This presentation was the product of my Final Project (thesis) for the Domus Academy Master in Interaction Design. For more information, see http://uxblitz.com/tagged/final-project
Chain-Aid is a low-cost energy efficient wearable device that can be distributed to victims immediately following a disaster. This device will help victims to evacuate, communicate with recovery teams in the absence of cellular service and power outages.
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Chain-Aid: Domus Master in Interaction Design Final Project
1. Julie Blitzer
Master in Interaction Design
2013/2014
Claudio Moderini
Course Leader
Nima Gazestani
Project Assistant
Chain-Aid
Building connections and assisting with recovery
for natural disaster victims
2. “A wicked problem is a social or cultural problem that
is difficult or impossible to solve for as many as four
reasons:
• incomplete or contradictory knowledge,
• the number of people and opinions involved,
• the large economic burden,
• and the interconnected nature of these problems
with other problems.”
- Jon Kolko, Wicked Problems
4. Framework Concept Scenarios Value & Potential
Details
PROBLEM
Major natural disasters and even large events
may present situations in which many people
need to communicate with each other in real
time, often with limited connectivity.
5. Framework Concept Scenarios Value & Potential
Details
CONTEXT
Typhoon Haiyan, Phillippines Hurricane Sandy, USA
Colorado Floods, USA
Sichuan Earthquake, China
6. Framework Concept Scenarios Value & Potential
Details
BENCHMARKING/Disaster Preparedness
Ping
by Ushahidi
Community Disaster Relief Centers
by frog design
Drones
by Dreamhammer
V.ALRT
by VSN Mobile
TweetClicker
by MicroMappers
PINDOT
by Albay Province
8. Framework Concept Scenarios Value & Potential
Details
REQUIREMENTS
Low cost Energy efficient Wearable or portable
Location enabled (GPS)
Peer-to-peer Works offline
Low or no infrastructure
Feedback for SOS message Coordinate evacuations
12. Framework Concept Scenarios Value & Potential
Details
ABSTRACT
Chain-Aid is a low-cost energy efficient device
that can be distributed to victims immediately
following a disaster.
This device will help victims to evacuate,
communicate with recovery teams in the
absence of cellular service and power outages.
14. Framework Concept Scenarios Value & Potential
Details
FEATURES
ALERT
Contact victims with
emergency alert
notices, such as
evacuate, find shelter,
or avoid drinking
contaminated water.
15. Framework Concept Scenarios Value & Potential
Details
FEATURES
ALERT
Contact victims with
emergency alert
notices, such as
evacuate, find shelter,
or avoid drinking
contaminated water.
Guide victims to
meeting points and
shelters.
If necessary, divide
evacuees into groups
to direct them to
separate locations.
EVACUATION
16. Framework Concept Scenarios Value & Potential
Details
FEATURES
ALERT
Contact victims with
emergency alert
notices, such as
evacuate, find shelter,
or avoid drinking
contaminated water.
Guide victims to
meeting points and
shelters.
If necessary, divide
evacuees into groups
to direct them to
separate locations.
Connect with
emergency rescue
help through a
service similar to
calling 911.
EVACUATION SOS / RESCUE
17. Framework Concept Scenarios Value & Potential
Details
FEATURES
MESSAGE
ALERT
Contact victims with
emergency alert
notices, such as
evacuate, find shelter,
or avoid drinking
contaminated water.
Guide victims to
meeting points and
shelters.
If necessary, divide
evacuees into groups
to direct them to
separate locations.
Connect with
emergency rescue
help through a
service similar to
calling 911.
Receive non-
emergency updates
from local recovery
headquarters.
EVACUATION SOS / RESCUE
18. Framework Concept Scenarios Value & Potential
Details
VISUAL FEEDBACK
ALERT
Displays alert iconography and
vibrates continuously
Guides victims to safety with
animating non-traditional compass
EVACUATION
Displays message iconography and
vibrates once
MESSAGE
21. Framework Concept Scenarios Value & Potential
Details
PERSONAS/The Caretaker
Quick Stats
Living Situation
Three-bedroom house with
husband and two children
Age
38
Devices and Platforms
Technical Aptitude
Disaster Preparedness
Local knowledge
Jessica
Bio
Jessica has a full-time job in
her town but also organizes the
lives of her family and children.
She was obsessively following
the news leading up to the
storm. Although many people
evacuated, she felt worried
about the two elderly people
on her street to leave them
behind.
