Continuing our peek inside the d.school's new building, a class that uses their classroom to build water filter concepts for rural Cambodia.
Our non-standard classroom lends to the creation and presentation of non-standard deliverables. This picture was taken after our first presentation of "rough prototypes" for the class Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability. Each team has to design comprehensive solutions for problems for the world's poor. Our team is designing a water filter for schools in rural Cambodia. We traveled to Cambodia over spring break to observe the kids in their schools and understand their needs around water use.
We found that some of the primary challenges they face include lifting and transporting the water, understanding microbe transmission, and enjoying using a filter compared to the stream or a hand pump for water. We also wanted to find ways to transport and lift water in ways that are social and/or engaging,...
Our non-standard classroom lends to the creation and presentation of non-standard deliverables. This picture was taken after our first presentation of "rough prototypes" for the class Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability. Each team has to design comprehensive solutions for problems for the world's poor. Our team is designing a water filter for schools in rural Cambodia. We traveled to Cambodia over spring break to observe the kids in their schools and understand their needs around water use.
We found that some of the primary challenges they face include lifting and transporting the water, understanding microbe transmission, and enjoying using a filter compared to the stream or a hand pump for water. We also wanted to find ways to transport and lift water in ways that are social and/or engaging,...
- 5/7/2010
- by the d.school
- Fast Company
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