Quik-Aid: The Portable and Modular First-Aid Kit
Product Pitch Deck: [link]
White Paper: [link]
My Contributions:
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Conducted customer needs analysis
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Created competitive product Pugh matrix
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Defined product specifications
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CAD design of modules (SolidWorks)
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3D printed works-like prototypes and final product for functional use
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Sourced materials
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Conducted materials life cycle assessment for sustainability
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Filmed and edited the product video
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Assisted in filing patent
Parents and individuals on-the-go often find themselves lacking essential first-aid solutions due to the inconvenience of carrying around a conventional, fully-stocked first-aid kit. Traditional first-aid kits are packed full of different materials to address varying needs, but these often are too robust for the casual scrape or cut that a child might experience on the playground or an adult might experience on a hike. Some individuals have resorted to packing their own plastic bags of various bandages and medical aids prior to leaving on a trip. Others simply choose to go without first-aid supplies. Thus, we design a product, Quik-Aid, that aims to address this gap by designing and creating an easy-to-use, customizable, and portable first-aid kit to keep individuals stocked with their most vital medical supplies.
Over the course of 10 weeks, our Product Design & Development (2.739J) team used an Agile scrum methodology to conduct customer surveys, generate product ideas, assess competing products, build and test prototypes, design a business plan, and create a final product of our design. Below are snippets from this product design workflow.
Concept downselection
Downselected product sketches
Works-like prototypes