You can use Chat GPT to help you start finding possible ideas. The better and more precise your prompts / questions are the better your results will be.
Garbage in = Garbage out.
Be precise with your questions. For example... Give me 10 good coursework project ideas for a major project for Cambridge IGCSE in Design & Technology with a resistant materials specialist area; or... Give me some great ideas for major design projects suitable for AQA A level Design & Technology Product Design coursework.
Remember that these are just starting points and you will then need to analyse and investigate further to see if you feel that it will be a valid and good project.
This is what I just did in 4 minutes with Chat GPT.
Once you have completed the presentation of your initial Identification of Problem table, with (ideally) four possible ideas you then need to refine this down to TWO ideas (this could be your favourite ideas or from the feedback your teacher has left) and further investigate whether they will be a viable, good project to undertake.
The use of Chat GPT here is a really good idea if you use prompts carefully, as they can give you areas that you need to think about in order to solve the problem. From the response you can then see if it is a project that is worth undertaking, or not.
Directly below is the ChatGPT prompts which were used to generate further areas that could be research and explored to check the viability of the project. Underneath the Chat GPT prompts are that information rewritten and presented onto PowerPoint slides, with AI images added to enhance the presentation.
Chat GPT has responded with 10 points (in sections - materials, technology (function), Power, ergonomics etc.).
Note the use of a polite response!
If you can add more specific detail into your prompt you will get better responses, which should help you write a more detailed and directed further investigation.
The extra paragraph at the end of the list is really useful and good advice.
Note how I was not precise with my prompt question which gave me a number of answers which are not suitable.
Note that I said 'Thanks' and then was more precise which led to better results.
Note how I again am polite and say thank you and also 'that is great'. This tells Chat GPT that the results it is producing are what I want to see and so it will then generate more along similar lines.
Notice that these project starting points now have far more details and there are some good ideas worth exploring. You could of course focus even further by identifying a target market; a user / client; materials that you want to use; a product that you like the sound of; new technology that you would like to incorporate etc.
Note that I have now identified a target market and some materials that I would really like to use. This gives me even more specific results.