Older People have trouble changing light bulbs. They have to hop on a table or a chair which puts them at risk for injury. There is a large population of elderly or short people that would find a easier way to do this task very valuable. 20% of adults in the UK cannot change a light bulb, there are ways to solve this problem but we could definitely find a more advanced, and more viable solution to.
Cleaning wetsuits is a very tedious process. Since they are so tight, there a lot of hard to reach areas and they take forever to dry. Anyone who participates in water sports knows that this is true. Everyone already cleans their suit, but it takes forever and cleaning is a necessary part of maintaining the wetsuit. As it helps it keep its flexibility which is the only reason a wetsuit works as well as it does.
When putting on wetsuits, it is very hard to get your hands and feet in the correct area. If you're arms or legs aren't completely dry then it gets stuck against your skin and it can take forever to get on. Many people have this problem. If the wetsuit is too easy to put on then its too big and water will get inside of it.
While you're sleeping, the bedsheets can come off of your mattress. Whenever you put the fitted sheet over the mattress, it tends to become undone at some point during the night. This makes it harder to sleep as the sheets get bunched up and can get wrapped around your arms or even your legs. Everyone has a bed so it's not an uncommon problem, there are some solutions already on the market, but none of them are very efficient and do not always work, so we would easily be able to improve the solution.
Almost all restaurants require an employee to roll silverware, it is a very tedious task and can take up time the employee should spend doing other things. Running the silverware through the dishwasher is very wasteful because you are supposed to run it twice to ensure the cleanliness of the silverware. The silverware can also get lost in the trash and can become waste that does not go away and is harmful to the environment.
Decision Matrix
Justification
Problem Statement
Rolling silverware takes too long, and it is the last thing restaurant workers want to do at the end of their shift. According to a survey administered in Worcester County in March 2022, 91% of restaurant workers feel that rolling is very inefficient, and takes too long.
Survey Results
Individual Summary
Over the last week we have chosen our problem, as well as justified our problem with sources that prove that it is something that needs to be fixed. We have also created and distributed a survey to dictate whether or not our problem is locally shared. Over the next week we will be researching previous solutions to this issue, with the hopes of ruling out any solutions that have already been created, or finding a solution that we can improve upon.