Project Overview:

For this project, we were tasked with designing a unique Starship delivery system that goes beyond food service and produces new kinds of human-to-human connections.

Key Findings:

Investigation/Background Research:

• Issues with Starships:
  • Starships are currently only used for food deliveries
  • Potentially take jobs away from people
  • Lengthy deliver times
  • Starship integration requires hiring a developer to extend your software
  • Starships can malfunction, get stuck, hit, or harassed
  • Delivery range is limited and the bounds are inconsistent

Interviews:

We interviewed some students about their thoughts on the Starship delivery service:

Questions:

• Demographic questions
• General food delivery questions
• Starship focused questions
• Open discussion

Findings:

• Food deliver lacks appeal for some
• Not often a consideration for off-campus students
• Boundaries are inconsistent
• Students sometimes harass the Starships
• Very few restaurants to choose from

Example of the inconsistent delivery bounds.

Brainstorming and Ideas:

Here are some of our brainstorming and ideas that we were able to come up with:

Pre-interview brainstorming:

• Gamify Starships
• Deliver tools for rentals
• Tour guides
• Deliver medicine
• Doggy doors but for Starships
• Service to help integrate your business with Starship

Post-interviews brainstorming:

• Improve consistency of service
• Make service more accessible (cost, location, speed, etc)

Storyboarding:

<aside> 💡 At the project mid-point we had decided on the idea of Starships being used to deliver medicine.

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A storyboard depicting a student deciding to get a Starship medicine delivery.

An additional storyboard depicting the order/delivering process.

This storyboard depicts an idea that someone nearby could get notification about possibly retrieving a medicine deliver for someone from the Starship.

Our Solution:

Allow Starship to deliver medicine, and enable longer-range delivery with charging-stops to provide more options to more students.

Details of the solution:

• Aids students who are too sick to leave thier living space
• Can help reduce spread of germs
  • Delivered medicine is kept in a bag to reduce contamination