Czero Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Mgbanaka Nlekọta Ahụike by Sophia Neill

Czero Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Mgbanaka Nlekọta Ahụike by Sophia Neill is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe in Nhazi Teknụzụ A Na-eyi N'ahụ Competition Category.

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Czero Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Mgbanaka Nlekọta Ahụike

by Sophia Neill

Client: Victoria University of Wellington

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe Winner in Teknụzụ A Na-eyi N'ahụ Category

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The Design

About Czero Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Mgbanaka Nlekọta Ahụike

Ihe Odide Akwụkwọ: Czero bụ ngwaọrụ eyi eyi emere iji belata mgbasa ọrịa ndị na-efe efe. Mgbanaka ahụ na-ama jijiji mgbe aka onye yi ya bịarutere nso n'ihu ya, na-enye ncheta ka a ghara imetụ ihu aka. Ntugharị ntị ma ọ bụ ihe olu a na-eyi n'olu na-eji ikuku (wireless) na-ekwurịta okwu na mgbanaka ahụ iji chọpụta anya dị n'etiti ha. N'ime mgbanaka ahụ dị ngwa nzipụ ozi, ngwa nnata ozi, ihe na-eme ka ọ maa jijiji, ihe nlekọta ọbara na-eji ìhè arụ ọrụ (optical blood flow sensor), ihe na-atụ okpomọkụ ahụ, obere kọmpụta na-achị achị (microcontroller) na batrị. A na-ezipụ data gbasara ahụike na ngwa ekwentị e jikọtara ya, nke na-enyekwa ncheta ka a saa aka. Ihe ndị a e yi eyi bụ obere ihe na-adịghị apụta ìhè.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe

Czero Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Mgbanaka Nlekọta Ahụike meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe, nnabata dị ugwu e nyere design ndị dị mma nke na-emezu ihe ndị a chọrọ n'ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ nke a na-atụ anya n'ihe e kere eke ndị e mere nke ọma. Ndị meriri na Igwe na-egosi nka buru ibu, ọkachamara dị elu, nghọta ọkachamara na ikike imepụta nke ndị kere ha. A na-atụ anya na Czero Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Mgbanaka Nlekọta Ahụike ga-abụ ihe e kere eke a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya nke bụ ihe bara uru ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe na-ejikọta ụzọ kacha mma nke ụlọ ọrụ ma nwee àgwà teknụzụ kwesịrị ekwesị jikọtara na ihe ọmụma na talent. A na-asọpụrụ Czero Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Mgbanaka Nlekọta Ahụike maka nlezianya ya ma e mere ya ka ọ nye mmeziwanye ndụ nke na-enyere aka ime ka ụwa bụrụ ebe ka mma.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Czero is a wearable device that vibrates when your hand is near your face reminding you not to touch it which would reduce transmission of infections notably. The ring is linked to an app that tracks your health and also alerts you to wash your hands before turning off.
Dimensions & Packaging: Sizes vary between accessories.
Tags: Ring, technology, travel, safety, health, app, covid 19
Production Technology: Inside a ring is a transmitter, receiver, vibrator, Photoplethysmography sensor (PPG), Negative Temperature Coefficient (NTC) sensor, Arduino and battery. The earring/pendant transmits and receives information wirelessly to the ring. When the ring and earring/pendant are close, the vibrator in the ring is activated until moved away. The PPG sensor tracks the blood flow under the skin. Body temperature is monitored through a NTC sensor. The Ardunio and transmitter sends this information to the app.
Design Challenge: This project began when challenged at university to create a new interaction that had some relevance to the Covid 19 pandemic. Sophias solution to this challenge was to remove the interaction of touching the face as 80% of infections are spread this way.
Research: Sophia began research by looking at Covid 19 and understanding the root of the issue. As Covid 19 is not predicted to be the only pandemic, Influenza is posing an increasing threat as we are expected to enter a post antibiotic era, where life threatening infections are deemed untreatable. To be able to successfully reduce the spread Covid 19 and other infections, Sophia chose to design an affordable product for a large target audience but majority travellers.
Inspiration: Covid 19 and Influenza viruses have a rapid transmission rate which causes a huge threat when we are without vaccinations or cures. Although washing our hands has been encouraged during this time 80% of infections spread from touching our faces. Czero is a prevention tool intended for travellers. This diminishes overseas transmission and reduce a potential pandemic down to an endemic.
Project Duration: This project was completed by a third year Industrial design student with Victoria University of Wellington during the Covid 19 lockdown period in New Zealand.
Operation Flow: Czero utilises pre existing technology in a revolutionary way, with the power to significantly reduce the spread of Covid 19 and other threatening infections that may arise in the future. This concept has considerable relevance to the current global crisis, increasing the demand for innovative and feasible designs. The ring and accessories are discrete, small and aesthetically pleasing which is rarely seen in healthcare products. Not only does this product break the dangerous habit we have of touching our faces, it also tracks the state of the user and informs them when they may have contracted an infection.
Image Credits: Chat Roulette, Single Friend, 2019