I had the opportunity to work on a 6 week long group project run by Make Impact Consortium. They aim to speed up the integration of technology, innovation, making and entrepreneurship for technology innovation ecosystems that surround Universities. More information about Make Impact Consortium can be found at makeimpactconsortium.com.
Sponsors: MathWorks, Autodesk, Siemens, Stratasys
Brief
Design a product around the challenges and ways to address them, with a focus on how to safely reopen the economy after the lockdowns.
Remote Ideation
Working as a remote team was new to us in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Miro became our go to collaboration tool. Our first session was all about finding all the directions we could explore.
The Challenge we chose
Children are returning to school; The perfect breeding ground for viruses. Keeping children’s hands clean can be challenging at the best of times.
The solution
How might 'gamifying' the hand-washing process Improve hygiene in schools and reduce the spread of Covid-19?
Ideation
Visual exploration and ideation leading to countless alternatives. We loved the animal theme!
16 bit animation
We could encourage good hygiene habits through fun and engaging short games/animations.
How can we integrate a screen?
Visual output is a practical way to give children encouragement.
