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Postby Jahn » Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:33 am
I am a Product Designer who is searching for an product what i can create for my Bachelor thesis.
If you have an idea, feel free to let me know what product you are thinking about.
thanks in advance
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Postby Toby » Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:33 am
A bar with a Microloop
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Postby pmaggie » Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:45 am
A system to completely kill the kite in case of real emergency, something that works "automatically". I think, e.g., at a QR that fires by itself in case of a death loop.
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Postby Toby » Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:11 am
pmaggie wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:45 am
A system to completely kill the kite in case of real emergency, something that works "automatically". I think, e.g., at a QR that fires by itself in case of a death loop.
That would be dangerous. Imagine doing a kite loop...
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Postby pmaggie » Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:22 am
Must activate only when the kite is looping fast several times, not during a kite loop, that's the difficult part of the project. I frankly don't know how could it work, maybe checking the number of loops and their speed, for example if the kite loops more than 10 times in the same direction without untwisting, the QR activates by itself.
As for suicide mode, must be a system that can be trigged or not, a safety for the average Joes like me.
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Postby cor » Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:47 am
Wetsuit with a zipper on the collar to attach a hood.
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Postby Toby » Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:59 am
A GPS Woo with an integrated emergency button...
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Postby nixmatters » Tue Mar 03, 2020 12:03 pm
cor wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:47 am
Wetsuit with a zipper on the collar to attach a hood.
And integrated straps in that wetsuit - a built-in seat harness. Add a plate and convert it to a waist harness
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Postby jkrug » Tue Mar 03, 2020 12:41 pm
a 12M kite that doesn't suck.
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Postby foilholio » Tue Mar 03, 2020 1:22 pm
Assassin ants
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