Soappy Ngwa Nbipute Aka Sanitizer by Kai Li and Ran Zhang

Soappy Ngwa Nbipute Aka Sanitizer by Kai Li and Ran Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ngwaahịa Nwa, Ụmụaka na Ụmụntakịrị Competition Category.

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Soappy Ngwa Nbipute Aka Sanitizer

by Kai Li and Ran Zhang

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz Winner in Ngwaahịa Nwa Category

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The Design

About Soappy Ngwa Nbipute Aka Sanitizer

Soappy bụ ngwa nbipute aka nke emebere iji gbaa ụmụaka ume ịkwalite àgwà ịsa aka. Ọtụtụ ụmụaka anaghị enwe mmasị ịsacha aka ha n'ihi usoro ịsa aka na-agwụ ike ma na-agwụ ike. Ncha na-eme ka ịsacha aka bụrụ egwuregwu na-adọrọ mmasị site na ibipụta ụkpụrụ nchacha aka dị iche iche. Ụmụaka nwere ike ịhọrọ ụkpụrụ kachasị amasị ha wee bipụta ha n'aka ha. E wezụga nke ahụ, Soappy na-enye ụkpụrụ dị iche iche dabere ka aka si dị unyi, nke pụtara ka unyi na germs aka na-enwekwu, ka usoro ahụ na-adị mgbagwoju anya, yana ọtụtụ aka sanitizer ha nwere.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Soappy Ngwa Nbipute Aka Sanitizer meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Soappy Ngwa Nbipute Aka Sanitizer ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. Soappy Ngwa Nbipute Aka Sanitizer na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Soappy is a hand sanitizer printer designed to encourage kids to wash their hands regularly in a playful way. Like playing with a toy, kids can choose sanitizer patterns they like on the screen of Soappy and get them printed on their hands. According to the level of how dirty their hands are, Soappy can provide different groups of patterns. When the hands are dirtier, the patterns in a group become more complex, which contain more hand sanitizer.
Dimensions & Packaging: 130mm x 110mm x 220mm
Tags: hand washing, kids, play, interaction, education, hand sanitizer, basin, patterns, printing, product design
Production Technology: 3D printing, bacteria detection technology, image recognition
Design Challenge: How to integrate all the complex printing and detecting components into a relatively small product dimension is a challenge.
Research: According to the research on kids and parents, children in many households don't like to wash hands, and it is a challenge for parents to lead their children to wash hands properly and help them foster a good habit of washing hands regularly. The bathrooms' environment in many homes is not attractive to kids in terms of colors and materials. Besides, the products designed for the procedures of washing hands in the market usually do not allow users to have playful engagements. The functionality of Soappy is realizable with the help of existing 3D printing technology, bacteria detection technology, and image recognition. From experiments on the patterns of different complexity on children's hands, the scale of the pattern was determined. By measuring the children's ergonomics and user testing, we arrived at a reasonable and comfortable interaction and product dimensions.
Inspiration: Hand washing is a good way to keep kids from getting sick and prevent the spread of germs in day-to-day life. However, because the procedures of washing hands are dull, kids tend to ignore or forget it when not being guided by their parents or teachers before they foster this habit. Getting hand sanitizer is a must part of these procedures of handwashing and is a behavior that kids have interaction with an object-the container of hand sanitizer. We aim to create a new experience to make this interaction more playful and appealing.
Project Duration: Changsha, China
Operation Flow: Firstly, the child awakens Soappy by touching the screen and then places his or her hands on either side of Soappy. The sensor detects how dirty the hands are and generates a corresponding group of patterns. (The dirtier the hands, the more complex the patterns.) The child selects the pattern he or she likes and puts his or her hand under the printing area in the middle and waits for the hand sanitizer pattern to be printed. Finally, when the hands have been washed thoroughly, the sensor can check if the hands are clean.
Team Members: Kai Li
Ran Zhang