Safety Sheld Vehicle Cornering Warning Lamp by Ce Zhong & Jiajin Li |
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| DESIGN NAME: Safety Sheld PRIMARY FUNCTION: Vehicle Cornering Warning Lamp INSPIRATION: The difference of radius between inner wheels is a potential safety hazard for road traffic. When a large vehicle turning a corner, its headstock could turn immediately, but the main body can not. As a result, the difference of radius between inner wheels becomes a ‘killer’ which may cause many accidents each year. How can we solve this problem through design? How can the designed artifact simultaneously work effectively, economically and safety? We try to design this safety lamp to achieve this goal. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: this carefully designed artifact can identify the difference of radius between inner wheels to solve this problem. When a large vehicle turning a corner, the danger area is projected out dynamically on the road based on the real-time angle of the steering wheel. The coded control system is embedded in the safety lamp. Therefore, both vehicle drivers and stakeholders who close to a vehicle can percept the danger area. Thus, they can take actions to avoid a potential accident. Also, safety lamp can help drivers percent blind area when cornering. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: First, when the driver of the large vehicle opens the concerning lamp, Safety Turn begin to work. Second, both pedestrians and drivers can percept the warming lights simultaneously. Third, both of them can take action to avoid the potential accident happen. Fourth, when the vehicle turned around and the driver of the large vehicle closes the concerning lamp, Safety Turn stop to work. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in January 2017 in Chengdu and finished in January 2018 in Vancouver FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: The structure and multiple components are mainly manufactured from CNC machining Transparent PC and injection molding ABS. The spare parts contain a servo, a LED light, and four screws. The control system is MATLAB coded single chip microcomputer (SCM). SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: 120mm x 120mm x 40mm TAGS: safety, mobility, concering, large vehicle, light, interaction RESEARCH ABSTRACT: the research question of this project is how the design of interactive technology can improve the safety of large vehicle concerning in people's everyday lives? We investigate more than three different ways to design this computational artifact with designers, engineers, and researchers get together. We hope this final prototype can be deployed in Vancouver for about 6 mouths. Furthermore, we want to evaluate the design processes through research in this ethnographical quantitive study. CHALLENGE: In what kind of ways to simplify the use of spare parts and control coding to achieve the function, uttermost to reduce the cost of production. How to augment the interaction between drivers and pedestrians through the perception of warming lights. Meanwhile, how to find a good material to meet the outdoor use of large vehicles. After all, the challenge of the design is how to balance those aspects. ADDED DATE: 2017-06-22 01:47:02 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : Ce Zhong, Yvonne Ku, Jiajin Li, Jinyuan Zheng IMAGE CREDITS: Image #1: Ce Zhong Image #2: Ce Zhong Image #3: Ce Zhong Image #4: Ce Zhong Image #5: Ce Zhong |
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NAME: Simon Fraser University PROFILE: Simon Fraser University, commonly referred to as SFU, is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada with campuses in Burnaby, Surrey, and Vancouver. SFU is consistently ranked as one of the top comprehensive universities in Canada, placing first in Maclean's annual University Rankings in 1993, 1996–1998, 2000, 2008–2013, 2015-2016 and 2017. To date, SFU faculty and alumni have won 43 fellowships to the Royal Society of Canada, three Rhodes Scholarships and one Pulitzer Prize. |
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Safety Sheld Vehicle Cornering Warning Lamp by Ce Zhong & Jiajin Li is Runner-up for A' Design Award in Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design Category, 2017 - 2018.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Ce Zhong & Jiajin Li. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Ce Zhong & Jiajin Li. |
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