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Snyearth Wotchi ya Padziko Lonse by Xiaolong Li and Cheng Yao

Snyearth Wotchi ya Padziko Lonse by Xiaolong Li and Cheng Yao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award in Mapangidwe a Zipangizo za Digito ndi Magetsi Competition Category.


ChitsuloZipangizo za Magetsi· 2023

Snyearth Wotchi ya Padziko Lonse

by Xiaolong Li and Cheng Yao

Client: Zhejiang University

Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award Winner in Zipangizo za Magetsi Category

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The Design

About Snyearth Wotchi ya Padziko Lonse

Snyearth ndi wotchi ya padziko lonse yomwe imasonyeza nthawi ya mizinda pa mapu a dziko lapansi oyandama mumlengalenga. Kukhudza pamalo a mzinda kamodzi kumasonyeza nthawi ya komweko pa tray yomwe ili pansi. Mizinda iwiri kapena kuposa iwiri ikasankhidwa, kusiyana kwa nthawi pakati pawo kumasonyezedwa mwaokha. Wonya wowoneka ndithu wokhala ndi magetsi a LED amitundu yonse umawonetsa mitundu ya thambo mu nthawi iliyonse. Mkati mwa mapu a dziko lapansiwo, muli kuwala kochokera kumbali imodzi kosonyeza kusinthana kwa usana ndi usiku. Kuyandama kwake kumachitika mothandizidwa ndi ma magineti osasintha, ma electromagnets, ndi ma Hall sensor.

The Recognition

About the Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award

Snyearth Wotchi ya Padziko Lonse ndi mmodzi mwa opambana a Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award, kuzindikirika kolemekezeka komwe kumaperekedwa kwa mapangidwe abwino omwe amakwaniritsa zofunika za akatswiri ndi za makampani zomwe zimayembekezeka kuchokera ku zolengedwa zopangidwa bwino. Opambana a Chitsulo amaonetsa luso lalikulu, ukatswiri wapamwamba, kumvetsetsa kwa akatswiri ndi mphamvu yolenga ya opanga awo. Snyearth Wotchi ya Padziko Lonse akuyembekezeka kukhala cholengedwa choyamikiridwa kwambiri, chosirira ndi chokondedwa chomwe ndi chothandiza ndi chatsopano. Mapangidwe opambana Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award awa amaphatikiza machitidwe abwino kwambiri a makampani ndipo ali ndi makhalidwe a ukadaulo oyenerera olumikizidwa ndi chidziwitso ndi luso. Snyearth Wotchi ya Padziko Lonse amalemekezedwa chifukwa cha kusamala kwake ndipo anapangidwa kuti apereke kukonza kwa moyo kumene kumathandiza kusandutsa dziko kukhala malo abwino.

Behind the Design

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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

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