Journal Entry For
Project 2 - HMW
Divergent Thinking
- How might we create a directory for communities to know how to utilize service
- Tablets (iPads) to help users with basic needs
- WiFi hotspot powered by satellite internet connection
- Very labeled signage
- Broadcast on emergency radio frequencies
- Label QR codes on public transit stations and public buildings in advance
- Solar Panels to power communications equipment.
- How might we store and distribute water
- Part of the service/building would be modular water tanks to support communities needs
- Water delivered daily - possibly at first but transition to self sustaining
- Water purification system
- Hook up to a working water line
- Water catchment - Possible to utilize rain water especially in hurricane
- Filling stations - like those at Stanford
- How might we store and distribute food
- Refrigerators & freezers that run off electricity, ie solar panels
- Dry storage for grains
- Work on supplying food that requires less storage preferences and is sustainable
- Canned food for emergency / before the emergency response team can evacuate everyone.
- How might we provide meaningful work
- Employ local people to repair the hub
- Enlist volunteers to distribute food
- Employ people to run the center
- How might we make the structure resilient (~sustainable)
- Use solar panels
- Battery energy storage
- Use recycled water where applicable
- No gas appliances - all electric
- Smart use of resources
- Give money back to community, ie in form of resources
- How might we sustain this business(ie business model)
- Government paid, deploys and paid for when in need
- Yearly service paid for by government
- People pay for supplies and usages as they use in disaster
- Target insurances and get paid yearly from them
- People pay one up tax when it comes in, not required but needed for service
- Donations as is non profit
- Hurricane relief funds
Convergent Thinking
Subset of features from Divergent Thinking
- How might we store and distribute clean water
- Taps to fill containers that people bring
- Purify water by boiling and filtering (link to FDA guidelines on how to do so)
- How might we store and distribute food
- Refrigerators & freezers for dairy, meat, and produce
- Dry storage for grains
- Kitchen for hot meals
- How might we make the structure resilient (~sustainable)
- Integrate solar panels with battery storage in case the electrical grid is broken or unreliable
- must be wind resistant
- How might we provide meaningful work
- Enlist volunteers to distribute food
- Employ local people to clean and the hub