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Flex Vibe
Capstone Project
10 week project
Designed by Emma Boyle
March-June 2018
I want to learn more about my own sexuality, but there is stigma in our society that makes the subject taboo.
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Megan A. White, PLLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, PLLC specializing in LGBTQ community, non-traditional family/relationship structures and those with alternative sexual practices.
"I am a big advocate for sex positive sex ed for the appropriate age because we are not taught how to communicate about sexuality at all."
Nimbus Baby Mattress Monitor
Design based on helping support professional parents in establishing a sleep schedule. With a baby mattress pad developed with sensors to help record temperature, movement, and heart rate. This data can support parents in tracking their babies sleep cycle so they know what sleeping methods work best for their children.
With help from National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development, Dr. Brian Johnson, and Parents we evaluated
many current designs of child wearables and products to
Giving parents more data and information will allow them to make their own decisions on how they want to be parents instead of telling them how to parent."
Dr. Brian Johnson M.D., M.P.H.
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Sketches and prototypes were created by focusing on flexibility and
breath-ability. We found tessellations to be the safest for the cohesive form.
With sketches we discovered tessellations of padding allowed for the best integration of technology and safe to sleep guidelines.
Introducing Nimbus
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