I-Basic Conception (AKA BiCi) iyibhayisikili elihlakaniphile elinobuchwepheshe obuzokwenza ukuthi ucwilise kuzo zonke izibambo ze-Huffy yakho. Phakathi kwezinye izici, izinto ezinhle zihlanganisa izinzwa ezakhelwe ngaphakathi ezilandelela izibalo zakho zokuhamba ngebhayisikili ukuze ugcine 'umuntu wakho olinganiselwe' umatasa phakathi nesikhathi somzila wakho oya endlini kagogo.
Yakhiwe yi-AOAO Studio, i-BiCi igxile kakhulu ekuhlanganiseni idizayini enhle nomsebenzi osezingeni eliphezulu ekwakhiweni kwamabhayisikili asedolobheni. Umklami we-BiCi, uMinchen Jiang, njengamanje ufuna uxhaso ukuze akhiqize ibhayisikili futhi sithole ithuba lokuxoxa naye mayelana nokuthi ugqozi luvelaphi, yimaphi amathuluzi awasebenzisile nokuthi ungayithola kanjani.
SS - Yini ekugqugquzele ukuthi udale iphrojekthi?
MJ - I-AOAO Studio yake yaba isiqalo nje se-inthanethi. Amalungu ethu ayethanda ukugibela amabhayisikili ngesikhathi sethu, futhi okubaluleke nakakhulu, sasikholelwa ukuthi amabhayisikili esintu ayezothathelwa indawo ahlakaniphile njengoba nje omakhalekhukhwini benzile kule minyaka eyishumi edlule. Besifuna ukuba yingxenye yalokhu, ngakho-ke saqala ukucabanga ngokuthola noma ukuthuthukisa i-chip engabaluleka esikhathini esizayo samabhayisikili ahlakaniphile. Sikhulume nabenzi bamabhayisikili abambalwa, kodwa bebegadwe kakhulu futhi bengenantshisekelo yokubambisana noma ngisho nokuxoxa ngalo mbono. Kulapho sacabanga khona – kungani singazenzi okwethu? Futhi sahamba sayokwenza. Njengoba sihlala e-Shanghai, idolobha lapho isiminyaminya sezimoto siyinto eyamukelekayo njalo, siphinde sabona ngeso lengqondo ibhayisikili lethu lesizukulwane sokuqala elihlakaniphile ukuthi libe ibhayisikili elikahle labahambi. Siyethemba ukuthi i-BiCi izokhuthaza abantu abaningi ngokwengeziwe ukuthi babuyele kukhetho olunjalo oluhambisana nemvelo.
SS – Ithini indaba nge-BiCi?
MJ – Sonke siyahlanya ngamabhayisikili. Umphathi wethu ushiye umsebenzi omningi eLondon ukuze abe umenzi wamabhayisikili. I-CTO yethu ingumklami onolwazi lweminyaka eyisishiyagalombili lokubhala amakhodi kanye nokuhamba ngebhayisikili okubiza u-50,000 km ngemuva kwakhe. Umphathi wethu wezokumaketha nokuhlinzeka ngempahla ungumnikazi futhi ephethe isitolo esikhulu samabhayisikili ku-inthanethi, abaklami bethu bavela embonini emisha yomhlaba wonke kanye nefemu yokuklama iFrog Design, kanye ne-CPA yethu isijoyine sisuka e-Silicon Valley. Uthando lobuchwepheshe, ubuhle kanye nokuqala kwakhelwe ezakhini zethu zofuzo. Futhi okubaluleke nakakhulu, sonke singabathandi bamabhayisikili kanye nosomabhizinisi.
SS - Uyini umbandela osemqoka kunqubo yokwakha?
MJ - Ukufaka imihlahlandlela ye-GPS ezibambolweni kuyinto esiziqhenya ngayo. Ingozi eningi yokugibela ibhayisikili (nokushayela, uze ucabange ngakho) isuka ekuphazamisekeni. Ngisho naleyo ngxenye yesibili yokubuka i-GPS yakho ngenkathi usendleleni inganele ukukubeka engozini, futhi ukuzama ukuzwa iziqondiso zezwi le-GPS kungase kucishe kungenzeki ngokubhonga komoya ezindlebeni zakho! Besifuna ukwenza i-GPS ibe lula, yakhelwe ikakhulukazi umgibeli wamabhayisikili.
SS – Iyiphi inselele enkulu obhekane nayo ekwenzeni umkhiqizo uphile?
MJ - Mhlawumbe uzama ukuqalisa i-hardware usebenzisa imodeli yebhizinisi elungele isofthiwe! Izingxenyekazi zekhompuyutha ziyaziwa ukuthi kunzima kakhulu ukuzithuthukisa ngoba isigaba ngasinye sokuhlolwa komkhiqizo nokuklama kubiza kakhulu ezintweni zangempela. Kodwa ubunzima bebukufanele – ukwenza ngale ndlela kusisize songa isikhathi esiningi futhi kwasenza savumelana nezimo ngezigaba eziningi zokwenza i-BiCi ibe ngcono.
SS - Ungakwazi yini ukuchaza kabanzi mayelana nokuthi uyenza kanjani i-BiCi?
MJ - Sithole futhi sahlola inqwaba yama-chip sisesha usayizi ophelele, ukuqina nokusebenza. Uma sesinemodeli esebenza ngendlela ebesiyifuna ngayo, abaklami bethu bavakashele izimboni eziningi ze-carbon fiber ukuze benze uhlaka oluzosebenza ngaphandle komthungo nenhliziyo yamabhayisikili ethu. Ukwenza ibhayisikili kwakuwukuhlola-kunzima kakhulu - kunezingxenye eziningi laphaya, kodwa ukuthola ukuxuba okulungile ikakhulukazi lapho sakha okuthile okuhluke kakhulu kune-avareji yebhayisikili kwakukhohlisa. Yayingekho indlela yokwazi ngokuqinisekile kwaze kwaba yilapho sizama konke.
SS - Yimaphi amathuluzi owasebenzisile ekuthuthukiseni i-BiCi?
MJ - Sisebenzise i-Sketch ne-Pro-E emidwebeni, kanye ne-3D-Max yesithombe. Sakha ama-prototypes amancane ngokuphrinta kwe-3D. I-mockup yefreyimu ye-BiCi yenziwe efekthri yethu ye-carbon fiber esebenzisanayo. Yebo, sibhekane nezinselele eziningi, njengokuthuthukisa isistimu yokukhanyisa esebenzisanayo yokuhamba, ukuvikela amanzi kwe-chip ye-BiCi, izintambo ngaphakathi kohlaka nokunye. I-conundrum enkulu kakhulu yayiwukwenza inhlanganisela ephelele yakho kokubili isofthiwe ne-hardware. Amabhayisikili ayizinto zemishini ezilawulwa umzimba womuntu. Ngemva kokuba sengeze izingxenye zikagesi kuyo, zingasebenza kanjani ngaphandle komthungo ndawonye? Onjiniyela bethu bachitha izinsuku eziningi (kanye nobusuku obunye) behlola futhi belungisa ukuze bakulungise lokhu.
Uma uhlabeke umxhwele ngaleli bhayisikili njengoba sinjalo, ke shaya isixhumanisi ukuze uzibophezele futhi uthole enye yamabhayisikili akho e-BiCi.
