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Yoyo Peranti Komunikasi, Aplikasi Mudah Alih by Junru Xu, Zhongqi Fu and Zixi Liu

Yoyo Peranti Komunikasi, Aplikasi Mudah Alih by Junru Xu, Zhongqi Fu and Zixi Liu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Besi in Reka Bentuk Teknologi Mudah Alih, Aplikasi dan Perisian Competition Category.


BesiMudah Alih· 2024

Yoyo Peranti Komunikasi, Aplikasi Mudah Alih

by Junru Xu, Zhongqi Fu and Zixi Liu

Client: DirecTV

A' Design Award Besi Winner in Mudah Alih Category

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The Design

About Yoyo Peranti Komunikasi, Aplikasi Mudah Alih

Yoyo adalah peranti komunikasi dan aplikasi mudah alih yang direka untuk kanak-kanak dan ibu bapa yang tinggal berjauhan. Peranti Yoyo adalah bola yoyo sebenar yang berukuran 10 kali 10 kali 4.5 sentimeter dan diperbuat daripada plastik, logam dan kapas. Pemesejan suara masa nyata membolehkan kanak-kanak dan ibu bapa bertutur walaupun berjauhan. Sensor sentuhan di bahagian belakang mengumpul data kesihatan seperti kadar denyutan jantung dan tahap tekanan. Peranti ini juga berfungsi sebagai penyangga meja. Aplikasi ibu bapa memaparkan pandangan kesihatan dan sokongan berdasarkan kecerdasan buatan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Besi

Yoyo Peranti Komunikasi, Aplikasi Mudah Alih ialah pemenang A' Design Award Besi, pengiktirafan yang berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk yang baik yang memenuhi keperluan profesional dan industri yang dijangka daripada ciptaan yang direka dengan baik. Pemenang Besi menunjukkan kemahiran yang besar, kepakaran yang tinggi, kefahaman pakar dan keupayaan kreatif penciptanya. Yoyo Peranti Komunikasi, Aplikasi Mudah Alih diharapkan menjadi ciptaan yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi dan disayangi yang praktikal dan inovatif. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Besi ini menyepadukan amalan terbaik industri dan mempunyai ciri teknikal yang kompeten yang dikaitkan dengan kepakaran dan bakat. Yoyo Peranti Komunikasi, Aplikasi Mudah Alih dihormati kerana ketelitiannya dan direka untuk memberikan peningkatan kualiti hidup yang membantu menjadikan dunia tempat yang lebih baik.

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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