Final Project Concept¶
Coming into the first week, I had a project idea that I wanted to explore further. During a very hot afternoon in Berlin and struggling with the heat myself, I kept thinking how uncomfortable it must have been for young children, many of whom were sitting in a fully covered stroller. I thought a better cooling device for them (rather than the clip on fans) would be highly beneficial; Kool Baby.
A reusable cooling system used individually or in tandem for stroller based children providing temporary relief from hot weather conditions. Expected use is circa 20-30 mins ie a short walk to the shops / park, with product placement found within a sleeve on the inside of the stroller cover. Two units can be clipped together for increased cooling ability and / or duration.
Kool Baby’s cooling ability is initially enhanced and provided via the cooling gel (air being cooled as it passes through the internal metallic straws) found in the freezing pack, over time as the cooling gel’s effect diminishes, the programable fan will increase air flow, with cooling to the child provided via more traditional means; “fan mode”. The goal is to provide a consistent level of cooling to the child, with Kool Baby’s cooling capabilities coming from the smooth and incremental transfer from cooling gel to “fan mode”.
Each Kool Baby product is coming in two parts, firstly a freezable cooling gel pack with internal flow through ventilation, along with a click on / off head unit containing fan, power supply and programable MCU for variable fan modes or output. Also, possibly containing an audible alarm if the head unit (more importantly the power supply) is accidental placed in the freezer. In addition, the head unit will be made aware (how this is achieved TBC) of two Kool Baby units being clicked together and operating in tandem, with the programme controlling the fan output adjusting.
