2016
I created BlueyCheck for my HSC Design & Technology major work.
The product is a hand held peak flow meter I designed in response to the lack of asthma monitoring devices targeted at children. The device communicates airflow data to an app on the parent’s phone, allowing them to assess their child’s asthma severity over time.
My design was displayed in a Powerhouse exhibition featuring the top HSC Design major works in NSW, where I received the Innovation in Design Award.
Approach
After conducting research into my target audiences of kids with asthma and their parents, I developed the design through sketching and user-testing the ergonomics. I used Autodesk Inventor to design and 3D-print and test different versions of the design.
I created a whale animation on the screen to both appeal to children and indicate whether breath has been expelled hard enough. The embedded Arduino software connects the device to WiFi and the Blynk cloud server.
