Lab+2

__Lab #2 - Design for the Other 90%__ 

**__Shelter __** __ Mad Housers Hut __ The Mad Housers Hut is designed to alleviate poverty for the project’s stakeholders by allowing those who are homeless a temporary place to live. They are intended for emergencies only. This will alleviate poverty for stakeholders because main belief behind this idea is that those with housing are more capable of helping themselves and finding the necessary resources that are needed for survival. Those without shelter are not.

__ Permanet __ Permanet is designed to alleviate poverty for the project’s stakeholders by reducing the spread of Malaria, mostly in children, and decreasing death rates. With millions of people dying each year from Malaria, developing countries struggle to promote economic growth. There is evidence that countries with a larger exposure to the disease are less able to grow economically. The permanets may stabilize countries’ economies and help them improve.
 * __Health __**

__ Water Storage System __ The water storage system is designed to alleviate poverty for the project’s stakeholders by allowing farmers to collect and store monsoon water. Due to water’s scarcity during India’s monsoons, farmers have little water for themselves and crops. This system will allow farmers and their families to access water year round. The plastic bag prevents evaporation while the system is very cheap to install and maintain.
 * __Water __**

**__Education__**  __ One Laptop per Child __ This educational program alleviates poverty for the project’s stakeholders by exposing children to technology and teaching them how to use it. When speaking of the digital divide, a program like this can assist countries in narrowing the gap. The exposure to laptops can influence the technological advances of a country and its population which can improve its economic state.

__ Solar Aid __ Solar Aid alleviates poverty for the project’s stakeholders by creating a solar powered hearing aid. With a high number of people suffering from a hearing disability living in developing countries, powering the hearing aids can be very expensive. With very little people able to afford batteries, most individuals have no choice but to live with their hearing disability. With Solar Aid, batteries are no longer needed. This improves the quality of living for those with the disability, while allowing those who need a hearing aid to avoid the purchase of batteries.
 * __Energy __**

**__ Transport __** __Big Boda Load-Carrying Bicycle __ The Big Boda alleviates poverty for the project’s stakeholders by allowing bicyclists to carry additional weight with an extension that is placed over the rear wheel. The extension allows bicyclist to carry hundreds of pounds of cargo or two extra passengers. The Big Boda facilities living by reducing the amount of time people have to travel in order to transport hundreds of pounds of goods. Those with families can easily place additional passengers on the Big Boda, instead of having to buy one bike per family member. This method saves times, distance traveled, and money.

**2.** Stakeholder analysis enables sustainable and socially responsible design by understanding what the stakeholder wants and needs, the problems they are facing, and what is needed to alleviate the problem. Stakeholder analysis allows those to design a product or conduct a service that will meet the needs and lifestyles of their clients. It also allows those to understand the price sensitivity of clients, all product manufacturing must be within budget, and that all clients must be able to afford the product/service. 

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> **3.** Five characteristics of socially responsible product design: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 145.2%; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Facilitate/improve quality of life <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Affordable <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Durable <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Simple <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Easy to obtain