Sense+
Document Type
Presentation
Type
Social Entrepreneurship (SocEnt)
UN Sustainable Development Goal
UNSDG #3: Good Health and Well-Being
Start Date
29-4-2020 10:15 AM
End Date
29-4-2020 10:30 AM
Abstract
Our world is progressing at a fast pace with technology changing every step of the way. Though we attempt to never leave anyone behind through this progression the age gap is becoming more prevalent. Touch screens can be very difficult for older people to use. With so much of our world moving online, inability to access technology can take away independence. As you age, your skin dries out and a touch screen has a harder time recognizing your touch. This is due to most touchscreens used today being capacitive. This means the screen detects where you are touching it by sending a small amount of electricity through your skin to see how it conducts. Drier skin conducts electricity worse than well moisturized skin does. Sense+ is a screen protector that makes your phone screen more sensitive. We aim to create an easy to apply screen protector that you add to an existing touch screen device, like a smartphone, to give it the ability to detect drier skin with greater sensitivity and accuracy. It will work with popular brands of existing smartphones and have the added benefit of protecting the screen of the user’s smartphone or touchscreen device. This simple screen protector will enable elderly people to live more independently and to shrink the technological division between generations.
Sense+
Our world is progressing at a fast pace with technology changing every step of the way. Though we attempt to never leave anyone behind through this progression the age gap is becoming more prevalent. Touch screens can be very difficult for older people to use. With so much of our world moving online, inability to access technology can take away independence. As you age, your skin dries out and a touch screen has a harder time recognizing your touch. This is due to most touchscreens used today being capacitive. This means the screen detects where you are touching it by sending a small amount of electricity through your skin to see how it conducts. Drier skin conducts electricity worse than well moisturized skin does. Sense+ is a screen protector that makes your phone screen more sensitive. We aim to create an easy to apply screen protector that you add to an existing touch screen device, like a smartphone, to give it the ability to detect drier skin with greater sensitivity and accuracy. It will work with popular brands of existing smartphones and have the added benefit of protecting the screen of the user’s smartphone or touchscreen device. This simple screen protector will enable elderly people to live more independently and to shrink the technological division between generations.