Welcome to my design portfolio
Project features
- Voice-activated lighting rim which alerts others when being spoken too
- Slot in attachment and removal for easy battery replacement or decontamination
- Easy to sterilize casing fully enclosed into the visor
- lightweight and out of vision to prevent any visual impairment of the paramedic
- The modular clip can attach the indicator to any type of PPE visor
Initially, my first design was to use a radio transmitter device that can be paired together and provides real-time and clear conversation. This design uses a bone conduction speaker to keep the user's ears free to hear whilst wearing the device.
With more time and development the solution to this design issue would most likely have likely worked similarly to this design.
Some of our initial designs for the voice-activated LED strip included a simple air-tight box that can be easily decontaminated and attached to the visor of the PPE.
We additionally experimented with using speakers attached to suction cups to stick to the front of the mask. The idea was that the speaker will be amplified through the screen making it much clearer for the other person to understand.
Additional designs for the voice indicator would have included this voice amplification technology to improve the communication quality.
We were very pleased when our design won the 2020 Fixperts design contest for the "Design for a Pandemic" award.