?
A load of random ideas that sprang to mind :proud:

Right either:
moving a heavyweight robot around, including over the lip & the uneven boot of a car
or
A way to minimise floor space taken up by a baby buggy on a bus, whilst maintaining all existing functionality, with the function of hanging shopping off the handles. Without said buggy falling over.