Personal Reflection for Semester 2 - The Elderly Challenge

I have learnt various skills that are important in designing a product that will be beneficial for elderly.
Creativity is beneficial in designing the product. We always have to keep in mind that sometimes the simplest ideas can made into a great product.
I also leaernt that courage and confidence is necessary. I had to take a lot of risks when I was building the product, which meant that I had to remove some commponents of the prototype to try to make the product better. Courage was important as I had to be certain that I had done my best in the Multi-Media presentation.
Critical thinking is required as I had to put myself in the elderly's shoes to see what problems they would face and if they would buy the product. I also had to make sure that my Multi-Media presentation would relate to the elderly to entice them to purchase my product.
Intellectual curiosity was needed as I explored and experiment with all the different designs that my product could take and the materials used to build the product. For example, I had to decide what type of non-slip rubber I wanted use to build the product.
I had to be committed to completing the task or I would have to rush to complete the task.
I needed cross-cultural understanding as I had to imagine that was an elderly person and find what problems I had if I was to do a certain task or go somewhere. Basically, I had to relate myself with the elderly.


I needed to change my product halfway through the project as my first product, I felt was not very useful. Another problem was the time constraints came with the projects. Even though I had completed my work, I remained unsure if I had done all I can.

I overcame these problems by choosing a problem that elderly faced and brainstorm about ideas that can potentially solve the problem. I also asked my grandmother what problems she had so that I could think of ways to solve the problem. I remained calm and told myself that I had done all I can. These were the ways I overcame the difficulties.