Project Brief

The AQI Hat is a wearable device that can let the user know about the air quality around them and how healthy it is to have continued exposure to that air. People get lots of diseases from bad air pollution and it is good to have a product that can help people know more about their health and keep them healthier in the long run. 

This hat is made for an individual user that will be able to wear the hat in their daily lives and let them know where there is bad air pollution. The user can also learn where there is bad air pollution in their lives and try to change it by either changing air filters or even just opening a window. The hat has two sensors, a temperature and humidity sensor and a MOX gas sensor. The gas sensor needs the temperature and humidity sensor to be able to detect the air pollution. The gas sensor detects VOCs (volatile organic compounds) and then the hat maps out the value to a color gradient to show different colors for different air qualities. The colors range from green (healthy) to purple (hazardous).  

Research

• Health risk of air pollution
• 8.8 deaths per year from air pollution
• Existing wearable sensors

• Wearable electronics
• Silk Lab biomaterials

Technical Precedent:

Wearable Air Quality Monitor

Conceptual Precedent:

Toxic Earth - AQI Data Viz

Aspirational Precedent:

Silk Lab Ink

Precedents

Moodboard

Sketches

Iterations

Functional Prototype

Storyboard

Use Diagram

Technical Diagram

Final Model

Color Diagram

AQI Value

0

1-75

76-150

151-225

226-300

300+

Color

Blue

Green

Yellow

Orange

Red

Purple

Advisory

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Healthy

Moderate

Unhealthy

Unhealthy

Hazardous

for sensitive people

Gracias :)