The challenge was to create a product from existing technologies to decrease infant mortality rates in developing countries. Our solution was to design a support system that connects organizations and medical professionals to sick infants. Doctors and nurses would be notified immediately when an infant falls ill, know what was wrong and respond immediately. This would be done through a wearable technology in contact with the baby that remotely communicates with medical professionals.
Date –– 2016
Team –– Nagihan Avcu, Andrés Elizondo
My Role –– Research, Concept, Illustration and Print Collateral
Team –– Nagihan Avcu, Andrés Elizondo
My Role –– Research, Concept, Illustration and Print Collateral
System Design
The system works as a cycle of communication. If an infant wearing CARE-E falls ill, both the mother and medical practitioners would be notified immediately. Therefore the mother can either visit a medical clinic or a nurse can visit their home. This way no child goes unaided.
Product Design
The technology that monitors the vital signs of the infant is located within a “kangaroo” pouch on the inside of the sling. The baby is inserted within this pouch as the mother wears the sling. This way the monitoring technology is always in contact with the infant, and measures the locations it is supposed to.
Interface Design
At regular intervals data is transmitted to the medical practitioners by SMS. This is then inputted into their database where they can view the data on an intuitive mobile interface. More detailed data can also be downloaded into this database via bluetooth from the sling during visits and checkups onto mobile devices like iPads.
Prototype
We 3D printed a prototype of the ring sling to visualize and exhibit our concept. The project was exhibited at the HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd's Semester Exhibition and Emily Carr's 2017 Exchange Show Exchanging Numbers.
