Transcript MIP_thailand_project - Learning, Design and Technology

Thailand Project
M P
-Mini Information Projector Haujia Chew
Kavin Asavanant
Jennie Chun
Solve Issues of
Designed for
Rural villagers of
Thailand who have
no access to
Internet or
communication
media: Living in the
rural areas, these
villagers are blind with
job information
Unemployment,
Prostitution,
Drug dealers,
Users are
Gangs, rising economic
issues: Unemployed
People who are
youths are joining gangs
searching jobs or
or becoming drug
people who
dealers, Inexperienced
need information
girls
about unfamiliar
are deceived by
areas: Without prior
dishonest job
knowledge of the new
recruiters and end up
area, newcomers
as prostitutes,
encounter hardship on
adjusting and eventually Seasonal workers like
derail from their original farmers have nothing
to do during off-seasons
goals of finding jobs
M P
-Mini Information Projector-
MIP is a tool that’s designed to address the problems of limited
access to information regarding jobs, housing, medical care, etc.
This tool will help rural Thai obtain accurate information about the
jobs and the regions their jobs are located at.
Through the tool, users will be able to
search for job openings in different
regions, obtain basic information about
life in their interest regions before
they decide to take the risk of moving.
Features of
M P
Touch Strip Scroll bar:
Scroll the projected
screen up and down by
using the touch strip
Projector:
Information is
projected on any
surface / Adjust tip
for comfortable
view
Touch Strip for
Thumb: To
select
information
Voice Recognition
System: Microphone is
built in to recognize voice
and transfer information
to projected screen
USB Port:
Unscrew
middle part
for USP
port
LED Charging
Indicator:
Indicates data
transfer process
Before
M Pwas launched into Rural Villages
Lily and Mike lives in this
rural village of Thailand.
They have little or no access
to internet so they have lack
information on jobs in
Bangkok. But they believe
that once they go to the city,
a better job and better future
awaits…
I’m Lily. I’m going to the
city for a new job. I don’t
know what I’ll do but I’ll
search one when I get
there.
I’m Mike. I’m also
looking for a job in the
city. I don’t have much
information on jobs but
there should be a
suitable job for a great
looking guy like me.
Lost in Bangkok…
I was lost in the city: I didn’t
know what to do or where to
go. I followed a lady who
offered me a job and ended up
in the brothels. I hate my
life……
Lily and Mike arrive in Bangkok
but having no information they’re
completely lost and ends up living
miserable lives in the daunting
city…
I came to the city with a dream
but had no luck on finding a job.
I ended up working at night:
robbing houses……..
When
M P is launched into their lives…
Lily and Mike are looking for
jobs in areas that are far from
their own village. They start
the day by going to the village
outpost (it could be the post
office or government
institution) to update their
helpful job searching device,
MIP.
Updating Data into
MIP
Charger
MP
The MIP charger is connected to a computer
and has six outlets to simultaneously charge
a number of MIPs. Unscrew the middle part
of the device and plug the USB port into the
charger. The red light will blink during data
transfer progress and when done the green
light will blink.
Another way to disseminate
information is bringing two different
MIPs together: fit the two device
into each other’s USB hub and the
information from one device to
another will be transferred.
Users won’t have to
How
M P works when job searching
User turns the upper part of device to turn
it on. Then talks into the microphone on
the tip of device.
Touch Strip
Scroll bar
User: “Jobs in Bangkok”
Device will project various job offers in
Bangkok. He scrolls up and down with
touch strip to view more information. To
select a category he taps the lower touch
sensitive area with thumb.
Jobs in Bangkok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Accounting
Advertising
Banking
Computers and Software
Education
Engineering
Finance
Touch Strip
for Thumb
Microphone
How
M P works when Region information needed
MIP also provides the user with information on how to
survive in new and unfamiliar regions regarding
housing, food, transportation, medical care and etc.
User: “Housing information in Phuket ”
Information on the cheapest housing to the well
qualified housing will appear on the projected screen.
Housing Information in Phuket
1.
2.
3.
4.
Apartment
Home Stay
House
Rents
Benefits of
MP
I’m a rice paddy farmer who
works in spring. I had nothing
to do during off-seasons but
thanks to MIP I work as a
fisherman in a nearby village.
I’m happy to work and make a
living all year around.
I used to babysit for the village
children but now I have a
decent job in Bangkok. I work
as a secretary at a finance
company. Thanks to MIP I’ve
learned how to survive in this
busy and daunting city as well.
Benefits of
MP
MIP attempts to solve problems
ranging from searching for a job to
indirectly helping curbing the AIDS
epidemic with the reduce of
prostitutes, reduce the rate of drug
dealers, criminality rate and
increasing the productivity of
Thailand’s economy which in turns
decreases the society’s poverty
level.
Thanks,
M P!!