Snyearth Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Elekere Ụwa by Xiaolong Li and Cheng Yao

Snyearth Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Elekere Ụwa by Xiaolong Li and Cheng Yao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe in Nhazi Ngwá Dijitalụ na Eletronikị Competition Category.

IgweNgwá Eletronikị· 2023

Snyearth Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Elekere Ụwa

by Xiaolong Li and Cheng Yao

Client: Zhejiang University

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe Winner in Ngwá Eletronikị Category

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The Design

About Snyearth Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Elekere Ụwa

Ihe Odide Akwụkwọ: Snyearth bụ elekere ụwa nke na-egosi oge nke obodo ndị dị iche iche na globu na-efe efe n'ikuku. Naanị imetụ aka n'otu ebe obodo na-egosi oge mpaghara nke obodo ahụ na tray dị n'okpuru ya. Mgbe a họpụtara obodo abụọ ma ọ bụ karịa, ọdịiche oge dị n'etiti ha na-apụta onwe ya na-egosipụta. Windo mgbagharaị nke na-enye ìhè site na LED nwere ụcha zuru oke na-egosipụta agba nke igwe na mpaghara oge ọ bụla. N'ime globu ahụ, isi mmalite ìhè nke na-elekwasị anya n'otu ntụzịaka na-emegharịkarị ihe yiri agbanwe nke ehihie na abalị. Ife efe a na-arụpụta site na iji magnet na-adịgide adịgide, magnet eletriki, na Hall sensọ.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe

Snyearth Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Elekere Ụwa 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 Snyearth Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Elekere Ụwa 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 Snyearth Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Elekere Ụwa 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: Snyearth provides a new way of displaying world time. User can intuitively observe the current time of any city in the world. As time goes by, the colorful time wheel reflects the light and shadow of the sky at the current moment,Meanwhile, the lights inside the globe simulate the alternation of day and night. When in use, Snyearth only needs a simple touch to display the accurate local time of the selected city.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimension: 200mm x 200mm x 150mm
Battery capacity: 4000mAh
Power supply mode: USB type-c
Input: 5V / 2000mA
Tags: World clocks, Home electronics, Smart products, Maglev, Lamps
Production Technology: The gravitational force is provided by permanent magnets, while the repulsive force generated by the electromagnets in the base is controlled precisely and in real-time using three axial Hall sensors to achieve stability of the levitating part in all directions.
Full-color LED lights are placed at the right place under the translucent ring window to achieve a colorful and natural transition display effect, and a directional rotating light source is used inside the globe to ensure a realistic simulation of the earth's day and night effect.
Design Challenge: The biggest problem encountered in the design process of this project is the internal structure design. Due to the use of maglev technology, the internal components must be arranged in a reasonable position to avoid electromagnetic disturbance, and also need to keep the shape as compact and simple as possible, so several iterations of the structure arrangement were made during the design process to complete the existing structure scheme.
Research: Firstly summarized and analyzed the existing world clocks, and found that the existing world clocks are in a single form, and it is difficult to read the time. The product iteration was carried out through the double diamond model. Last, a control experiment was conducted on the product prototype and the traditional world clock, and the results showed that it can help users get time zone information more quickly and intuitively, and also received higher scores on the interactivity dimension.
Inspiration: The current way of displaying the world time is often a combination of multiple traditional clocks, which is not intuitive enough, and the time difference between different places cannot be represented visually. It is also not possible to view the region where you wish to view the time at will. The design is inspired by the hovering globe, and by displaying the world time on the globe, the time of different regions can be displayed more intuitively.
Project Duration: The project starts in Shenzhen in May 2022 and ends in Hangzhou in September 2022.
Operation Flow: When using it, the user can touch the corresponding city location on the globe to display the local time of that city in real-time on the tray below. And if more than two cities are selected by the user, Snyearth can also automatically display the time difference between the cities.
Team Members: Xiaolong Li
Cheng Yao
Yiming Cheng
Zhengke Li
Sizhou Zhang
Shichao Huang
Yan Fang
Haoye Dong