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Shenzhen iSDG assembly and new insights

A project log for PreemieAlert

A frugal connected wearable to support caretakers in tending to premature babies #SDGclass2017

emma-barmeEmma Barme 08/31/2017 at 10:330 Comments

At the end of the CRI Labs Summer School, we were offered the opportunity to take part in the iSDG Shenzhen Assembly. The goal of this assembly was to gather students, researchers and makers involved in projects around the UN Sustainable Development Goals and "co-design innovative solutions for global sustainability".

With four other projects from the CRI Labs Summer School, we presented PreemieAlert during the assembly. We received a lot of positive feedback as well as interesting suggestions and questions that are going to feed our continued development. We also had the chance to interact with several mentors from very diverse fields.

In particular, a discussion with an experienced design professor led us to consider an entirely new design for our companion device. We will dedicated a specific log to this new idea, but it will roughly be a mushroom-shaped button with visual and audio feedback.

We also participated in a small workshop on how to establish a business model and will work on ours with the canvas from https://strategyzer.com.

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