Magsense Wearable to prevent hand-face contact by Irmandy Wicaksono |
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| DESIGN NAME: Magsense PRIMARY FUNCTION: Wearable to prevent hand-face contact INSPIRATION: “Don’t touch your face” is seemingly simple advice. Since coronaviruses are stable for days on many surfaces, a person can get COVID-19 by touching a contaminated handle or object and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly eyes. But quitting is far easier said than done. Most people touch their face frequently throughout the day, usually without thinking about it—it’s a very difficult habit to break and requires a surprising amount of conscious effort. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: To combat COVID-19 surface transmission, we have designed a magneto-sensitive wearable that vibrates when the hand and face get too close. Magnetic rings or bracelets on both hands are detected by a magnetometer worn around the neck as a necklace or a clip-on. Since it is based on a field sensing, the necklace or clip-on can also be hidden under a shirt. Our open-source pursuit allows everyone to develop their own hand-to-face contact prevention wearables. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: As users try to approach the face, the magnetic ring/bracelet will induce magnetic field and interact with the wearable by activating a vibration motor. This signals the users to refrain from touching their face. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in March 2020 in Cambridge in response to COVID outbreak and finished in April 2020. |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: We established a working prototype of Magsense that connect multiple printed circuit boards including battery, microprocessor, sensor, and actuator into one system. We have also designed customized 3D-printed packaging that enable the system to be worn as a necklace or a clip-on. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Diameter 30 mm x Height 12 mm TAGS: wearables, hand-to-face contact, magnetic sensing, covid prevention RESEARCH ABSTRACT: The recent pandemic motivated our effort in developing a wearable that can help reducing infectious disease and virus transmission. By developing an electronic system and using 3D-printer, we created a set of wearable device that can be used to prevent hand-to-face contact. The device, worn as a necklace or clip-on, alerts and vibrates when the users hand approach their face. We aim to count number of approaches and train users behavior in breaking this habit. CHALLENGE: Besides working with constrained lab access and resources, the challenge of this research was to find the most effective, low-cost, and scalable approach in developing the sensor system. We have also designed a miniaturized customized hardware that will significantly reduce the cost and form-factor of our wearable device. This development is meant for large-scale manufacturing and deployment. ADDED DATE: 2020-05-15 23:01:14 TEAM MEMBERS (9) : Designer: Irmandy Wicaksono, Camilo Rojas, Cedric Honnet, Supervisor: Joseph Paradiso, Kevin Esvelt, Fadel Adib, Video Editor: Guadalupe Babio, Nicolas Ayoub and IMAGE CREDITS: Image 1: Irmandy Wicaksono, Guadalupe Babio, Nicolas Ayoub Image 2: Irmandy Wicaksono, Guadalupe Babio, Nicolas Ayoub Image 3: Irmandy Wicaksono Image 4: Irmandy Wicaksono Image 5: Irmandy Wicaksono Video 1: Irmandy WicaksonoGuadalupe Babio, Nicolas Ayoub, Juliana Nazare |
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NAME: MIT Media Lab PROFILE: The MIT Media Lab promotes an interdisciplinary research culture that brings together diverse areas of interest and inquiry. Unique among other laboratories at MIT, the Media Lab comprises both a broad research agenda and a graduate degree program in Media Arts and Sciences. Faculty, students, and researchers work together on hundreds of projects across disciplines as diverse as social robotics, physical and cognitive prostheses, new models and tools for learning, community bioengineering, and models for sustainable cities. Art, science, design, and technology build and play off one another in an environment designed for collaboration and inspiration. More than 25 faculty and senior researchers lead the Lab’s research program, working with over 175 research staff members, visiting scientists, postdoctoral researchers, and lecturers. The academic program enrolls some 150 master’s and PhD candidates. In addition, each year over 200 MIT undergraduates engage in research projects at the Lab through MIT’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. The Lab and MAS program originated in and report to MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) with which they share an emphasis on design, hands-on learning, collaborative research, and critique and reflection. |
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Magsense Wearable to Prevent Hand-Face Contact by Irmandy Wicaksono is a Nominee in War on Virus Category.· This project is currently confidential as results have not been announced yet. Images and further details of the project is not available for public yet, please check back later. If you are the owner of this design, please login to view the images.· Click here to register today inorder to be able to view the profile and other works by Irmandy Wicaksono when results are announced. |
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