Yoyo Dispositiu de Comunicació, Aplicació Mòbil by Junru Xu, Zhongqi Fu and Zixi Liu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award de Ferro in Disseny de Tecnologies Mòbils, Aplicacions i Programari Competition Category.
FerroMòbil· 2024
Yoyo Dispositiu de Comunicació, Aplicació Mòbil
by Junru Xu, Zhongqi Fu and Zixi Liu
Client: DirecTV
A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Mòbil Category
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The Design
About Yoyo Dispositiu de Comunicació, Aplicació Mòbil
Yoyo és un dispositiu de comunicació i una aplicació mòbil dissenyats per a nens i pares que viuen separats. El dispositiu Yoyo és una bola de yoyo real que mesura 10 per 10 per 4,5 centímetres i està fet de plàstic, metall i cotó. La missatgeria de veu en temps real permet que nens i pares parlin malgrat la distància. Un sensor tàctil a la part posterior recull dades de salut com el ritme cardíac i el nivell d'estrès. El dispositiu també serveix com a suport de taula. L'aplicació per als pares presenta anàlisis de salut i suport basats en intel·ligència artificial.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Ferro
Yoyo Dispositiu de Comunicació, Aplicació Mòbil és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Ferro, un reconeixement prestigiós concedit a bons dissenys que compleixen els requisits professionals i industrials esperats de creacions ben dissenyades. Els guanyadors de Ferro demostren una gran habilitat, una alta especialització, una comprensió experta i la capacitat creativa dels seus creadors. Es preveu que Yoyo Dispositiu de Comunicació, Aplicació Mòbil sigui una creació molt apreciada, admirada i estimada que és pràctica i innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Ferro integra les millors pràctiques del sector i té característiques tècniques competents lligades al coneixement i al talent. Yoyo Dispositiu de Comunicació, Aplicació Mòbil és respectat per la seva minuciositat i està pensat per oferir millores en la qualitat de vida que ajuden a fer del món un lloc millor.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Yoyo targets challenges in environments with time-strapped parents, mitigating potential mental health issues in children. We aim to support parents, nurture relationships, and ensure optimal care for each child's well-being.
Primary users include "left-behind" children and their parents in China, while secondary users encompass families needing child interaction support. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Yoyo Ball dimensions: 10cm*10cm*4.5cm
Yoyo Ball materials: plastic, metal, and cotton
AI-based and data-based technology
Touch sensor to track the health. - Tags
- AI assistance, The "left-behind" children, Health status monitor, Health tracking, support parents, nurture relationships, child's well-being.
- Production Technology
- Yoyo product meets left-behind children's unique needs, fostering mental health and enhancing parent-child bonds. It offers instant communication, personalized health insights, and AI-driven support through features like real-time voice messaging, health sensors, and an AI assistant. Yoyo includes a kid's product and a parent app, serving as a communication tool and a joyous plaything with a real Yoyo ball. Compared to existing solutions, Yoyo's approach integrates advanced AI, voice technology, health sensors, and children's preferences for comprehensive, personalized support, enhancing the well-being of left-behind children.
- Design Challenge
- Handling Ambiguity: Language is inherently ambiguous, and understanding context accurately can be challenging. Resolving ambiguity accurately is key to providing relevant and useful responses.
Ethical Considerations: Ensuring that the responses generated are ethical and aligned with societal norms is essential. This involves continually refining and updating the model to mitigate potential biases and promote responsible usage.
Continual Improvement: Striving for continual improvement is integral to enhancing the model's capabilities. This involves analyzing user interactions, feedback, and emerging trends to refine the model's performance.
Resource Management: Optimizing resource usage, such as memory and processing power, is crucial for scalability and efficiency. - Research
- Primary users include "left-behind" children and their parents while secondary users encompass families needing child interaction support. Left-behind children aged 0-17 experience prolonged parent absence due to work-related travel, leading to challenges in integration, mental health, and strained family relationships.
In 2020, China had 71.09 million migrant children and 66.93 million left-behind children, affecting 138 million children (46.4% of the total child population) due to population migration. The lack of accompanying, support, and communication from parents makes them feel abandoned by the parents, and they have difficulty integrating into society, bringing severe mental health. - Inspiration
- In 2020, China had 71.09 million migrant children and 66.93 million left-behind children, affecting 138 million children (46.4% of the total child population) due to population migration. The lack of accompanying, support, and communication from parents makes them feel abandoned by the parents, and they have difficulty integrating into society, bringing severe mental health.
- Project Duration
- The project started in April 2023 in the United States and finished in late 2023.
- Operation Flow
- Yoyo targets challenges in environments with time-strapped parents, mitigating potential mental health issues in children. Yoyo aims to support parents, nurture relationships, and ensure optimal care for each child's well-being.
Yoyo device: Beyond communication, the Yoyo device is an absolute Yoyo ball, sparking joy and sustained interest for 0-17 left-behind children. It functions as a table stand, doubling as a time machine. A health sensor on the back of Yoyo collects diverse metrics like heart rate and stress level.
Yoyo’s mobile APP: Compared to existing solutions, our approach integrates advanced AI, voice technology, health sensors, and children's preferences for comprehensive, personalized support, enhancing the well-being of left-behind children. - Patents
- Copyrights: © 2024 TA Design Studio. All rights reserved.
- Team Members
- Design Lead: Junru Xu
Zhongqi Fu
Zixi Liu
Yiwen Chen - Image Credits
- [ Image #1: HMW Design Studio, HEAR ME theme Photo, 2024.]
[ Image #2: TA Design Studio, Yoyo mobile UI 1, 2024.]
[ Image #3:TA Design Studio, Yoyo image UI 2, 2024.]
[ Image #4: TA Design Studio, Yoyo image UI 3, 2024.]
[ Image #5: TA Design Studio Yoyo image UI 4, 2024.]
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