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BounceFly
Popular Science / CORE77
Design Competition (2004)
Time: 3 weeks of brainstorming, 1 furious weekend to realize the design
Techniques: brainstorming, sketching, CAD, composites, rendering, writing
Tools: table napkins, SolidWorks, Photoshop
Team: 3 designers (my role)
 
Design Objective:
Design a new product that exploits the energy generated by the human body in novel and creative ways.

Design Solution:
Exploiting the joys of bouncing on a simple trampoline, the design harnesses the energy from jumping and accumulates it. Once enough energy is stored as air pressure, jumping on the Fly platform releases the stored energy to propel the user farther and higher than they could ever do on a normal diving board.

BounceFly design submission

Result:
A new product that takes two established activities and combines them to generate even more excitement and fun! Take the thrill of diving and double it so that you get a rush on the way up and on the way down.

The design was awarded Runner-UP in the Popular Science/ CORE77 Design Challenge and published in the January 2004 Issue of the magazine. It has also been published in the Italian magazine Focus.




Links:
www.core77.com/challenge/humanpower/
BounceFLY design submission
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