Varun Mehra .
Digital Product Designer .
Deliverables
Physical Prototype
Mobile App UI
Role
Team Lead
UI Designer
Project Timeline
12 Weeks
Winter 2017
Direct Stakeholders
Residents in the Slums
(disadvantaged and vulnerable group)
Indirect Stakeholders
Doctors
Government
She values her family, work and safety.
“I hope that my children can grow up healthy and safe.”
I always try to keep the children away from the dangerous dogs.
Purnima Roy
Housewife & Mother >
“I see people injured because of dogs everyday, I cant think of what happened to those who don’t have money to cure themselves.”
Shiva deals with patients hurt by dogs every day.
Shiva Sachdev
Local Doctor, 36 >
She is constantly concerned about the welfare of the societies and the dog themselves.
"I feel sad seeing all these stray dogs, suffering from illnesses, starving to death."
Sadhika Dutta
Social Activist, PETA >
Interviews
Create a Wearable Solution
Vaccinate Stray Dogs
Reduce Rabies &
Deaths
Problems Discovered
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Widespread fear of being bitten by an ill dog
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Financially difficult to afford treatment if bitten
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Medical personnel experienced difficulties collecting the dogs to vaccinate them
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Release the dogs back into their environments with no follow-up opportunities
Task Action
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Identify dangerous dogs more easily so they can be avoided
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Eliminate rabies so citizens don’t need bite treatment
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Remove collection entirely and bring the vaccination to the dogs in their environments
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Store data so that dogs can be tracked and make them more easy to locate.
DogTag App
Mobile App Wireframes
The DogTag App compliments the smart collar with finesse, reflecting information collected by the collar; i.e. last vaccination date, body temperature, gender, age and the last tagged geolocation etc.
Smart Collar
Mid Fidelity Prototype
We built a mid fidelity prototype for the DogTag Smart-Collar. The prototype helped us evaluate the product's practicality and feasibility.
Smart Collar
Mid Fidelity Prototype
Features:
Body Temperature Sensor (wired)
LED (Needs assistance / Reported)
Nano Patch Vaccine
RFID / NFC chip
Experience DogTag
