Product

The product is designed to prevent the lack of support while getting on and off the bed. It comprises of pressure sensors which detect the pressure generated by the elbows while trying to get off from the bed. As soon as it detects the pressure, it lifts the bed to an optimum level for the elderly to get off the bed easily. It also ensures all other bodily movements such a rolling around to either sides of the bed, does not trigger the lifting movement of the bed. 

We designed the entire layout of the bedroom , with the bed, mattress, pillow, and bedsheet. The Bed was made out of laser cutting wood, and the mattress and pillow cushions were made out of cloth knitting. The pressure sensing was demonstrated using three rectangular pieces of soft material enclosed within aluminum foil which acts as a conductor of electric charge. The soft material within was cut from inside in a pattern to allow the circuit completion only while exerting pressure at points where the pattern was cut.