Dana street assistant

Device that assists People who walk to places or navigates the streets of the city in order to improve their experience.

Our aim is to help pedestrians who move in the urban direction. It is a voice command assistant with a touch screen that can do different functions to help you if you are new in the area, a tourist or a person with disabilities. This device will be connected to the internet with various general applications and a phone line for emergency calls if needed.

With our assistant, we intend to solve the possible needs that may arise for pedestrians during their journeys. We know that in 2050, 75% of the population will live in cities. The large part of the population (90%) travels through public streets to specific destinations. During these journeys, various needs may arise that we, with our assistant, want to be able to solve without profit.

People who walk to places or navigate the streets of the city, including residents of the same city to tourists visiting the city. This project is designed to include as many people of all ages as possible, that the device is on the street provides and offers the opportunity to be assisted whenever they need it and so the city promotes inclusivity and assistance at all times. And for everyone.

Using a user-centric design methodology, a survey was conducted to understand what needs, insecurities, or concerns people of different ages had when traveling down the street. People with functional diversity have also been interviewed to identify the more specific issues that these people may have.

We believe in a connected future, we applied that idea to our surroundings and targeted the street. We think it's important for pedestrians in big cities to have a local point of information that is connected to the specific actions of that city, and most importantly, get help, in need of medical attention or an orientation problem. Big cities are commonly visited locations by people from around the world and having a universal device can help the city become more modern and welcoming.

We have a clear vision of a product and we have planned its applications, we have developed the prototype of a working interface and all the functions it will have. At the same time, we designed the product, which we had studied its proportions as an anthropometric need for all users.

We are 5 students of industrial design engineering and product development. We study in Vilanova i la Geltrú, a city in Catalonia but we all live in different cities. When we all live in cities, we have all find out the same problem and it is that nowadays people in cities are more individualistic, everyone is going their own way. We see how the city is more capitalist where it is based by tourists who come to visit it or by those who live there is focused on consuming. We find that local businesses and activities are being neglected by the people who live there and that is why we want to bring the cities back closer and more authentic.

We considered that this project can change socially when it comes to living in cities, through innovation being able to make cities more authentic again, for people to enjoy the city.