Target Users: College Students

 

Challenge: How might we create safer experiences for students walking home late at night after a party/social event while potentially inebriated or fatigued?

 

Solution: 

• Personal Safety Alert Device

  • When triggered, device sends alert message and gps location to chosen contacts or authorities​​​​

  • Simple, pocketable, and rechargeable

  • Multiple Trigger Modes

  • LED and haptic feedback

  • Provisional patent for​ design and functionality

 

Contributions: 

• Performed significant user/market research and existing product benchmarking/testing

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• Conducted patent research to define whitespace and create competitive advantage.

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• Drafted claims and filed provisional patent of our design

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• Designed and Built "looks-like" prototype

  • ​3D printed design alternatives for ergonomic testing and design validation

  • Optimized enclosure design for injection molding and assembly

  • Created technical part drawings, and 3D model renders

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• Designed and Built "works-like" prototypes

  • Created flowcharts of safety system functionality modes

  • Performed mechanical design of locking mechanism and trigger actuation

  • Developed Arduino enabled functional breadboard mockup of internal electronics

  • Coded ​​breadboard mockup based on functionality flowcharts

  • Sourced and documented mechanical/electronic components for BOM

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• Drafted plans for manufacturing, marketing, and business model