What problems/ workarounds do you observe in peoples everyday lives?

Observe how people interact with products, software, services in their everyday lives.
Often consumers/ users settle for the status quo, instead of thinking up new,
innovative ideas to make improvements.
We will use this list to begin to ideate for our Expo project.
Theme: Empathy by Design and Natural Resources
Audience: ???
List of Potential Problems:
Alisha:
Your bedroom is cluttered and disorganized -AT
Your fridge is a mess-AT
Your clothes always get staind-AT
Your computer isn't letting you log on because there is a virus-AT
You have a disorganized schedule-AT
A thief breaks into your house
You are lost on the road
Animals are becoming extinct from littering,pollution or getting shot by hunters
Air is being polluted
Fishing nets and other plastics are causing major damage in the ocean
Oils are dumped in the ocean creating oil spills
When you have a plastic bag use it as a garbage pail so that way there would be
less garbage
Too much algae
Too many nets in the water
Terrorists is attacking
People take too much drugs, become high and do stupid things
Too many house fires
Prices for medication goes up
Animal abuse
People hunting animals for fun not for food
Cyber bullying
Domestic violence
Child abuse
Child labor
Obesity
Global warming
Climate change
Hackers

John Michael:
Natural resources dont grow fast enough- JMD
Your life stinks-JMD
Your phone is slow-JMD
Matt H.
Technology is buggy
Oil is expensive and low in quantity- MH
Energy isnt unlimited
Too many people in the world
Government is bad
Trump could be president
Computers are easily hacked
Everyone is ignorant
People cant use proper grammar
Economy is bad
Government is $16 trillion in debt
Every third world country hates the U.S
Bronies.
We have too many ideas
Teachers never specify if they mean me or Matt B.
Pollution
We are too dependent on plastic
Matt B
Global warming -MB
Chocolate demand -MB
Overpopulation-MB
Trump becoming president-MB
Cane toads-MB
Zebra mussels -MB
Kudzu-MB
Asian carp-MB
Asian longhorned beetle -MB
Northern Pacific seastar-MB
Music getting boring
Windshield needs to be defrosted in the morning
toothbrush somehow gets dirty
not enough time in the morning to get ready
not enough sleep
world hunger

childhood obesity
guitar strings snapping
tone knob chord snapping
plastic
tuning knobs getting twisted
Sleeping through an alarm
Water consumption
Flat tires
Sweating

Calvin
battery is too low too quickly
alarm clock is too annoying to wake up to
pens running out of ink
pencils run out of graphite
Snow knocks down mailbox
House is not cleaning itself
Greed
Building takes too long
Freshwater
Crime rate
Better sound quality earbuds
Binders fall apart
Bigger storage lockers
Right amount of toothpaste
Recycling
Mercury
Alcohol
Fossil fuels
Drugs
Disease
Stronger defenses against natural disasters
Organize loose wires and cords
Gun laws
Humans
DAVID
people dont recycle
people dont see incineration as a threat to our environment
fish are pooping a lot making a lake polluted
demand on apple products

Sam

people are overusing plastic products, water bottles, and packaging

overuse of fossil fuels
the winter is harsh and electricity bills go up
demand on animals, endangering species
throwing out too much trash
demand on cars
snow is getting on the driveway and cant play sports outside
too tired after sports and still have homework after sports
getting too cold and cant wear shorts
tired of picking up dog poo on backyard
polluting environment we live in
smoking
shortage of turkeys near thanksgiving
disease
losing pencils in class because I forget them
sleeping through alarm clock
contacts get dry after certain amount of time
computer is really slow
people are attempting suicide
kids dont get along
animal abuse
When you are doing ropes courses, there are 2 clips, one is locked and the other
is unlocked. If you clip the unlocked hook onto the wire and push a button. The
unlocked one would be locked and the locked would be unlocked.
There is a carnival ride. It is a big hollow cylinder and you stand in it and it spins
really fast and when they drop the floor you stay on the wall still spinning.
Make a spray that would make vegetables and medicine taste better.
Have a pencil that has electric toothbrush technology (if you put too much
pressure on your teeth it will beep.)so when you put too much pressure on your
pencil and it is about to break the pencil will beep.
Have a table fold into a chair/other furniture item, so you can reduce the amount
of furniture you have to save reassures.
Make waste into fertilizer to reduce excess fertilizer reasources
Make overuse products recyclable, phones, tablets, computers
Set up a hug compost pile to reduce wasted leftovers.
Putting trash in recycling or vice versa - SHG
House being too cold or hot - SHG
Skins not staying sharpened - SHG
Losing anything - SHG
Files deleting - SHG

