Czero Mowhiti Aroturuki Hauora by Sophia Neill

Czero Mowhiti Aroturuki Hauora by Sophia Neill is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Hangarau Mau Competition Category.

RinoHangarau Mau· 2021

Czero Mowhiti Aroturuki Hauora

by Sophia Neill

Client: Victoria University of Wellington

A' Design Award Rino Winner in Hangarau Mau Category

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The Design

About Czero Mowhiti Aroturuki Hauora

Ko Czero he taputapu mau i hangaia hei whakaiti i te horapatanga o ngā mate whakapokepoke. Ka wiri te mowhiti ina tata te ringa o te kaimau ki te kanohi, hei whakamahara kia kaua e pā atu. Ka kōrerorero te taringa whakapaipai, te tautohu rānei, ki te mowhiti mā te hiko-korenga, hei rongo i tēnei tawhiti. Kei roto i te mowhiti he kaituku, he kaiwhiwhi, he kaiwiri, he pūoko aroturuki rerenga toto, he pūoko pāmahana, he mataono iti me te pūhiko. Ka tukuna ngā raraunga hauora ki tētahi taupānga hono, ka whakamaharatia hoki kia horoia ngā ringa. He iti ake, he mārire hoki ngā taonga āwhina nei.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Rino

Ko Czero Mowhiti Aroturuki Hauora te toa o te A' Design Award Rino, he whakaaetanga whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa pai e whakatutuki ana i ngā hiahia ngaio me te ahumahi e tūmanakohia ana mai i ngā mahi kua hoahoatia pai. Ko ngā toa Rino e whakaatu ana i te pukenga nui, te tohungatanga teitei, te māramatanga mātanga me te kaha auaha o ō rātou kaihanga. E tūmanakohia ana ko Czero Mowhiti Aroturuki Hauora he mahi whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he whaihua, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Rino e whakakotahi ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa o te ahumahi, ā, he āhuatanga hangarau pūkenga tōna e hono ana ki te mōhio me te pūmanawa. E whakahonoretia ana a Czero Mowhiti Aroturuki Hauora mō tōna tōtika, ā, i hoahoatia hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga me te āwhina i te ao kia pai ake.

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