Extra functionality of a PLB?? (student research)
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:28 pm
Good morning,
I’m looking for a few opinions here to help with research for a project I’m currently doing. I am an industrial Design student from Loughborough University- the idea for the project is to make a Personal Locator beacon which can self-activate when the user becomes incapable of activating it themselves.
Although I am a keen climber and mountaineer, I haven’t ever been in a situation which I feel would warrant carrying a PLB, so hopefully I can get some insights from some of you with more experience (any opinions are welcome!).
I’m looking into functionality that could be added to the device to increase the physical interaction with it. Being an automatic PLB (albeit with manual controls as well) I don’t really have any design requirements for the unit- it could just be a box with a button on.
Any opinions on what would be interesting/vital/helpful to add to the device are appreciated.
what would YOU find useful?
(Note: These extras can be run off a separate power source from the main battery)
Any input is greatly appreciated,
cheers,
Joe
(post slightly edited!)
I’m looking for a few opinions here to help with research for a project I’m currently doing. I am an industrial Design student from Loughborough University- the idea for the project is to make a Personal Locator beacon which can self-activate when the user becomes incapable of activating it themselves.
Although I am a keen climber and mountaineer, I haven’t ever been in a situation which I feel would warrant carrying a PLB, so hopefully I can get some insights from some of you with more experience (any opinions are welcome!).
I’m looking into functionality that could be added to the device to increase the physical interaction with it. Being an automatic PLB (albeit with manual controls as well) I don’t really have any design requirements for the unit- it could just be a box with a button on.
Any opinions on what would be interesting/vital/helpful to add to the device are appreciated.
what would YOU find useful?
(Note: These extras can be run off a separate power source from the main battery)
Any input is greatly appreciated,
cheers,
Joe
(post slightly edited!)