Our project, FyrSync, will tackle the main issue of all time-restricted people, especially students. Many busy people are unable to prepare healthy, homemade meals and our product, a smart cooker, will help with just that! FyrSync will alleviate the difficulties of cooking, having enough time, and understanding cooking appliances. Our users will then be able to maintain healthy nutrition whilst reducing costs and food waste from an overreliance of unhealthy fast food and instant meals. The smart cooker will ensure your safety by having numerous built-in safety mechanisms.
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FyrSync
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About FyrSync
UN SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Empowered and Driven:
Delivering Solutions for Global Issues
Goal 3: Built-in safety features will reduce risks of accidents by implementing sensors, an automatic shut-off feature, and piezzo buzzer alarm.
Goal 9: The smart cooker being implemented in the user’s kitchen will lead to technological advancements by including safety features and a safer and more efficient kitchen.
Goal 11: The product’s temperature detection and automatic shut-off will lead to the risk of fires being reduced which makes the user’s neighbours safer and promotes safer urban living.
Goal 12: Food waste will be minimised by reducing the chances of meal being overcooked or spoilt.
THE STORY BEGAN
DESIGN STORY
Challenges
- Lack of experience of coding complex smart products using Arduino IDE.
- Making sure the smart cooker is sleek whilst keeping components away from the hob.
- Limited expertise in handling gas and fire in a safe manner as well as limited resources.
Solution
In order to solve our lack of skills related to coding via Arduino IDE, we will review the slides from the Computer Systems module on Moodle and we will watch YouTube tutorials on how to code in C++. To solve our problems with the design of the smart cooker we will utilise the space below the actual hob to hide away some of the wiring whilst keeping the sensors a safe distance away from the hob. To solve our limited expertise in handling gas and fire, we will substitute the actual gas, fire, and hobs, with a realistic LED fake fire which will also solve our lack of resources. Our lack of resources will also be solved by the use of a 3D printer which will provide us with a physical prototype of the 3D design.
Use Case
A student who spends his time studying, working at their part-time job, going to the gym, and socialising will need a solution to cooking cheaply and healthily that fits easily to their lifestyle. The Smart Cooker with its precise temperature and time control, can set it to cook his meals. The real-time LCD screen updates make it easy for him to check the progress without counting down the minutes and monitoring how much smoke is too much.
TECHNOLOGIES
List of Essential Tools and Technologies
THE PROCESS
PROTOTYPE DESIGN
Our prototype replaces the gas and fire aspect of a smart cooker with an LED fake fire. We will print out most of the 3D design using a 3D printer; however, we will have to obtain the circuit’s components. The prototype will be connected to a battery which would mean that the cooker can function without being plugged in to a computer. As the potentiometer representing the gas marks move, the LED fake fire will change gradually from being off to being in a dimmed state to being on.
Online Marketing
Creative agency
Web development
PLEDGE
Impact on the market
FyrSync’s market is fairly competitive but not too oversaturated. Our product will have a strong impact on users and we are confident that we will be able to create and maintain a great brand name and also great brand awareness. Our main competitors are Hisense, Electriq, and Prestige; however, our emphasis on safety and reliability should make our product more superior to our competitors.
RESULTS
FINAL PRODUCT
Our group came up with the idea of a smart cooker after going through the pros and cons of many ideas. We then had to design the circuit and present our ideas in person and by a video presentation. We then came up with an opportunistic plan and finalised the 3D design and circuit. We then created a logo and a poster for the product. We will 3D print the shell of the product and add in the other components and assemble our product to create our prototype module. Our prototype will turn on by pressing the button and the LED display will display it’s on. Our prototype’s hob, an LED fake fire, will light up gradually as the potentiometer with a stove knob cap turns. This will represent the fire at various gas marks. The gas mark shown on the LED display will depend on the position of the potentiometer. The time and timer amongst other features will be shown. In the case of an emergency, like when the sensors detecting dangerous levels of heat or carbon monoxide, the stove will automatically shut off and the piezo buzzer will also go off.