1. Tcs project Team battlefield Google images DARE/1B/21 By HAZIM, MELINDA, RUI ZHE AND LI HENG

2. CONTENTS • Ethnography studies • Insights into needs • Design statement • Ideation • Research • Concept sketch and prototype • User feedback • Improvements • Q and A

3. Ethnography study: people • Children like to play with gas knobs • Jan-dec 2011, 500 fires caused by unattended cooking fires (source: scdf) • Total 1050 accidents caused by gas fires • Inhalation of cooking gas (even once) causes: • Muscle weaknessLack of coordinationmay cause breathing difficulties and/or heart failure. • Cooking gas contains many toxins • height of a child aged (2-4) is around 85.1 cm to 100.1 cm

4. Ethnography study: objects Gas knob sizes

5. Ethnography study: objects Brands of hobs all of the brands require little effort to turn on the gas turbo hobz elba aerogaz rinnai

6. Ethnography study:environment • Kitchens are the main environment around stoves. • Stoves can get oily, or be exposed to water • Stoves are exposed to large amounts of heat • Stoves operate near fire • Most people require convenience in kitchens • There is a lot of objects in a kitchen • Little space for placing items

7. Ethnography study: messages

8. Ethnography study: services • cooking gas delivery • Cooking • Boiling water

9. Needs from ethnography study there is a need: • to prevent children from turning on the gas • to prevent making the gas knob easy to turn on for children • to ensure the material is made of fire-proof materials • for the material to resist cooking oils and dirt • for convenience in operating for parents • for simplicity in the design • to fit the knobs in the market • To fit multiple knobs

10. research

11. Design statement • To design a device which prevents toddlers from turning on the gas knob, that is easy for parents to unlock and simple to use. • Target audience: 2-4 year old children

12. Ideation

13. Ideation

14. Prototype and sketch

15. Prototype material Advantages: • Use of polypropylene • Resistant to heat, food and acids. • Cheap easy to produce Disadvantages: • not very resistant to UV light • Can decay over time

16. Final prototype design • Medicine cap design to stop children from opening • Use of blind rivets to anchor thread into hob or comes with thread installed by the hob brand itself to facilitate the locking procedure. • For solid existing hobs, use of super glue is required for installation

17. User feedback • Mrszhang said • disabled parents might not be able to use it • the product allowed parents who could not always keep watch feel safer as they face 1 less danger • 9/10 • Mrskhor said • Product is fast and efficient • Helps reduce accidental gas activation • Might be too easy to figure out

18. Improvements

19. Internet sources • Google images • www.uniongas.com

20. Why invest in our product • It is simple to produce • It is genuinely researched on • it will prevent fire accidents • Great profits and returns for investors • First product to fulfill child safety standards

21. Q and A Thank you for listening