Wise Ẹ̀rọ Ìmọ̀lára Aláìlówaya by Yihong Qi and Alex Qi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ Ọjà àti Ìṣẹ́dá Ẹ̀rọ Competition Category.
FàdákàÌmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ· 2021
Wise Ẹ̀rọ Ìmọ̀lára Aláìlówaya
Client: Mercku Inc.
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award Winner in Ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ Category
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The Design
About Wise Ẹ̀rọ Ìmọ̀lára Aláìlówaya
Wise jẹ́ ẹ̀rọ ìmọ̀lára aláìlówaya tí ó ń díwọ̀n lílù ọkàn, ìwọ̀n mímí, àti àwọn àmì pàtàkì mìíràn nípa ìyè láìsí wíwọ̀ ohunkóhun. Ẹ̀rọ ìmọ̀lára ìdásọ̀tọ̀ yìí wọn 4 cm ní 4 cm pẹ̀lú ìbú 2 mm, a sì fi eríali méje sínú àyè tí ó tó ọ̀wọ́ owó. A dín ìdíwọ́ inú ètò ẹ̀rọ náà kù, sọ́fitiwáà sì ya àmì ẹ̀rọ ìmọ̀lára náà sọ́tọ̀ kúrò nínú ariwo àyíká. A ń díwọ̀n àwọn ìlù kékeré bíi lílù ọkàn láti ọ̀nà tí ó jìnnà tó mítà mẹ́ta. A fi ẹ̀rọ ìmọ̀lára náà sínú ọkọ̀, àwọn ọjà ilé, àti àwọn ohun èlò iná mọ̀nàmọ́ná nígbà ìṣelọ́pọ̀, ó sì ń ṣiṣẹ́ láìsí ìṣesí olùmúlò.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award
Wise Ẹ̀rọ Ìmọ̀lára Aláìlówaya jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ onípọ̀nlé lọ́nà àrà ọ̀tọ̀ tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele gíga jùlọ tó dára tó sì ń kan ọkàn. Àwọn olùborí Fàdákà jẹ́ àwọn iṣẹ́ tó ń tàn yòò gidigidi tó sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá púpọ̀ tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ìmọ̀ ìjìnlẹ̀, ẹ̀bùn àti ìmọ̀ràn àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Wise Ẹ̀rọ Ìmọ̀lára Aláìlówaya yóò jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àgbàyanu, àpẹẹrẹ rere, ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun jinlẹ̀. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tó hàn gbangba gidigidi tí a mọrírì tó ń ṣe anfàní tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. Wise Ẹ̀rọ Ìmọ̀lára Aláìlówaya jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ń ṣe ìlara, tó ń jí ìfẹ́ inú, tó ń mú ìmọ̀lára rere wá tó sì ń jí ìyàlẹ́nu àti ìyanu.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Wireless Intelligence Sensing (WISe) combines unique hardware and computing breakthroughs to accurately measure heartbeat, breath rates, and vital signs without wearables. Innovations include minimizing wireless interference, fitting seven antennas in a coin-sized space. Cutting edge computation isolates sensor signals from environmental noise and measures minuscule rhythms like heartbeats, non-intrusively, from meters away.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The sensor can fit in existing products, automobiles, and electronic devices. The size is flexible, and the antenna array can be adapted to fit unique implementations and environments. The standalone sensor measures 4cm x 4cm and has a 2mm width. Leveraging mmWave frequency, particularly 60GHz, this sensor can achieve near-perfect results up to 3m. Beyond that, the sensor can cover multiple rooms for presence detection capabilities.
- Tags
- Wireless, Sensing, Mercku, WISe, Connectivity, Automotive, Healthcare, Sensor
- Production Technology
- The three-step design captures data, synthesizes information, and accumulates knowledge. Hardware innovations, including industry-leading antenna systems, accurately capture human data. Then, proprietary software algorithms turn data into information and distinguish human behavior. Lastly, advanced AI and machine learning computation build models to understand human behavior, enabling early disease detection and empowering a human-machine ecosystem.
- Design Challenge
- The biggest challenge is overcoming the system interference to obtain valuable vital data without wearables. Using RADAR, measuring airplanes in the sky is complex, but measuring something as small as a heartbeat, even under clothing, is exponentially more complicated. Internal system noise improves upon Nobel Prize-winning theories to minimize all system noise, to achieve wireless vital measurement. Currently, this solution boasts industry-leading accuracy due to breakthroughs in physics.
- Research
- The research focused on three main areas. Hardware research and advancements protected by intellectual capital delves into internal system noise reduction and maximized antenna gain, resulting in industry-leading hardware performance. Software algorithms remove environmental noise to obtain precise measurements of the intended subject(s). Lastly, proprietary artificial intelligence enables learnings to decipher information into discernable health and presence insights.
- Inspiration
- Advances in science and technology empower humanity, health, and longevity; however, today's tools cannot decipher human vitality and behavior. Mercku leverages advanced artificial intelligence and hardware to connect things and environments to people, unlocking a truly connected IoT ecosystem. Innovations into eliminating internal interference, environmental noise, and robust system designs enable devices to measure nearby vitals without wearables, completing a proper machine-human integration.
- Project Duration
- WISe development started in 2017 in Waterloo, Canada, and the first commercial product became available in September 2020. Currently, WISe integration occurs in the automotive and smart home industries.
- Operation Flow
- Embedded into existing or new products, WISe unlocks vital sensing capabilities automatically, without user intervention. In a car, WISe can scan for security intrusions, measure driver health and detect children. In the home, WISe can make any product vital-sensitive. The sensor is embedded as a component at the manufacturing level.
- Patents
- Mercku Inc.
- Team Members
- Yihong Qi
Alex Qi
Yunlong Luo
Ge Shi - Image Credits
- Mercku Inc.
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