Use Cases and First Principles

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The purpose is to provide a foundation for the Why questions, and getting to First Principles. The detail level is sufficient to justify requirements but also specific enough to define future requirements.

“Question your constraints — they are probably wrong.” — Elon Musk

Use Cases

Camping:

  • Rural destination, travel required
  • Overnight, all-weather accommodation
  • Go completely off-grid, or use shore power
  • Typical use is local 1-3 nights, 3-4 times per year non-local
  • Outdoor activities: fire pit, cooking, entertainment, ice machine, tv
  • Charge batteries via solar or shore power

Touring

  • Long-distance driving, with on the road meals and bathroom breaks
  • Street level parking
  • A/C for dog
  • Security video, remote security
  • Charge batteries on the move

Boondock

  • Sealth street and parking lot camping
  • Off-grid, self-contained, security, and safety
  • All-weather, all noise

Day Trips

  • Ease of parking
  • Puppy environment during the day
  • Remote security when at the museum
  • Using the van as a vault

Ski Trips

  • Like Camping plus cold weather and ski storage

Basecamp Support

  • Like hospital team support
  • Not central focus but a rest area
  • Sim-card cellular contract with WiFi

Road races
Bike events
Rocket launch observation

Marketing vehicle

  • Exterior must look marketing worthy
  • Interior is meeting and presentation worthy
  • Wifi, electricity and muti-media
  • Sim-card cellular contract with WiFi

Multi-media Presentation Vehicle

  • Project on a screen across back doors
  • Big stereo sound
  • Stack of chairs
  • Sim-card cellular contract with WiFi

Sleep number showroom

  • Multi-media Sleep Number Presentation
  • Demo configurations for
    1. Couch with backrest
    2. Two single bunks deployed
    3. Lower bunk as double, upper bunk as single
    4. Lower and upper bunks as double

Office on wheels

  • Deploy Lagun table and swivel seats
  • Capability to entertain customers or business partners
  • Multi-media for presentation
  • Motion detection security
  • Sim-card cellular contract with WiFi

Hospital Team Support

  • Parking height challenging
  • Stealth camping required
  • Place to get a bite to eat or take a nap
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These are similar:

  • Little or no local infrastructure, no power, no toilet sometimes no cellular
  • Place to rest and relax during a long or delayed event
  • Some parking will not be on improved surfaces, AWD will be handy
  • Parking may not be level making sleeping more difficult