social innovation challenge bbby: bradley schenken, kevin schwarz, blake shirk, syrenah stein, and...

Social Innovation Challenge

BbBy:

Bradley Schenken, Kevin Schwarz, Blake Shirk, Syrenah Stein, and Laura Moreno

Competitions

- Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup.

- Zero to Five Challenge.

“It is designed to inspire and stimulate next generation solutions with the potential to become real marketable products in the categories of Sports & Fitness, Healthcare &

Wellness, Safety & Security, Gaming & Lifestyle.”

Wearable Technology

0 to 5 challenge“This challenge focuses on designing solutions that help parents navigate these

obstacles, so that children everywhere not only survive — but thrive — in their early years.”

Our Solution for both

Eretum- The phrase for progress in latin is Eo Ire Itum. We hope to provide a way to kickstart education for early learners in order to provide progress for societies around the world.

Eretum

- A watch built for impoverished early learner’s:- Education- Health- Monitoring

- “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” - Nelson Mandela

- Break the cycle and ease the effects of poverty

Children are Users

- Watch is easy for a child to keep- Simple design that is easy to learn- Tactile Buttons that are easy to push- Bumpers around the screen make it harder to

break- Interactive features stimulate interest in learning

Insight into Other CulturesLACK OF EDUCATION

- “20 Percent of young people in developing countries fail to complete primary school”

POVERTY- “Over 30 per cent of Nepalese live on less than US$14 per person, per month...”

CHILD KIDNAPPINGS- Soldiers - Kenya- Sex Trafficking - Bangladesh - Ransoms - Mexico- Forced slave labor - Brazil

HEALTH- Many people in Papua New Guinea think HIV is a curse from god.

Design InnovationLACK OF EDUCATION

- Speaks in native language to children who can’t read- Adaptive Math and Reading questions

POVERTY- Text Only - 1GB of memory can hold text of about 4473 books- If somebody buys one we will donate one for free- Hardware is often most expensive and watches are small

CHILD KIDNAPPINGS- GPS Tracker

HEALTH- Displays a Daily good Health Fact- Inexpensive kinetic charger that prompts child to do jumping jacks to charge it

Works Citedhttp://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/country/home/tags/nepalhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/24/kenyan-children-abducted_n_109040.htmhttps://openideo.com/content/zerotofiveonboardhttp://www.ideaconnection.com/contests/contest/wearable-technologies-innovation-world-cup-01951.htmlhttp://www.computerhope.com/issues/chspace.htmhttp://www.academia.edu/5830620/Gods_curse_and_hysteria_womens_narratives_of_AIDS_in_Manokwari_West_Papuahttp://listdose.com/top-10-countries-infamous-for-human-trafficking/http://world.time.com/2014/01/17/mexico-drug-war-kidnapping/