Student Competition Awards 2019
Project Swan
Student team: Tommaso Cinelli (team leader), Daniela Agachi, Mario Capo, Vittorio Di Pietrantonio
Supervisor: Paolo Astori
Competition: 2019 Airbus “Fly Your Ideas” contest
Competition type: International student design competition
Sponsorship: Airbus + UNESCO
Ranking: Finalist (one of 7 out of 270)
Description
Smart Wheelchair for Air-travel Needs (SWAN) is an electronic device which aims to revolutionize the air-transportation experience of Passengers with Reduced Mobility (PRM). SWAN converts a redesigned class of detachable airplane seats into wheelchairs, which can be used from check-in to the destination airport and is fully controllable by smartphone through a dedicated app.
Media
- “Airbus Fly Your Ideas 2019 contest – short videos of finalist teams”, Airbus, June 24, 2019 [https://www.airbus-fyi.com/whatsup/]
- “Fly Your Ideas 2019 contest - full video of final presentations (for Politecnico see 1.36.58 - 1.55.20”, Airbus, June 27, 2019 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgkPBclLf9k&feature=youtu.be]
- “Il Sole24Ore”, June 28, 2019 [https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/airbus-innovatori-politecnico-milano-arrivano-terzi-AchaqPV]
- “Il Corriere della Sera”, July 1, 2019 [https://www.corriere.it/tecnologia/19_luglio_01/come-si-volera-futuro-gara-mondiale-universita-c-anche-politecnico-milano-99dca740-9bd4-11e9-90e0-91eb5f4a6d20.shtml]
- “Il Corriere della Sera”, July 8, 2019 [http://invisibili.corriere.it/2019/07/08/quel-cigno-che-porta-le-persone-con-disabilita-sullaereo/]
- “Ability Channel”, April 28, 2019 [https://www.abilitychannel.tv/sedili-degli-aerei-per-disabili-litalia-in-finale-a-contest-airbus/]
- “MeteoWeb”, April 23, 2019 [http://www.meteoweb.eu/2019/04/airbus-squadra-politecnico-milano-selezionata-finaliste-concorso-fly-your-ideas/1254024/]
