COM-DRONE.
PROJECT BRIEF.
School Studio Project M2/
12 Wks. Individual Work/
TIMELINE
Feb. 2020 - May 2020
Design Research, Journey Map,
Storytelling, Ideation, Validation.
Warning System for Incoming Disasters.
Com-Drone is a part of a disaster resilience system designed to help victims actively receive accurate information. Com-Drone is a drone with sensors and projectors that can transmit and receive real-time information from hazard areas. It helped the rescue team to analyze local hazard reports. Meanwhiles, it delivers necessary messages to victims.
Information imbalance causes inequality.
PROBLEM
DEFINE.
#01
USER
JOURNEY
#02
#03
Challenges.
LOS ANGELES.
The earthquakes of California are caused by the movement of huge blocks of the earth's crust- the Pacific and North American plates. The Pacific plate is moving northwest, scraping horizontally past North America at a rate of about 50 millimeters (2 inches) per year. About two-thirds of this movement occurs on the San Andreas fault and some parallel faults- -- the San Jacinto, Elsinore, and Imperial faults (see map). Over time, these faults produce about half of the significant earthquakes of our region, as well as many minor earthquakes.
EARTHQUAKE.
Research Case.
According to the inventor of the entire field of paleoseismology, Kerry Sieh, big quakes like this occur on the southern San Andreas every 45-230 years and we haven’t had one in 161 years.
The Big Shake will be at least 11 times stronger than the Ridgecrest earthquake(2019) and 44 times stronger than Northridge(1994).
California is home to two-thirds of the nation’s earthquake risk.
Fault
Maps.
Los Angeles’s Liquefaction and Fault Maps, which indicated high-potential areas that occur earthquakes.
FACT.
In the event of a major earthquake, assistance from resources outside of California will be delayed by as much as 48-72 hours due to travel distance, the availability of transportation, and damage to routes leading into the impact area.
macro.
(STEEPx)
Social.
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Equity
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Access
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Geographic.
Everyone should be able to access resilience assistance.
Technology.
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Security
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Responsive
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Communication.
Technology assists search and rescue team to improve efficiency.
Economic.
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Asset Lost
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Market Influence
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Real-time Monitoring.
Japan Stock Market was significantly affected by the 2011 earthquake.
Environmental.
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Recovery
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Energy Lost
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Chemical Pollution.
Chemical leaks could create chaos in the post-earthquake situation.
Political.
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Priority.
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Implement.
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Regulation.
Space Development like Mexico city‘s bike lane are lifelines after the disaster.
PROBLEM
DEFINE /01
MASS
PANIC
One commonly held disaster myth is that people develop an insurmountable, illogical fear in the face of a disaster. In turn, this fear becomes infectious, spreads to others, and causes people to flee without thinking and in a chaotic manner that could hurt those around them.
What can we help the victims to calm down?
RUMORS DURING DISASTER.
People always panic while disasters happened. When disasters strike, people increasingly rely on social media to learn about the appropriate response and to inform their decisions. The downside is that rumors can spread rapidly across social media platforms. Some of these rumors can have serious detrimental outcomes for public safety. For example, after both hurricanes Harvey and Irma, false information was spread over social media that immigration status would be checked at evacuation shelters. Rumors like this could affect evacuation decision-making and put both local residents and emergency responders at greater risk.
*Source from National Science Foundation.
Outside rescue, relief, and recovery agencies almost always miscalculate the number of available resources for basic needs that are available locally in the aftermath of a disaster. They believe there are not enough materiel, supplies, and personnel for the initial response.
Accurate Assessments
Are more important than Act Fast.
“Hurricane Katrina donations (ii)” by Barret Anspach
CURRENT
RESCUE
PROCESS
Receive requests from local rescue force, and start to deploy.
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Asking for nearby how many people are missing.
2
Using sounds - hear a rhythmic sound and attract attention.
3
Using technology or dogs to find victims.
4
Get the right tools for leveraging and cribbing.
5
INTRODUCE
COM-DRONE.
- Searching.
- Communicating.
- Informing.
/02 USER
JOURNEY
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DRONE CONCEPT
SEARCH/
Locate the hazard areas first, and quickly assume the number of needs who were affected by the disasters.
COMMUNICATE/
INFORM/
To resume the broken communication network, using the drones to amplify and convert the signals from the communication satellites.
Locate the hazard areas first, and quickly assume the number of needs who were affected by the disasters.
Ideation/
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Easy to Change the different modes to suit the current situation.
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To deliver messages for victims who may not have access to the internet in hazard areas. Provide real-time transmissions to the outside world.
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Helping rescue teams to assess damages and hazard areas, providing real-time situation with 3D mapping technology.
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Helping rescue team to disinfect in some contaminated areas.
Concept & Storytelling.
Tools: Solidworks & Keyshot.
using SPEAKER, PROJECTOR, and PHONE NETWORK to INFORM local victims with valid information for evacuation.
STORYBOARD/
Disaster Happened.
2: 45 p.m.
Rescue Responded.
2: 50 p.m.
Network Resumed.
2: 55 p.m.
Victim Perspective.
Rescue Team Summoned.
3 p.m.
Rescue Tools Prepared.
4:30 p.m.
Rescue Team Perspective.
Rescue Team Deployed.
5:30 p.m.
Local Site Damage Assessment.
5:30 p.m.
SEARCH
&
INFORM.
SCAN
&
ASSIST.
Professional Validation.
McKennon Jarvis - Firefighter from Salem Utah Fire Department.
Pro.
Agreed on the ideas about the importance of communication.
After the post-earthquake happened, she wants to communicate with the outside world to receive information and tell people she was fine.
Mapping technology should be explaining more details.
Con.
Will, it fits all the functions inside that tiny body of the drone?
Is that battery can last long enough to continue providing networks for victims.
Who will be the stakeholders? Who will be the users for those drones?