5 In 5 Project: Make Alien Newcomer’s Live Better(MANLB)-Day#1 Carbine Species

Yufei Zhang
Aug 31, 2018 · 5 min read

Background story:

1996, Red Coast Base, human receive the first message from another life form for the first time. On the screen of the translation machine shows a simple line:

LET’S PARTY!

20 Years later, more and more aliens who have been analyzed to determine that they can live on Earth have come to the planet. Although they can adapt to the living conditions here, they still face many problems, especially those lives in the most complicated city of Earth: New York.
So that’s why we are here: to help those newcomers who came to us for help and bring them a better living condition.


PART01: INTRODUCTION

CASE NUMBER:11235801

This little guy was first to spot chasing after a truck for the CO2 which she feeds on. Small but energetic, this alien friend has many fascinating skills. There seems to be no bone-like structure in her body and the rubber-like gesture let her go through any place she wants. This gesture also serves another function: enlarge her own body to inhale air and get the CO2 in it. Because of her lack of vision, the special fluff that can sense CO2 behind her is the most important channel for her to feel the external environment. According to the report from interstellar customs, she can communicate with others by touching through the top area, and it looks like to be the second most important way to sense the external environment.

Science lab Document

But if she wants to live on earth, the problems she faces are also very obvious. Due to the lack of a corresponding protective structure, she is particularly vulnerable to the huge and dangerous New York City. A large amount of traffic flow and huge power consumption, while bringing an objective amount of carbon dioxide acquisition, also brought about a very complex and variable carbon dioxide flow structure for her.

Therefore, providing her with a comfortable and free living environment with sufficient carbon dioxide but also ensure her safety has become our goal.


PART02: Design Progress

●CO2

●Climbing

●No Eye Sight

●Touch to communication

Mind Map

Then the most important thing to do is to find out the impact of the distribution of carbon dioxide in the city and the level of carbon dioxide. A series of background information queries were conducted during this work.

The first thing to understand is that carbon dioxide is mainly emitted from which parts of the city.

src: Inventory of New York City Greenhouse Gas Emissions https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/administration_pdf/nycghg.pdf
src: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nyc-trump-tower_us_5b33eda9e4b0b745f17a4b7f

After a series of readings, we found that most of the carbon dioxide emissions in cities come from high-end apartments. At the same time, the high-end apartment itself has the advantages of large internal space, small turnover, and few unstable factors.

At the same time, the high-end apartment itself is a closed space. If the air composition is changed, it is difficult to recover quickly. Therefore, we must also understand how the change in the carbon dioxide content in the air will affect the human body.

How Inhaled Carbon Dioxide Affects the Body src:https://ethanolrfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Module-2-Handout-How-Inhaled-CO2-Affects-the-Body-%E2%80%93-Fact-Sheet.pdf
How low CO2 Level Affect You src:https://www.quora.com/Is-it-bad-to-have-low-levels-of-carbon-dioxide-in-the-body-If-so-why

After research, we found that the carbon dioxide content in the human body is very important to people’s health. Whether it is too high or too low carbon dioxide content will affect the human body. If the content is too high, it will cause the PH value of the human blood to decrease and cause abnormalities in the human body. A decrease in carbon dioxide levels, on the other hand, can cause abnormalities in the respiratory system. So we want to make sure that the carbon dioxide content in the building does not change drastically.

At the same time, another important factor in the city that affects a range of carbon dioxide levels is plants.

Plant Photosynthesis&Respiration

Plant photosynthesis during the day absorbs carbon dioxide from the air, but at night plants only breathe without photosynthesis. Therefore, in a confined space filled with plants such as a building lounge, the carbon dioxide content in the night room will rise sharply. This will be a great place for our little friends to feed. Because she has no vision, day and night are no different for her, and it will not have much impact on her behavior. At the same time, reducing the carbon dioxide content of the apartment lounge at night does not affect the plants. Therefore, the lounge of the apartment will be a great place for our little friends to live.

Storyboard

But even so, we still want to prevent accidental injuries such as collisions caused by lack of vision. So we designed a special wearable device for the Carbine Species to help her work and live better in the lounge of the building.

Wearable Device for the Carbine Species

A small red light on the device is used to remind people of her location while matching the distance sensor and buzzer on the garment. When someone or an object is too close, the buzzer will sound and the red light will flash to alert others. The dark portion in the middle is a shrinkable material to match the body that swells when Carbine Species inhales the gas. At the same time, modifications have been made to the back of the device to ensure that important fluff is not blocked.

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