Integrating Contact Tracing and Sanitization

Project Title

Integrating Contact Tracing and Sanitization

Project Area of Specialization Wearables and ImplantableProject Summary

A wearable wrist device, that ingrates contact tracing in schools for students anf staff alike, so that the process of contant tacing is streamlined and easy to carry out, also giving an incentive to carry out sanitisation by having sanitizer in the device. 

The aim of the project is to provide the mass population currently dealing with the wide spread and ever growing problem of COVID 19. With new variants and strains coming up every now and then, the need to tackle this problem becomes stronger than ever. According to research 520 million cases of the virus were detected throughout the world. With Countries now opening up there needs to be a solution to where the detection of who and when someone enters a place is necessary as this makes the contact tracing easier and much more accurate as to who has been near or in the vicinity of the virus. Contact tracing is key to keeping the virus in control, if each environment starts to make effort into tracing down the individuals the spread can be controlled. The key focus of the project is to keep tracing as a keep aspect of the product while providing a priority to sanitization as sanitization is key a component to reduce COVID 19 spread. The project will focus on young students and schools as young people are more prone for the spread of the virus.

Project Objectives

Integrating the process of contact tacing by having wrist watches/devices, worn by the students and are detected by detectors around the school campus, in every building.

Gving an incentive to sanitize for the young students so that they learn to sanitize and it's importance from a young age so that they develop a habit of santizing

Project Implementation Method

RFIDs are to be used in the watch, these RFIDs will contain information about the student whose wearing the certain watch, when the student enters a specifc building/class on the campus, the information is sent to the backend authoruties, thorugh the use of detectors placed at the entrances. This information is being tracked of every student, which in case of any outbreak, an alert can sent to every students watch who were in the vacinity of that student, this would help in contact tracing as to who was close to the virus and needs to checked.

The process of incentivization for sanitization would occur through the same detection as some detectors on the campus when triggered by the watch would give an alert to sanitize, the watch would have a refillable container which would dispense sanitizer, everytime a student sanitizes, from a numerous number of micro LEDs on the strap, a random LED would light up, each time the student sanitizes, this would inturn make random and unique patterns for every student, giving them a reason to sanitize and forming a bond with their watch.

Benefits of the Project

The final outcomes of the project is to yield a positive response in terms of contact tracing, the use of the watchis to helps awith making things normal without going to far to make things normal, it is help continue with normality among schools while giving a chance to learn about the aspects of sanitization. Even with COVID cases being at a low, the chances of a widespread are never at a zero so the life span of the watch is not ending soon, and due to the integration aspect of the watch with the current infrastructure of the school , the watch is still used a device for attendees and alerts on the school grounds. The control of the spread has been high, making it safer than ever for kids to roam in the school without the anxiety of COVID looming.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The major component that the design achieves is to make the process of contact tracing easy and of minimal constraints to the user. The main goal is to integrate the process into the environment where the device is being used, which in this case are the school boundaries. Using Bluetooth was a viable option but after analyzing the case studies above, Bluetooth technology requires more power and resources and requires a medium before it can be transmitted to the backend authorities. The use of RFIDs (Radio Frequency Identification) is preferred and makes for a more viable option due to its high frequency range and low cost. RFIDs are microchips used in everyday in malls for scanning products etc. These are used in the tracer each microchip can be fed up with 1kb of information which is enough to hold the name and useful information of the user wearing it. The main function of the RFID is to transmit a signal each time it passes through a detector of the user wearing that device. That information is fed to the backend, and this keeps track of the users location

the process of sanitization occurs by dispensing sanitizer that is held inside a container on the main body of the watch. The container holds enough sanitizer that could last a whole week. The nozzle that dispenses the sanitizer is calibrated to a sensitivity of 1.1 ml of sanitizer being dispensed as that’s the 16 recommended amount of sanitizer to be dispensed by the makers. The watch has a button on the other end that when pressed dispenses the sanitizer on the back of the hand. A mini pump is used at the back of the nozzle similar to the ones used in lighters that are readily available. The container can be refilled through a lid that can be opened through the back of the watch. It is not necessary to use any particular type of sanitizer, the user can use any kind of sanitizer they please. Each time the user passes through a detection gate the watch would alert them to sanitize, a timer would take place for not alert again and again if the user passes by again.

The process of incentivization is carried out through micro-LEDs placed inside the strap of the watch, these LEDs are connected to the detection of the watch. Each detector has a specific code attached to it, this code would light up a random LED in the strap, which would in turn make a random pattern on the strap, this pattern would unique for each user. This creates a bond between the user and the watch, and as young children are prone to having unique items this would help them form a habit of sanitization

Final Deliverable of the Project Hardware SystemCore Industry ITOther Industries Health , Telecommunication Core Technology Wearables and ImplantablesOther TechnologiesSustainable Development Goals Good Health and Well-Being for People, Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	7400
Arduino	Equipment	3	1700	5100
RFID	Equipment	5	100	500
3D printing	Equipment	6	300	1800