Eating healthy is a colossal problem area. I found myself struggling to define a problem that I want to help with, a How Might We. After I chatted with Eric, my thesis instructor, he suggested I go through a mapping and branching process on this problem area. Listing sections that I can think of and trying to find more exciting parts (take a look at the following two images).

Audience Map

Topic Developing Map

As you can see, I marked the parts I found the most intriguing in both maps. I think young adults will become the majority of my active users. They are either college students or new to the workplaces; they more or less have some GI issues (stomachache, bloating, etc.); they live alone, or they eat alone; they are busy and not very good at cooking. So for this particular group, cooking and delivering food (or take-out food) are the two critical parts in which unhealthy eating habits play a role.

#proposal_version_1

How might we increasing quality of daily meals for young adults who live alone and are usually busy working?

#assumption

Making healthy eating less overwhelming will help people form better eating habit

#hypothesis_1

I believe that building a smart cookware system operated using mobile phone for busy young adults will help them cook more at home and therefore eat healthier.

Hypothesis Sketch #1

#hypothesis_2

I believe that auto-generating simple recipes based on preference for young adults will help them be more comfortable about cooking

Hypothesis Sketch #2

Next Step

+ Sending out survey
+ Develop prototype
+ Scheduling interviews for testing

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