faucet

With this enhanced hand-washing sink timer, you may reduce your chance of contracting a deadly plague!

Apr 6, 2020

Design, Health, Public Safety & OSHA, Technology, UI / UX

coronavirus, COVID-19, faucet, hand soap, hand washing, hand washing timer, plague, sink, sink timer, soap, soap timer, timer, wash hand, wash timer

Background: It is well known that washing hands for a surprisingly long time (30 seconds!) substantially reduces microbial contamination (Figure W1). The issue: Unfortunately, people generally feel, psychologically speaking, that their hands are clean immediately upon rinsing them with even the slightest hint of water. The challenge, therefore, is to encourage people to wash…
Stop wasting water: with this new incredible invention, you won’t have to worry about leaving a water faucet running again!

Apr 28, 2019

Design, Household, UI / UX

automatic off, bathroom sink, eco-friendly, faucet, kitchen sink, tap, tap that turns off, wasting water, water conservation, water faucet, water tap, waterwheel

The issue: Once in a while, people accidentally forget to turn off a water faucet (e.g. a bathroom or kitchen faucet) and leave it running all day. This wastes water, and is unacceptable. Proposal: There are existing solutions to automatically turn off faucets, but generally they are either incredibly annoying (the motion-activated faucets that work…