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Mitchell Leigh2016

Assistive wearable technology for People living with Parkinson’s disease

Cue is an innovative new product for people living with Parkinson’s Disease. Cue helps users to overcome their freezing episodes via vibrations that act as cues. The product system consists of a display/charging unit, used to show users their daily data (also available for medical staff to access) and a wearable device that tracks users activity as well as offering vibrational cues.

Cue is designed to be worn all day, in and out of the home, helping users to lead a more active lifestyle and build confidence with their condition. The wearable is only meant to be worn throughout the day, in order to charge at night. Existing cue-ing techniques make use of audio/ visual technology, which have stigmas associated with them when used in public. The use of vibrations allows for a discrete user experience inside and outside of the home.

Coloured aluminium provides housing for internal components

Rubber allows users to easily pull band onto their wrist

LEDs display how many freezes user has during the day

Vivitouch technology applies vibrations to the skin via synthetic pads

Positioning the band onto the hub allows wireless charge and data sync

Display of time and remaining charge in band

E-ink display provides

information on the duration, severity

and total number of freezes user has. As well as total time the

wearable has been worn

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13cm

Design proposal

brief‘the good life’cue

Mitchell Leigh B219798 Loughborough University IDS 3 2015/ 2016

Mitchell Leigh B219798 Loughborough University

RSA 2015/ 2016

Assistive wearable

technology for People

living with Parkinson’s disease

Vivi-touch

vibration

technology

Cue-ing

methods

Data

display

Scenario of usecue

brief‘the good life’

User slips the band onto their wrist at the beginning of the day. The wearable is elasticated in order to allow for easy access

Throughout the day the user will experience ‘freezes’ where their body becomes rigid and they are unable to move freely for periods of time

The wearable will begin to vibrate using ‘Vivitouch’ technology. The periodic vibrations help to cue the user back into movement

Lights on the wearable show how many freezes the user has had.The dock shows a more in depth breakdown of information

At the end of the day, the user places the wearable band onto the dock to charge and wirelessly sync data

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Empower people who live with long term, lifestyle-related health conditions to take a greater role in managing their own care.

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“Create a new device for the workspace that facilitates a valuable new hearing experience”

userConstruction workers, who spend the majority of their day working with power tools.favour the manual labour lifestyle but dont like the health risks attached.

taskBuilding structures (residential homes, commercial properties, wooden structures etc.). At the same time satisfying the client and all within safe boundaries in order not to lead to injury of co-workers or themselves.

environment

Construction sites, residential, commercial or larger. In areas where noise is a safety issue to others in nearby vareas.

Steve has been a construction worker for the past eleven years and has started to notice difficulty with his hearing.

John has been a surveyor for the past five years and has noticed how difficult it is to communicate with colleagues when machinery is being used nearby.

Steve: “When colleagues are using power tools, i struggle to communicate with other co-workers.”

John: “I struggle to have important conversations on building sites when machinery is being used.”

Steve: “After a long days work my ears often ring if i have been using heavy machinery for long periods of time.”John: “If i’m on site, there arent many quiet places to go for meetings.”

Task

1. planning site layout.

1. Loading equipment into vehicles.

1. Manual labour

1. How not to leave a mess.

2. liassing with senior staff.

2. Ensuring nothing gets broken.

2. Working as a team.

2. Communicating

1. Where to position tools and kit.

1. About best methods and safety.

1. Safety and colleagues. 1.About

logistical issues.

1. Anxious and premidatitve.

1. Excited 1. Engaged 1. Relieved

2. perhaps stressed about the job ahead.

2. Anxious 2. Excited 2. Excited

1. Familiar, but a valuable experience.

1. Physical strain and time consuming.

1. Physical strain. 1. Fullfillment.

2. infrastructure of the site.

2. imost logistical method of transport.

2. Logistics and timing.

Interviews

ASSESS FINDINGS source of the problem

existing solutions

top issues...

Given the findings from the interviews conducted, I proceeded to define the ‘Insights’ and ‘Opportunities’ of each of the problem areas i had found in order to clarify which area’s held the greatest product/ solution opportunity.

The image on right shows the areas where i found most valuable insight, the area which i have chosen to pursue is that of construction workers and the new opportunities for sound within that working environment.

Handheld power tools and machinery are the cause of hazardous levels of noise (90 decibels+).

