Overview:
Over the course of a semester, my project team and I developed a bike lock for on the go tech-savy cyclists.
The user would be able to walk up to their bike lock, and unlock it using Bluetooth authentication. An interesting piece is that the bike lock would automatically lock, when the user walked away.
This product was also developed with a scrum process cycle. We would do two week sprints with full integration at each design review. I managed the trello boards and made sure that mechanical systems were being designed in the correct time frame.
The user would be able to walk up to their bike lock, and unlock it using Bluetooth authentication. An interesting piece is that the bike lock would automatically lock, when the user walked away.
This product was also developed with a scrum process cycle. We would do two week sprints with full integration at each design review. I managed the trello boards and made sure that mechanical systems were being designed in the correct time frame.
Choosing Features:
While developing the project, we needed to get the input of cyclists for various features. We worked with many bicyclists in the Olin community, who bike more than 5-6 times a week. Some of the members of the community we had worked with had worked in Boston the summer before- so they were tech-savy on the go cyclists. We worked with them to develop features that would have made their lives easier living in Boston. We did brainstorming and some co-design with cyclists in order to bolster the feasibility and utility of our product. Specific features that came out of these sessions were: making the lock a rope, not a U-lock, and adding the "walk away" auto lock feature.
Videos:
A video showcasing the assembly of the device.
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The final video showcasing our product working
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More Info:
For a more in-depth understanding of how we did the project, check out our site at : poeblock.github.io/