Technology Plan - Proof of Concept

This session will discuss about the proof-of-concept of each group’s project. For mine, I and Damar are going to explain the more detailed idea behind the two concepts that we have introduced earlier: PlanUrTrip and TakeMe.2 (Please refer to my post with the title: Learn how to pitch)

PlanUrTrip

A complete list of tourism attractions in Singapore is available on PlanUrTrip’s website. To make the browsing step easier, these places are grouped into several categories based on their main ‘themes’. Among these categories are Natural Reserve (Singapore Zoo, Bukit Timah, Jurong Bird Park, etc), Historical Site (Civilian War Memorial, Old Parliament House, Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall), Shopping Indulgence (Orchard Road, Chinatown, CityLink), and All-You-Need-To-Eat (Lau Pa Sat, Clarke Quay). By grouping these places into categories, we believe that customers, or potential visitors, will find it easy to see which places they want to visit.

Using the list as the reference, the customer can now arrange their trip in a way a student arrange their study through the timetable. A sample of the interface of our service is shown below:

TakeMe.2 (now known as GuideMe)

As explained in my post earlier, TakeMe.2 is a mobile application which enables the customer to have a pocket-size travel guide to make their trip much more enjoyable. TakeMe.2 is a Java application for mobile phone. And as the market reflects, the use of mobile phone which supports Java environment has been increasing over the last year.

Revision and Feedback

After my group’s presentation, Prof. Gilbert gave feedback for our improvement. He mentioned that one of the problems a tourist is likely to have is that the lack of trivial information such as Taxi booking numbers. Sometimes, a tourist find himself trapped among the crowds in a public place who were waiting for the rain to stop. At this situation, Taxi booking number will be very helpful for them. So, in addition to the mobile application that we offer, we could add a feature which display all the important contact numbers needed by a tourist, such as Taxi booking number, hotels, and embassy.