Workers with careers in construction for more than 10 years are nearly guaranteed to have some form of hearing loss.

The only existing solutions to the high noise levels workers are subject to on the construction site, are industry standard overhead and in-ear protection.

Which many workers end up removing due to discomfort and difficulty communicating.

task planning location

transport

/ setupbuilding work

clearing up

doing

thinking

feeling

experience

The insight

the opportunity

the problemConstruction workers find it difficult to communicate with one another whilst heavy duty power machinery is being used. This also presents long term hearing damage.

A product that can be easily transported, set up and removed that offers a barrier/ protection to the construction worker while using heavy duty machinery.

Construction workers are risking a huge part of their hearing health through the use of machinery that is too loud and they are risking their safety by not being aware of their surroundings whilst operating machinery.

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looking into assembly and how the base of the product will fit together.

The control panel is positioned at the top of the product.

An industrial handle is located on one side of the product to allow users to transport it easily.

On the other side of the product is the microphone inlet.

elevation views

The elevational views provide a chance to see the product in its basic form.

With a very industrial appearance, rugged angles provide function as well as a suitable aesthetic.

Front

Bottom

Right

sketch development Usage storyboard

When the device is folded up it is easily storable and transportable.The user takes it to the de-sired destination using the handle.

The user then unfolds the legs of the product and attaches it to a power supply, once turned on they are ready to start working in a safer environment.

When using their power tools, the product hears the 90+ decibel noises and plays the exact opposite frequency in order to dampen the damaging noises generated.

Create a new device for the workspace that facilitates a valuable new hearing experience.


Large mesh panel lets the sound out.

Side opening provides access to the microphone.

Control panel on top of the product.

other features

The ring mechanism near the base of product allows shocks and knocks to be absorbed with ease, allowing the sound cancelling process to carry on uninterupted.

Legs on a flexible hinge mean that the product can be positioned on rough terain and still stand upright.

A product that allows the harmful noises and frequencies experienced by construction workers on building sites to be dampened through the use of noise cancelling technology.Allowing for safety improvements to workers and their colleagues, reducing machinery based injuries and increasing the longevity of construction workers hearing.

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Design, Develop and Manufacture a promotional widget in accordance with a chosen brand.


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Research, Design and Develop a portable food cooker in line with the Muji brand for skiiers to use whilst on the mountain.


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pour food into container or eat straight out of device

Wait for the appropri-ate time until food is cooked.pull out relief mechanism to

allow excess pressure to escape.select cooking

temp/time

place food in compartment

clip heating unit into position.

Puzzlr -We place it togetherFeyo Van Der Goes- 4092791

Rein Miedema- 428526Mitch Leigh- 4403312

Winand Van Hasselt- 4302796Koen Meijer- 4270916

Heat SealingBefore the bin begins

vacuuming, it will close and then heat seal the

bag automatically.

Opening the binTo open the bin, either touch

the panel, hold hand infront of it or use your voice.

VacuumingWhen the vacuuming process begins, the bin is pushed up

using the air that has been re-moved.

Dyson 360eyeWithin the top range model of the Dyson

Clean-compact, there is a docking station for the 360eye, where it can operate from

and dispatch its dirt.

Tank tracksTwo pairs of dyson tank tracks are

positioned at the back of the bin to enable the user to move it to a variation of

locations.

Dyson Digital motorSpins at 78,000RPM,

generating the high suction necessary to vacuum the

garbage bag.

Dyson Link appAllows users to initiate the Vacuuming process, deploy

the dyson 360eye, as well as other information.

The Dyson clean compact lets you get rid of your garbage in an easy and effective way. The garbage will be compressed by air and presented to you in an air-tight bag. Therefore meaning no more overflowing, smelly and dirty wheelie bins.Research, Design and Develop a domestic

product in line with the Dyson brand that satisfies the needs for future domestic housing as well as satisfies the user.


This poster gives a brief and visual insight into the interaction with the Dyson Clean-compact once the bin is filled with rubbish.

Puzzlr -We place it togetherFeyo Van Der Goes- 4092791

Rein Miedema- 428526Mitch Leigh- 4403312

Winand Van Hasselt- 4302796Koen Meijer- 4270916

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Design the Ford steering wheel of the future. Designed for competition submission.


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