7A – Testing the Hypothesis, Part 1

7A – Testing the Hypothesis, Part 1

Opportunity: Cars these days tend to reach very high temperatures when parked outside when the blazing sun is out. The heat that is trapped in the car causes the people who enter it to suffer from heat until the car cools off.

The who: the people who drive cars.

The what: they suffer from the heat that is trapped in the car until their car cools off.

The why: cars parked in the sun heat up very quickly to very high temperatures.

testing the who: who are the people that drive car during the day the most? is it the older generation the younger generation or people with a specific job?

testing the what: do these people actually suffer from the heat or do they actually like it? maybe some people like having intense heat in their cars when going inside them.

testing the why: is the heat really caused from the sun or is it just the temperature? can a car get really hot during the night time as well?

Hypothesis: I predict that since almost all people own or have been in a car, this problem of overheating effects everyone.

Interview 1: The first person I had interviewed was my girlfriend. She made it clear that hot cars are definitely an issue in the summer time.  From my interview with her she made it clear that most people who own cars suffer from the same problem.

Interview 2: My second prototypical costumer, my brother, explained to me that even thought this problem does effect almost everyone, some people suffer more than others. For example, the cars that are parked in Florida during the summer would heat much faster than the ones in Alaska.

Interview 3: My third a prototypical costumer, my dad. My dad was very similar to my girlfriends in his thought. Living in Israel he still think it is a problem. I then realized that this opportunity is a global one.

Interview 4: Fourth person I have interviewed was my roommate. He said that even people who don’t own cars suffer from the same problem. He thinks that a solution will help even more people than I think.

Interview 5: The last person I’ve interviewed was my girlfriend grandma. She loves her sunshade and doesn’t think that hot cars are a problem, this interview let me to realize that maybe the older generation is more accustomed to hot cars.

My interviews made me realize several things. I first realized that some places around the world need a solution more than others. Secondly I realized that even though they are effected, the older generation might be less willing to change the inconvenient solution they already have.