design path

A decision must be made before I can continue. From the information I get from the initial studies and interview, I have made my own criteria for this project.

"Ordinary"

 it has been a very frequent word I heard from interviewees. They would like to use ordinary objects designed and used by everybody, rather than those exclusively made for them. The main reasons for that are, price, availability, and discrimination
(a better word needed...)

Simplicity

While 82% of all people who are blind are 50 years of age and older
(from WHO), the easiness to access the most important functions is more important than the number of them.

Updated information

A device with an open system would enable it to acquire continuous updated information. With the ever growing evolution on handheld device and mobile service, a product that makes use of it would make more sense than doing everything on its own.

Mobile handhelds today are also very capable computers. They have enough computing power to do taskes such as voice recognition, high rate data exchanging and even some 3D application. Sensors like GPS and accelorometer are also emerging. It is almost no doubt that they will gain more capabilities in the near future. As the mobile handheldsnot only to reduce the cost, weight and technical complexity,
So I decide to make this device an accessory to mobile handheld.

Social and market adaptation is also crucial. It has to be weighed together with functionality.

Based upon those criteria, I chose the 3rd path. Some more detailed concepts have been developed based on that.They could be categorized as:

1, Hand related concepts, like wristband, gloves, rings etc.

2, Foot related concepts, like shoes, shoe mats, nike+ipod like device etc.

3, Torso/head related concepts, like cap, necklace, garment etc.