Zach

Getting kicked from a multiplayer match while you are getting something to eat or
drink - SHG
Tree limbs falling down - SHG
Wires not being long enough - SHG
Plates breaking - SHG
Shoe Toungue not staying Centered
Feet smelling
Deoderant coming off while doing physical activity
Mechanical pencil lead breaking while not in pencil
Pole punches ripping
Inflation
Job loss/homelessness
Music being too loud when you turn it on
When you turn on the lights in the morning its a bit jarring
Stickers coming off but leaving residue
Wifi not being fast enough
PC\Console crashing
Mail getting lost
Forgetting to call someone back
Glasses getting scratched
Contacts being itchy
Trash smelling bad - SHG
Shoelaces un-tie- zach
wifi crashes or is slow-zach
throw out a lot of trash- zach
Ocean Garbage patch- zach
phone cracks -zach
pencils break -zach
lockers are not big enough -zach
clothes shrink -zach
don't wake up to my alarm clock -zach
lose papers -zach
Headphones Tangle
Litter
Texting and Driving
Drinking and Driving
Headphones fall out of ear
Back hurts from carrying backpack
can't fit all my stuff in backpack

pages rip out of binder

hands get cold
face gets cold
water gets warm in bottle
cold when playing soccer outside
can't find good songs
phone screen gets dirty easily

Corbin
Important papers are lost in a mess-corbin
missing a library book that is late-corbin
not enough $-corbin
people not recycling-corbin
abandoned pets that are injured physically and mentally and also hungary
(that can be left to die)-corbin
world hunger-corbin
deforestation-corbin
not prepared for an intense stormy weather(natural disaster fyi)-corbin
violence-corbin
NEW TV SHOWS(in appropriate and completely crazy)-corbin
BULLYING-corbin
pollution
to much plastic-corbin
animals at risk of extinction-corbin
violent video games
Pollution
PATRICK:

overpopulation in the world

no place to put garbage
not enough people recycling
drugs and alcohol in school
college is way too much money
Not a lot of wi-fi hotspots and routers
LTE and 4G costs a lot of money
inflation
natural resource depletion (using up natural resources)
acidification of oceans (lowering pH levels of water)

not waking up to alarm clock

overuse of fossil fuels
delicate electronic devices
children with lethal weapons
global warming
starving children in Africa
government corruption
pollution
deforestation
computers getting viruses
hackers
terrorism and terrorist groups
cancer
teens smoking
room always gets messy
disorganized purse and backpack
Too tired in the morning
Headphones always get tangled
Broken glasses
Stains
Hair loss from chemotherapy

Nathan
Safer sports equipment
Misuse of natural resources
Losing items such as phone keys wallets
Electronic glitches
Misuse of power
Food waste
Fragile devices
Misuse of waste such as fish poo in fish farms
Plastic waste
Clothing not being reused and getting to small
Medical treatment
Corporation cooperation
Consumer awareness
Loss of marine habitat
Lack of service on highway

griffin kavanaugh
Global warming
Coastal erosion
Recycling
Waste
Deforestation
Longer lasting cellphone batteries
Charging bricks that shut off power when done charging phone
Better anti virus
Sewage treatment
pencil graphite
reducing plastic production
faster computers
reusable bags that keep things cold
zippers on backpacks so that flap of fabric does not get caught
Pollution
reuseable electricity
creating electricity
Greg

Gulick
Spilling water out of sink
Water is too hot when taking shower
Carrying big totes up and down stairs
Too many leafs in the yards.
Too much/little toothpaste
Can't get the last drop of stuff like ketchup
Gutters getting clogged
Slippery socks
Slippery floors
Spilling glasses full of a drink on the dinner table
Losing papers
Getting distracted In class
Missing the bus
Tripping over yourself
Falling asleep in class
Finding band music
Getting organized at the beginning of the day
Going to the wrong class by accident
Getting locked out of house/locker/etc.
Getting in trouble for something you didn't do.

Dropping phone.
Messing a drawing at the end of it.
Spilling something on your clothes
Messing up in a presentation
Getting out of bed
Being a REALLY heavy sleeper
Having to make up work
Having to cut things out of schedule
Eating too much
Having to choose between two really fun thing

Forgetting things
Texting and driving
Litter
Sustainable energy
Bad wifi
Losing power
Losing Track of time
Electronics breaking down
Slow computer
Not enough storage in hard drive
Cyber Bullying
Too much preservatives in food
Cold ears
Drugs, alcohol, etc.
School start times are starting too early

Riley Fitzpatrick

Losing items
Memory loss from Alzheimer's
Water tastes gross when left in water bottle.
People don't recycle.
Drugs/alcohol are too accessible.
Power is wasted when lights are left on.
Trash some bad and stinks up the house.
Colorblind people cant use certain apps.
People will Alzheimer's spill things.
Headphones tangle.
I forget thing in my morning routine.

GPS for running is never accurate

Fitness tracking app doesnt work well
Food takes a while to cook.
Microwaves make food rubbery.
I forget homework.
Internet is slow.
Ear buds always break.
Bad sleep.
Too many one use plastic items.
Shoes come untied.
People don't know how much they are polluting.