Goal
Protect her immediate family and
neighbors
Key Behaviors
- Always in contact with her immediate
family
- Puts her family’s well-being first
- Knows the local community very well
Key Motivations
- High anxiety and stress due to her
responsibilities
Primary Activities
- Communicating with family outside of
disaster area for status updates
- Going to town center to collect extra
supplies
- Checking in on neighbors to make sure
they are okay
smartphone
facebook
tablet
Twitter
laptop
Skype
27. Framework Concept Scenarios Value & Potential
Details
PERSONAS/The Techie
Goal
Always stay connected with the
hottest gear
Key Behaviors
- Has multiple devices with him at all
times
- Usually the first of his friends to try out
a new device or technology
Key Motivations
- Being disconnected is stressful and even
foreign
Primary Activities
- Communicating with family outside of
disaster area for status updates
- Posting to social media and logging the
disaster situation through photos
Mark
Bio
Mark is a young professional
who shares his apartment with
two friends from the area, who
evactuated before the storm.
Mark stayed back to watch the
apartment and protect it from
looters. He is known among his
friends for always having the
latest and greatest technology.
Quick Stats
Living Situation
Shares an apartment with two
other male roommates
Age
24
Devices and Platforms
Technical Aptitude
Disaster Preparedness
Local knowledge
facebook Twitter Skype
tablet
smartphone laptop wearable
34. Framework Concept Scenarios Value & Potential
Details
ROUTE GUIDANCE
OFF ROUTE
The center line is a compass.
When the victim is following the route, the line is green. If the victim
veers off the path, the line is red.
Route guidance without the aid of street signs is essential in disaster
situations, as many normal guidance markers may be destroyed.
FOLLOWING
ROUTE
OFF ROUTE
35. Framework Concept Scenarios Value & Potential
Details
Ethel
Bio
Ethel has lived in the area
nearly all of her life, but now
is alone as her children and
grandchildren live far away.
When news came about the
storm, she said “I’ve seen
so many storms here in my
lifetime. This will be just like
the others. I’ll survive like I
always have.”
Goal
Have enough medicine and food at
home until life returns to normal
Key Behaviors
- Spends a lot of time talking on the
phone to family far away
- Listens to radio and reads print
newspapers to get her information
- Takes multiple daily medications
Key Motivations
- Doesn’t trust the new young people in
the community and prefers to stay and
guard her home herself.
Primary Activities
- Waiting for friends or neighbors
to arrive who can help replenish her
supplies of food, water and medication.
Quick Stats
Living Situation
Alone in the house where she
raised her children
Age
79
Devices and Platforms
Technical Aptitude
Disaster Preparedness
Local knowledge
feature phone
PERSONAS/The Local Sage
38. Framework Concept Scenarios Value & Potential
Details
BUTTONS & FEEDBACK
SOS
Messages Buttons
Buttons appear perpendicular to messages and react to squeezing the
sides of the band.
The text on the buttons animates slightly to give visual feedback for
the squeeze gesture.
Open
Msg
40. Framework Concept Scenarios Value & Potential
Details
DESIGN LANGUAGE/Color
ALERT EVACUATION MESSAGE
Yellow or Orange
Universal colors for alerts
and warnings
Purple, Blue or Green
Indicate groups of
evacuees
Avoid colors that may refer
to cultural signals to stay in
place such as red, orange or
yellow.
None
The lack of color on
a standard message
indicates that it is lower
priority than a yellow alert.
41. Framework Concept Scenarios Value & Potential
Details
DESIGN LANGUAGE/Text
ALERT EVACUATION MESSAGE
Communicate alert
message, user must
acknowledge
Display end point and
instructions on how
compass works
Scrolling info message
once user opens it
42. Framework Concept Scenarios Value & Potential
Details
DESIGN LANGUAGE/Vibration
ALERT EVACUATION MESSAGE
long vibrations until
user acknowledges alert
message
Notify user that he/she is
going the wrong direction,
short / fast vibrations until
changing direction
One short vibration, only
when message received
43. Framework Concept Scenarios Value & Potential
Details
DESIGN LANGUAGE/Symbols
MESSAGE ALERT
EVACUATION MEETING POINT
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VALUE
Save lives through faster communication and
reaching emergency rescue teams.
Reduce shelter overcrowding by allowing
some victims to remain in homes deemed safe
for habitation.
Provide data in real-time to humanitarian
relief workers that follow the forthcoming
HXL standards from the UN.