Do Covid in Style: Innovative New Copper Masks to Stay Safe and Look Great!Blind
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The mask has to be very comfortable and easy to wear and to clean/wash.
Copper has many anti bacterial/anti virus benefits, and many cooling benefits. Hemp fabric also has cooling benefits. The Copper needs to be a type of mesh so it is easy to breathe in and out (vs. through the fabric, which creates heat).
The copper component needs to be breathable (small holes through the mesh) or some other approach.
One challenge is breathing out air into a mask creates Heat. A HUGE innovation would be if there are way to Cool the Mask (w water, a fan, etc) -- anything to keep the person wearing the mask cool.
These products will significantly improve health outcomes. In addition, they will be positioned as fashion statements -- so the Cool factor is very important.
The product does not need to even be a Mask. It can be any apparatus that keeps a person from breathing in their own carbon dioxide, which creates heat and poor circulation of air. As a simple example, place your hand in front of your mouth and breath out - it is very hot. Then place your hand in front of your mouth and breathe in, it is very cool.
My theory is that Masks, as currently imagined, may be creating health problems for people and also, they are not entirely optimized for preventing health problems. Current masks make it difficult to breathe in easily, and create a sensation of heat on the exhale -- both of which are bad for one's health (particularly the elderly).
I am most interested in ideas that come from Nature (Biomimicry). There are many examples of metals that have anti-bacterial properties (copper, silver, etc.) and many examples as to how animals and plants ward off disease. biomimicry.org/asknature/
If there is an opportunity to somehow include water in the solution, that would be of interest -- think baby wipes or misters.
High level, the apparatus must result in:
1) Health -- preventing the spread of a virus, as it relates to inhale vis a vis infected people and exhale, so as not to infect others
2) A cooling sensation -- so that a person is not enveloped in hot air from their exhale
3) An ability to inhale clean air easily.
4) Fashionable and Comfortable -- people need to Love the product in order to use it. We must create an innovative and fashionable product in order to help people help themselves.
Entries
- SolidWorks 2018 — ASEEMB WITH FAN
- SolidWorks 2018 — inner side
- SolidWorks 2018 — inner side
- SolidWorks 2018 — fan for mask
- SolidWorks 2018 — pcfan8blade
- SolidWorks 2018 — updated pccase
- SolidWorks 2018 — copper mouldd
- render — Untitled brown
- render — Untitled ironman
- render — Untitled light blue
- render — Untitled spiderman
- render — Untitled2.1
Discussion
As a quick update, Brett is shortlisting entries and will have feedback from the finalists. The current expected close date for finalists is next Tuesday if all goes as planned.
Will keep you in the loop and feel free to send me a private message if you have questions about contest status in the meantime.
Thanks!
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Thanks for your feedback on my design and I appreciate your sense of design judgment. You have observed a very good point of generating pressure and rashes on-ear with existing mask.
So resting the mask string on the head is a good option. We can use a plastic molded mask holding buckle with string tension adjustable provision because over a period of time string elasticity gets loose. There are some other ways also for holding the string on the head with high value addition.
Opening at nose and mouth can be modified suitably looking at the breathing comfort and styling. This can be improvised with user feedback while developing the mask. Creating different types of opening will make more variant of the mask and will give more choise for customer.
Hope above point are fulfilling your requiremengt. Please let me know if any further improvement/correction required.
Thank you!
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This competition looks very interesting. I will be happy to submit a design asap. Cheers!
MacKenzie Brown
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