Anonymous Company
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Next Challenge: How can we personalize a shared work environment? |
With the rise in energy costs, heating and cooling entire buildings is starting to make less and less sense. What if, instead, each person could have their own efficient, low-cost personal comfort solution that could make you feel less hot or cold, controlled to meet your individual needs? Ideally, each individual would have an entirely self-contained solution that helped them feel warmer or cooler and didn't interfere with anyone else's personal comfort.
For examples of the types of solutions, check out these links:
What creative solutions are best to meet the technical challenges of creating a personal comfort solution? Address each of the following points in your answer:
- Describe the technology and how the personal comfort device will interact with the human body. How is it worn? Does the individual turn it on, does it sense a need and respond? If so, how?
- How does this solution affect the psyche of the individual? Does it change their actual body temperature, or make their perceived temperature change?\
- Will others in the environment that surround the user be affected? Does it create noise or distractions?
- Is power required? If so, how will it be supplied?
- Provide an illustration of your idea to help us visualize your solution.
CRITERIA: We are not looking for a personal air conditioner or HVAC unit. Think outside the box!
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Submissions will be graded on the following criteria:
- Meets Deliverables
- Creativity
- Clarity
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Devin Gustus Pasco-Hernando State College | |
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Miles White University of South Florida | |
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