- Project Development
a. Describe your partner
My partner, as i mentioned before, is named Si Yi. She is a wonderful girl with genuine passion to connect with people. She has been living in a wheelchair her whole life, but it does not stop her from wanting to connect with people.
b. What are they difficulties
Her mother told us that Si Yi wants to go out more independently, because all this time, her mother would accompany her to everywhere. She has a lot of challenges to overcome if she decides to go out by herself, such as trouble getting into the bus, and using an umbrella. So we decided to help her to be able to use an umbrella!
c. Project & Development
This week, we made an update to our umbrella project. So we ordered an automatic umbrella and a stick to put the umbrella on. However, the automatic umbrella had some problems. First of all, it is considerably heavy, we need to make sure if Si Yi is able to hold it. Secondly, the umbrella automatically opens, but when it closes, we have to pull it all the way through (which needs a big effort) so that it can open again. So we decided to just use an ordinary umbrella. We will find out more on the user testing tomorrow. Here are some pictures. 
