Bad ideas are good?

Last weeks tutorial involved pairing up with a peer, breaking down our concepts and coming up with "bad ideas" of how our device could be used in other scenarios. I came up with three keywords that describe our bus map concept; time managment, route planning and public transport. With these keywords i began thinking of different devices that involve time managment and route planning. The first idea was a device that manages the time it takes for your daily tasks and transportation. The second was a device that helps plan alternative routes to your selected destination. We then had to think how these devices could be bad and write down all their faults. With the faults listed outit is then much easier to correct the desgin and adapt it to meet as many criteria as possible.

Another concept i had was a large interactive display that would be placed around major transport conjestion areas like the valley and the city. A huge map of Brisbane city and its transport systems would be displayed on a board. The user selects their intended destination and the map shows all the possible routes that go to that destination and where the bus/train/ferry stops are to get there. However we discussed the idea as a group and decided to stick with our original idea.