Download - 2020 Vision - Transport for the Future
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Background
The UK Government has established a programme to
predict what the future willl look like, so that funding and
research can be appropriately directed.
This programme is called Foresight (www.foresight.gov.uk)
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Problems with Foresight
The Foresight committees are made up of eminentscientists, engineers, technologist, academics etc
They are primarily men in suits
They have difficulty thinking outside the box
They like to play safe
Their ideas move forward in small incremental steps
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Young Foresight
Young Foresight was established to help get around this
problem
Get young people, who are not restricted by previous
experience to brainstorm and come up with innovative
ideas
This is todays challenge!
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The Challenge:
Transport of the Future Today you will develop some innovative ideas and concepts about
transport in the future; for the year 2020
You will have to do some very quick research
You will have to generate several concepts argue them through with your team mates
and select one area that you will develop further
model your design in some way
brand your design
By the end of the day you will have to present your idea to an expert
Remember, think big, think different, think outside the box!
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Some Thoughts to Get You Started
Air Vehicles:
Mass transport (Big passenger aircraft)
Personal transport (Small, safe, easy to
operate)
Cargo transport
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Ground Vehicles:
Mass people transport (bus,train,tram)
Personal transport (car,motorbike,hovercraft)
Cargo transport (lorries, trains)
Some Thoughts to Get You Started
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Some Ideas to Get You Started
Hybrids
Flying cars
Boat planes
Hover trains Space planes
InfrastructureAirports
Stations (bus/train/carports)
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Some Thought to Get You Started
What about fuel?
No (or very little) fossil fuels available?
The Environment?
Roads already too busy
Skies already becoming overcrowded
Sustainablity/Reuseability?
Cant afford to use lots of materials that we just throw away after use
What happens to our products at the end of their life?
Technology?
New materails might be available by 2020
Alternative/new energy sources? Clever and smart structures
Artificial intelligence
Augmented Humans
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Timetable
Concept Generation Get lots of ideas flowing
Then downselect to one/two ideas
Design Start thinkig in more detail
How would it work?
How would it be made?
What is it made of? Model
How can you demonstrate what it might look like
Make a model of it (or bits of it)
Drawings (CAD?)
Presentation
How will you present it to an expert (in 2 minutes max) Need a team/project name and some initial branding ideas
What/who is your market?
Any ideas of costs?
Any major risks involved (Technology, cultural)
Timings
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Teams
160 pupils
4 x 40 classes
5 teams of 8 in each group
Roles: Project manager Deputy PM
Researchers
Modellers
Presenters Designers
Branding and marketing
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Resources
Images of the future
Advanced Technology ideas
Young Foresight DVD
Internet access for each group Modelling materials
CAD
Presentation facilities (powerpoint or not?) T-shirts? (each team to present in team shirt, with team logo)
Prizes?