GGC Team 2 - 2Easy

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  Final Design

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  First Attempt Circa June 30th

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  Initial Concept Generation of Design

Inspiration

We are a team of students from different countries with the goal of alleviating the challenges of the COVID-19 crisis. Whether we create new inventions or contribute to existing platforms, such as YouTube, the goal is to help people get through the hardships. There were many ideas brought up during our discussions; during one of our banters, we agreed that surgical masks were uncomfortable to wear. This gave us the idea to redesign what a face mask should be. We settled on our design philosophy to provide safety and normalcy to our customers. In addition, we want to help the healthcare workers who risk their lives to save others. 10% of healthcare professionals are COVID-19 patients which tells a lot about the effectiveness of our equipment.

What it does

The face mask has been transformed into a respirator with an attachment to include eyewear and goggles. The current prototype uses bolts on the side of the mask to attach rubbers that will keep the parts together. The face mask combines the protective surface area of face shields with the close seal that the face masks provide. Using a filter inside the respirator, the product can block 95% of COVID-19 aerosol and droplets. The goggles provide additional protection from the disease. Further design improvements would include durable straps to tighten around the head, silicon mold that conform to a person's face, and a redesign of the safety goggles for those who wear glasses.

How We built it

This idea would have never come true without the support and guidance of the Hacker Exchange and those who run it. The 3D model that Steven created was built in SolidWorks, and all accompanying animations and screenshots were created within the same program. The design was loosely inspired by existing respirator designs, but ergonomic features, such as easy-attachments, were unique to competing products. While his's contributions are apparent, it is easy to forget that a lot of time and effort was put into formulating a plan. Many design iterations were scrapped and repurposed, but in the end, his's creativity shined for this project. The Mubin's website provided important empirical about COVID-19 cases nearby through his experience as a front end developer and data analyst. He is the backbone of the team and works extremely hard to execute plans. His reliability is the hallmark of his character, and viewers will be awed by his combined skills as a coder and analytical prowess. The team could not have explored this idea without George's marketing research, and interpersonal skills. The core idea of tis project was conjectured by him during a late night discussion of potential ideas. Surveys were conducted in convenience stores to learn about what the lower-to-middle economic bracket had to say. His connection to hospitals also gave us some valuable answers about the concerns within the healthcare department. He is the vision of the team and will pursue a great idea when he sees it. Sasha was the glue for the team and provided a go-getter mentality. She combined her business/marketing tactics and photo editing skills to create the identity of 2Easy by rebranding it to Spiro. Her ability to shift the team's mentality and aesthetic direction on the Wix website shows the sign of a great teammate. Spiro is the Latin word for 'breathe,' and this motto resonates with all of us.

Challenges We ran into

Mubin and Steven both had solid ideas for a project. Unfortunately, it took us 3 days to decide on which one to pursue.

Accomplishments that We're proud of

George: just proud of the fact that we could pump out this in such a short period of time. Literally being a group of strangers 5 days ago and being able to come together in a cohesive way and work across timezones. Something that I've never done before and just digesting the sheer amount of new content as well was a good experience.

Mubin: very fortunate to be a part of something special! Proud of the fact The team was able to build a working interactive dashboard in just under 2 days! Also stoked we could get over 50 responses in our survey, giving us really good data to work off of and create our final design!

Sasha: honestly like being able to present something after just a few days. I’m also proud of the team, we pulled it together and have like a solid biz with successful prototypes that encapsulates what we’re making.Going from “masks are annoying and single use” to this folder full of really cool things, a developed biz and prototypes, is pretty a pretty huge achievement. Imagine what y’all could do with more time!

Steven: We made it to the end, and there's nobody who can discredit our efforts.

What We learned

The real treasure was the friends/linkedin connections we made along the way.

What's next for Team 2Easy

We will tackle future challenges with even more gusto than before!

Built With

• google-form
• love-and-care
• r
• shiny
• solidworks