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MIE-TRAKR DESIGN PACK Mohammed Soheb Hossain 11012628 Product Design Technology Individual Project - UFMEDM-60-3 Mohammed Soheb Hossain 11012628 Product Design Technology Individual Project - UFMEDM-60-3 MIE-TRAKR DESIGN PACK Mohammed Soheb Hossain 11012628 Product Design Technology Individual Project - UFMEDM-60-3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Migraines can be a debilitating condition that affects different people in different ways. According to research, as much as 610,000 people suffer from migraines in the United Kingdom alone, this translates as 1 in 7 adults suffer from the condition (The Migraine Trust, 2009). The MIE-TRAKR is an innovative new device that provides an alternative solution to tackling migraines, than existing treatments, products and medications. The MIE-TRAKR is a wearable technology that senses and measures multiple variables that are attributed to or are warning signs to migraines. The premise of the product is to help educate the user with their specific migraines whilst also acting as a companion to help their body perform better and avoid the potential for migraines. The device can detect the following: Skin Temperature (Live Updates) Skin Moisture Activity (Live Updates) Pulse (Live Updates) Light Exposure (Continuous) Sleep Quality (MIE-SLEEPR) As a piece of non-prescriptive design, the product can be used in any way that the user specifies, allowing the user to get on with day-to-day tasks with an unobtrusive device. ^ Figure 1 (Own Image, 2014) i Mohammed Soheb Hossain 11012628 Product Design Technology Individual Project - UFMEDM-60-3 Introduction Page 1 Design Brief Page 2 Research & Insight Pages 3-5 The Inspiration Pages 6-7 CONTENTS The Design Process Pages 8-10 Product Design Pages 11-15 Specification Sensors Flow Chart Page 16 Storyboard Pages 17-19 Renders Pages 20-22 Exploded View Pages 23-25 Engineering Drawings Pages 26-40 Materials and Page 41 Manufacture Brought-in Components Pages 42-43 Bill of Materials Page 44 End-User Validation Page 45 Expert Validation Page 46 Conclusions Page 47 Appendix Page 48 Special Thanks Page 49 References Page 50-58 ii Mohammed Soheb Hossain 11012628 Product Design Technology Individual Project - UFMEDM-60-3 INTRODUCTION This booklet will explore and explain the cognition, development, The device in essence, is a portable biofeedback device, but more proof-of-concept and validation of the MIE-TRAKR Migraine direct and instant than existing biofeedback rigs in hospitals. It is a Management Device. The purpose of the device is to help the part of the Wearable Technologies movement in product and sufferers of migraines live with and manage their condition through electronic design. This project has led me to interviews and meetings providing complicated data in a simple and easy to understand with Dr. Tim Cox, a representative from the Institute of Bio-Sensing interface. This data will enable the user to take control and make technology; Dr. Fayyaz Ahmed, a consultant neurologist of Hull and adjustments to optimise them in their day-to-day tasks and avoid East Yorkshire NHS Hospital; as well as Dr Mokhtar Nibouche, a the potential for migraines. For example, if the user has been specialist in electronic communication and technology. exposed to light for an excess period of time as well as have poor skin conductance levels, the device will indicate this to the user and allow them the chance to turn down or avoid the light and then rehydrate with a glass of water. WOMEN How does this help with Migraines? My end-user and desk research 18% highlighted how stress and anxiety can attribute to migraines and MEN can aggravate migraine attacks. With a busy day, we can often 8% forget to keep thoroughly hydrated and can spend excess periods of time in front of a monitor. This device does the ‘dumb-processing’ on the side and reminds you when to make these adjustments. 3x more likely to suffer depression ^ Figure 3(Own Image, 2013) ^ Figure 2 (Own Image, 2013) 1 Mohammed Soheb Hossain 11012628 Product Design Technology Individual Project - UFMEDM-60-3 DESIGN BRIEF Top Line Help the sufferers of migraines, live with their condition while at home, on-the-go and at work, in an instant, comfortable and un-obtrusive manner. Target Market The target users are adult sufferer’s migraines. They can be males or females, and range from young adults in education to young ^ Figure 4 (The Rolling Image, 2013) professionals at work to older adults living at home and commuting to places. Their age ranges from 18 to 45 and they have their own source of income. Concept Outline The design should offer a means to manage and educate the user on their bio-levels and migraines. It should be a product that utilises the best aspects of bio-sensing technology as well as reflects the excitement in design resolution of the Wearable Technologies movement. ^ Figure 5 (Facebook, 2013) 2 Mohammed Soheb Hossain 11012628 Product Design Technology Individual Project - UFMEDM-60-3 RESEARCH & INSIGHTS Migraines are a complicated medical condition with a wide array of effective remedy for a migraine attack at that moment (The NHS, symptoms and effects. Ranging from intense visual auras, to 2012). rendering the person in a state of either incapacitation or lost with cognitive clarity. However migraines do not garner the same After an exploration into primary and desk research of the specifics empathy that other ‘serious’ health conditions have, with the for a developed product to help a sufferer of migraines live with and uneducated merely calling them a typical headache. According to manage their condition, it was decided that a migraine management some research, as much as 610,000 people suffer from migraines device would be the best solution. This is after a poignant piece of in the United Kingdom alone, this translates as 1 in 7 people suffer primary research where an end-user recalled how she suffered from from the condition (The Migraine Trust 2009). several migraines per month when she was younger. These were the most intense and volatile migraines described by the various There is a misconception of migraines, being simple headaches that end-users. She then explained that as she grew older, she learned will fade away eventually, but the truth is many of them can cause to understand her migraines more and began to plan her days out. serious disruption such as imbalance, disorientation and the inability She ensured she was drinking water throughout the day and limited to focus; in rare cases an individual can even lose consciousness. herself to looking at monitors and screens for a maximum of an hour, before taking breaks. Due to the various types of migraines, numerous people would have different experiences; some are fortunate to experience it maybe once in a few years, while others have periodic incidents of prolonged migraines throughout weeks and months. Migraines can negatively affect an individual’s life; there are cases of people who are bed-ridden for a few days because of it. There are treatments and medications that can reduce the symptoms but there are no known cures for migraines. Current therapies cannot be applied immediately and are not convenient to use for an efficient and ^ Figure 6 (Facebook, 2013) 3 Mohammed Soheb Hossain 11012628 Product Design Technology Individual Project - UFMEDM-60-3 RESEARCH & INSIGHTS This management device was conceived earlier after an interim presentation of ideas and concepts with Dr. Fayyaz Ahmed, readings can act as a warning to migraines as well as a biofeedback consultant neurologist of Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Hospital. As a control. Although existing biofeedback rigs use this data and provide specialist in migraines Dr. Fayyaz was disappointed that my designs it to the sufferer to try controlling their body temperature, these rigs were not actually designs for ‘migraine management’, but was are normally only found in hospitals and require a medical instead designs for therapy. With this feedback along with the professional for initial operation. understanding that some of the concepts in my initial kit did not apply to all of my end-users, I decided that all methods of relieving migraines were too subjective to the user. It was after another consultation with Dr. Fayyaz that I was reminded that, ‘prevention is the best form of medicine’. My focus was relief during and after a migraine, when actually, it could have been how to prevent them in the first place. The device comprises of a Galvanic Skin Response sensor that will provide the user with updates on their skin conductivity and moisture activity which can determine possible dehydration, stress/ anxiety and tiredness. As stress and anxiety are key attributes to migraine, these can be ^ Figure 7 (AGM Conference, n.d.) detected in a person as through skin temperature and pulse. With existing pulse biofeedback, the user can use the live feedback of their pulse as a tool to help calm down and control their heartbeat. ^ Figure 8 (HEY NHS, n.d.) Desk research into journals has outlined the correlation between migraines and finger-tip temperature, where live feedback of these 4 Mohammed Soheb Hossain 11012628 Product Design Technology Individual Project - UFMEDM-60-3 RESEARCH & INSIGHTS Another tell-tale sign for stress and anxiety is skin moisture activity. Through Galvanic Skin Response data you can understand sweat activity, skin conductivity and even body hydration. All of which can correlate into dehydration, stress, anxiety and tiredness. Sleep is another variable with a link with stress and migraines, but more importantly, quality of sleep. My primary research outline that 3 out of 4 of my end-users recalled most of their migraines occurring on days where they had poor quality sleep or didn’t sleep long enough. Good quality sleep can be determined through an evaluation of several pieces of information; duration and sleep cycles, as well as movement and sound made in a sleep state.
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