1.+Brainstorming


 * BRAINSTORMING**

What are the current underserved needs in developing nations? - health care - education - pollution - shelter - electricity - food preservation - communication/connectivity - transportation - ways to replace physical labor tasks... or make them easier...

Narrowing it down... - try focusing on a geographic location? - try creating a service rather than a product? (ie. educational service) - try creating both a product and a service?

Initial Product: A bicycle with an attached dynamo? - usage of the bicycle will also function to charge and store electricity in a battery (i think) that can be used later.

features: + will incorporate design features from the worldbike/big load carrying bicycles to ensure that (1) its construction will be inexpensive and (2) it will be able to support large carrying capacities. + will incorporate a dynamo? that will charge and store electricity upon the bike's usage + multi purpose invention (provides transportation means AND creates electricity for use later) ie. bikes are something that people are going to use on a daily basis anyway... therefore, it makes sense to utilize the energy that they expend on biking in a way that can applied for further use.

Initial Service: A bicycle exchange service. - will host a bicycle rental service based on a distribution system similar to the cell phone one?

Combined Product &Service: - host the bicycle rental service... but make all of the bike's have the charging function and sell the batteries?

Who is our underserved target market: - low income - does not own a bicycle - seeking affordable transportation means and/or electrical energy alternatives

Inspirational sources: [] (bicycle) [] (bicycle) [] (cell-phone exchange service)

Other ideas: - add a built in compartment to load on q-drums? (since q-drums are coming into standardized use in developing nations?) - also add a water filter function?

Other research: - [] (water transportation device) - [] (food preservation device) - [] (combination of a bicycle and a water filter)