Target User Thomas, a commercial pilot
Opportunity Mapping Problem Complexity of the cockpit
When the pilot is SURE, the passengers are SAFE.
Problem
Opportunity
Different cockpits with different configurations
Customization/ personalization options for the pilot
Identifying problems faced by target user
Amidst all the difficulty, lies opportunity. Hello! Meet Thomas, a commercial pilot trainee. His training in the flight simulator has just started. He is very excited but also scared to see all the complexities there are about a cockpit. He gets this wild thought, how wonderful it would be if he could customize all those complex buttons just the way he arranges icons on his cell phone/laptop home screen. The aircraft then would rearrange itself as preferred by him, just when he logs into the real cockpit with his unique ID.
Opportunity A flexible Graphical User interface (GUI) could bridge the gap.
Team UNO | National Institute of Design | Gandhinagar
The Concept
The concept has been explained in the form of a video. Below is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLw_F-KQutE&feature=youtu.be
Team UNO | National Institute of Design | Gandhinagar
Though the functions are same. A person familiar with windows faces problems with mac.
Same way a person familiar with airbus needs rigorous training for a Boeing
Whereas between a Sony and Dell. Windows bridges the gap.
A universal touch screen interface would bridge this gap and revolutionize flying.
The greater system would be a global GUI for the benefit and safety of all.
Team UNO | National Institute of Design | Gandhinagar
Prototyping Team UNO has certain expertise with automotive clay and thermocol. Therefore these conventional form development methods could be used to develop a scale model of the cockpit. Existing tablet PCs and cell phones can be interconnected and set up in the model to replicate the conceptual interface.
Team UNO | National Institute of Design | Gandhinagar