E-Port project cover. Screenshots of website

E-port

Web Design, VUI, UX
Project details
● Overview

Innovative knowledge base with an integrated voice search to enable airport staff to access relevant information wherever they are.

Context

Electric airplanes are a very new concept in the field of aviation. The goal of this emerging field is to fly cleaner, quieter, cheaper and more fuel-efficient. However, most airports don’t know how to manage those airplanes yet.

Challenge

Find a way for regional airports and their staff to help each other regarding the lack of knowledge about electrical airplanes. This presents them with a number of challenges, particularly in terms of safety, energy management, maintenance and general organisation.

Approach

To cater for these challenges, we delivered an innovative knowledge base with an integrated voice search to enable airport staff to access relevant information wherever they are.

From start to finish
● Timeframe
March
2021
April
May
June
July
August
Start
September
Live
October
November
December
January
2022
February
March
April
May
June
E-Port project cover. Screenshots of website

● Discovery Phase

Embed in environment

Because of the recency of the topic, it was enormously important to get realistic impressions beyond the typical desk research. This is why we visited the airport in Teuge, Netherlands. By going into the problem space, we got insights into where, how and by whom our product would be used later.

● Site visit at airport teuge
Man walking next to an electric airplane
3 persons standing in front of airplaneAirplane on the field

● Konwledge base

Structured and easy accessible information

It was crucial to design a system which makes access to information as easy and fast as possible. The forum consists of user-generated entries which are categorized.

Screenshot of e-port website (homescreen)Screenshot of e-port forumScreenshot of e-port categories

● Dashboard

Customised profile for airports

Every airport is different – varying number of employees, facilities, available tools etc. In order to structure all the information needed for each airport, we implemented airport dashboards which display everything handy in one place.

Screenshot of e-port website (airports)
● Map of airports in the netherlands
Screenshot of e-port website (dashboard)
● Dashboard for single airport

● Voice interaction

Special feature – Voice Search

We integrated a voice search to enable airport staff to access relevant information just with their walkie-talkie. But why is that necessary? We noticed issues with the wifi connection on the airport field which leads to using the walkie-talkie to communicate.

Therefore, we tried to find a way for them to interact with the knowledge base only with their voice – accessible wherever they are.

Illustration showing how the voice interaction should workMockup of website and walkie.talkie

An innovative approach to access information – also without a screen.

This knowledge base with an integrated voice search enables airport staff to access relevant information wherever they are. This could innovate how we interact with an overload of information and promotes voice interaction.