Thirsty Inventor
Course
Invention Design
Team
Filippa Osswald, Hannah Wels
Supervision
Prof. David Oswald
Grade
1,0
The project explored how an emerging technology could be translated into a future product or application. Tapin responds to the growing desire for personalized health routines by imagining a smart drinking water system that integrates hydration, nutrients and flavor directly into everyday kitchen use.
The goal was to give the emerging technology of infrared blood-parameter scanning a meaningful purpose within an everyday product or application. The case study explores how future health technologies can be designed around real human needs.
The process began with an exploration of infrared scanning as an emerging technology for identifying different blood parameters. Based on an in-depth competitor landscape analysis and detailed user personas, the system was developed around the needs of specific target groups and visualized as a connected future product ecosystem.
The result is a speculative smart-kitchen system that enables personalized drink configuration, quick NFC-based dispensing, nutritional value tracking and hydration reminders through an integrated interface and connected bottles.
How might we integrate a smart nutrition system in their home?
How might we provide them with personalized nutritional supplements?
How might we provide them a system that caters to the needs of all family members?
Tapin has a lot of tasks to master in order to replace water filter carafes, kettles, bottled water, nutritional supplements and bottled syrups or soft drinks.
The tap water is filtered for the further treatment
The water is tempered between icy-cold and boiling
Carbonation from still to sparkling
Minerals & Vitamins adjusted to body needs
Variety of delicious flavored syrups
Tapin consists of many components that work together seamlessly to ensure a smooth user experience while offering maximum flexibility to the user
Automatically connect to the tapin system via NFC for fast water dispensing
Mineral, vitamin and flavor cartridges which are sent to tapin and refilled
Prevents the uncontrolled dispensing of hot water and must be unlocked
Controls the system and includes sensor for recording the nutritional values
Two faucets, the large one for normal tap water and the smaller faucet for individual drinks. Seamlessly integrated into the kitchen worktop.
Configuration via the TapButton
Temperature and carbonation are continuously adjusted using the rotary control on the right side of the screen.
TapBottle quickly connects to the system via NFC
Dispensing a drink is quick, this is achieved via fast NFC connectivity. During the output, colored LED rings provide information about the progress.
Innovative sensor technology measures blood values
The innovative infrared sensor, which is in development at the Max Planck Institute, measures the nutritional values in the user's blood.
Drink reminder on TapBottle and mobile app
The LED ring on the TapBottle will flash when it is time for the user to drink. The mobile app also provides information about the current hydration status.
This is the default screen. Favorite drinks are displayed depending on the time of day. In addition, new drinks can be configured.
In the personal profile, users can view their measured values and configure and change their favorite drinks.
On this overlay, the user receives information about the status of their analysis.
