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Good Day!
We are the Grade 12 STEM Students from the Technological Institute of the
Philippines-Quezon City Senior High School. We request for your participation in our
current prototype study entitled: "Bicuum: An ElectroMechanical Suction Bike with
Solar Powered Light"
We would like to considerately ask for your time to take part in this study to
answer our questionnaires to serve as our guide for our prototype research. This serves
as consent in participating to have this kind of written interview, in which the data you
have provided us for this prototype research is strictly confidential and for academic
purposes only. In addition, participating in this study may not benefit you directly
however it may help us to learn and improve our research prototype.
Your participation will be greatly appreciated. We are hoping for your positive response.
About the Project
Project Overview
The Philippines, site of one of the world's most polluted cities, is already on the
cusp of enacting clean air legislation after six years of bureaucratic bickering and a
large statewide signature-gathering effort. Since 1970, the population of Manila has
expanded faster than that of any other metropolis, reaching at least 12 million
inhabitants per square kilometer. Thousands of people live near power plants or
industrial facilities. Smog pervades the city, causing traffic delays, and pedestrians wear
handkerchiefs over their mouths and noses. According to a UN Environment Program
estimate, the Philippines is the fourth greatest producer of solid waste among ASEAN
states, with 14.66 million tons produced per year. This study will help reduce street
garbage pollution using a new state-of-the-art portable outdoor cycling vacuum cleaner
that will suck litter and street garbage. Furthermore, This study will be beneficial to
those street sweepers, community servers, and volunteers and lessen the tiresome
manual street cleaning.
Street pollution is one of the hindrances that the world Is experiencing from the
past until today, which leads to a poor environment that can cause a lot of
consequences such as the transmission of diseases, affects the development of a
place, and many more! This is a major problem that requires a modern solution that will
be from a technology-based product, and to make the sector's lives easier. So we the
STEM students wanted to use our knowledge and expound it on the product that we will
make which is the Bicuum: Electromechanical Suction Bike With Solar Charging
Panel because it is one of the great ways to solve the environmental problem which is
street pollution. In addition, our group believes that modern problems require a modern
solution, so we have come up with this kind of technology product.
With the help of knowledge that we have and have acquired, we may use that
knowledge in order to make the technology product which is the Bicuum:
Electromechanical Suction Bike With Solar Charging Panel because this can improve
how will reduce street pollution and its consequences to the place and to the people
within those place. Also, it can determine who will benefit or will be affected in a good
way. Additionally, this technology product can deal with the problems that we are facing
with street pollution, and also this can help to save future generations’ environment.
Full Design
Functional Design
Right and Left side portion of the Bicuum
Back and Front Portion of the Bicuum
Questions:
· Would this prototype work?
· Will this device help improve ergonomics?
· Would it be economically viable and feasible to have this prototype be widely
implemented?
· Would this device be effective in the area it was designed for (Urban Cleaning)?
· How is this device more reliable than the standard broom and dustpan
combination?
· Are there any components that should be changed/removed/added to the
device?
· Would it effectively reduce the build-up of pollution in urban areas?
· What advice would you give us to better our project?