This is the first week of the project. Groups were formed and projects were selected. After getting up to speed with the situations in Thailand from Dr. Moseson (who was in Thailand at the time), brief brainstorming on solutions occurred. Our proposed problem in it's basic form is to transport heavy items up dangerous, steep and uneven terrain without increasing the laborer's physical strain.
In order to accurately create a solution to this problem that can cooperate with the people of Thailand, an outline of the stakeholder's, their needs, and some specifications is to be created before next week. This document is collaborative through Google Docs and can be accessed here.
We brainstormed ideas as a group for the up-hill transportation system. Some of the ideas include a zipline, conveyor belt, bike gear powered or man powered pulley system, and a treaded wheel shopping cart type structure.
In addition, this very blog was setup, biographies on each group member were created, and tentative project responsibilities distributed.
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