Friday, October 22, 2010

A new use for airbag!

http://gizmodo.com/5668304/this-pretty-girl-is-wearing-an-invisible-airbag-helmet

Can you believe that? This girl is wearing an airbag helmet!

Well, it's not that the airbag is used for decoration, but rather, it's made in a way can be carried, so people can wear one while biking! (check the link to see how it works)

As you can see in the video, when it's hidden, it may fit into one's overcoat, and when activated by vibration (due to the impact of a car for e.g.), the airbag expands and wrap around the entire head.

If it had any user, I would say that they wear it mainly to show-off. It seems so cool when under some condition, "puff!", an white helmet appear out of nowhere. However, I can't deny it should function well, as airbag is widely used in auto-vehicles.

If I become an enthusiast of this product, I could see myself designing similar device like airbag kneepad... For user's need for better protection, or, better show-off.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

solving a problem using toulmin's argument

  Claim: I should not worry about the fact that I worry about my future all the time.
  Grounds: My psychology teacher told me that the age around 18-20 see a lot of life change, thus is most likely to have stress, and thereafter, worries.
  Warrant: I'm no different than other young adults.
  Backing: I go to college, I have normal emotion, etc, everything proves that I'm a normal person.
  Qualifier: For most of the time, my worries are the worries that my peer are having, so it make sense that I worry!