For our innovation project, our team has designed and built a smart cat door to prevent burglaries stray animals from entering, and heat loss within homes.
GATEKEEPERS
UN SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Empowered and Driven:
Delivering Solutions for Global Issues
The cat door has been designed to make the lives of cat owners easier, this is done through the fact that the cat door will prevent any uninvited animals entering their house, the door will only open for the owners cat, additionally it can be opened and closed wirelessly. This coincides with good health and well being due to the fact as any stray animals which carry harmful diseases cannot enter, additionally the cat door has been made in a way where it will seal the section which it covers so that no heat energy is lost when it is not in use which coincides with the sustainable cities and communities goal.
DESIGN STORY
Challenges
``-Time constraints -Bugs in the code -Lack of organization``
Solution
``-Provide a schedule at the start of the project -Trial and error bug fixing -Sort times for all aspects of the project``
Use Case
A use case would be someone with a disability, the cat door will make it easier for them to deal with rodents or strays if the door only opens automatically for their cat and stays closed for other creatures.
TECHNOLOGIES
List of Essential Tools and Technologies
THE PROCESS
PROTOTYPE DESIGN
The prototype provided the user with the ability to have the door move to open and close based off whether there was an object placed in front of the sensor.
Stage
Online Marketing
Creative agency
Web development
PLEDGE
Impact on the market
The product will target an audience of those who would like to keep their homes safer from stray animals or diseases, and or those who would like to conserve heat within their homes for cheaper.
RESULTS
FINAL PRODUCT
The process of creating the product involved coding it, designing how the product would work, aiming for efficiency, and fixing errors, issues and bugs.