As a part of an activity, we had to take a walk around the 4th and 5th phase of Yelahanka New Town and create a map, all while being sympathetic to the needs of the elderly, women, children, physically challenged and the blind. Because navigating the city for the people who fall under the mentioned categories is a task in itself. It shouldn't be.
We were supposed to come up with a crazy idea which could serve as a solution to the problems we observed. Our group came up with the idea, the "Hover Bubble". It's a blend of several ideas which seemed to be catering to most of the problems faced by the target population.
The Hover Bubble, or HoveBub is a 5-foot diameter spherical, man-sized, personal air vehicle which serves aviation. It's features include a comfortable seat with a safety belt, controls on the arms of the chair, speakers on the side, a screen displaying map, camera live feeds from various angles outside, ventilation mechanism, storage unit, engines (nitrogen-cooled super conducting magnets perhaps) , highly mechanized motion sensors, voice navigation GPS and auto pilot.
The idea seems highly advanced and over-hopeful, almost insane, but sometimes great ideas start of this way. Perhaps it'll be a reality in the future.
Making of the HoveBub:
We made a prototype model, starting off by some research on the internet about the structure framework, pre-existing hovering and floating machines to get a a rough idea of how to practically go about making it.
Making an inflatable chair as the seat was our first task.We went downtown and purchased all the material, after calculating the the required measurements. We learned where to find the cheapest material, and what adhesive to use with which material. The following day, we got nozzles inserted from the bicycle repair shop.
Next in line was the main body framework of our vehicle. For the structure we used slit bamboo, masking tape, and thread. Bending them into shape and fixing them together into a remotely spherical shape. We then covered it with transparent cellophane paper- to represent the see through, shatter-proof material we imagined our HoveBub to be made of and the bottom half with news print paper where the engines and storage compartment would be.
We were supposed to come up with a crazy idea which could serve as a solution to the problems we observed. Our group came up with the idea, the "Hover Bubble". It's a blend of several ideas which seemed to be catering to most of the problems faced by the target population.
The Hover Bubble, or HoveBub is a 5-foot diameter spherical, man-sized, personal air vehicle which serves aviation. It's features include a comfortable seat with a safety belt, controls on the arms of the chair, speakers on the side, a screen displaying map, camera live feeds from various angles outside, ventilation mechanism, storage unit, engines (nitrogen-cooled super conducting magnets perhaps) , highly mechanized motion sensors, voice navigation GPS and auto pilot.
The idea seems highly advanced and over-hopeful, almost insane, but sometimes great ideas start of this way. Perhaps it'll be a reality in the future.
Making of the HoveBub:
We made a prototype model, starting off by some research on the internet about the structure framework, pre-existing hovering and floating machines to get a a rough idea of how to practically go about making it.
Making an inflatable chair as the seat was our first task.We went downtown and purchased all the material, after calculating the the required measurements. We learned where to find the cheapest material, and what adhesive to use with which material. The following day, we got nozzles inserted from the bicycle repair shop.
Next in line was the main body framework of our vehicle. For the structure we used slit bamboo, masking tape, and thread. Bending them into shape and fixing them together into a remotely spherical shape. We then covered it with transparent cellophane paper- to represent the see through, shatter-proof material we imagined our HoveBub to be made of and the bottom half with news print paper where the engines and storage compartment would be.
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