Period Project
Project information
- Possible technologies involved: Laser cutting, machining, microcontroller
- Project Type: General
- Expected prototype budget: Not available
- Expected project cost: $100
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Project background
The Period Project is an initiative to offer free environmentally friendly menstrual products to the uOttawa community. Since it's launch in the Fall of 2021, 7 dispensers have been installed in washrooms around campus. They are currently trialing two different dispenser companies, Aunt Flow and Joni. They have yet to find a dispenser model that is perfect for their needs.
Your task is to design a dispenser with the following features:
Your task is to design a dispenser with the following features:
- Very durable
- Have a way to lock the dispenser but that is easy to open for volunteers to refill
- Accessibility-friendly
- A good size that could hold at least 50 pads or tampons
Nice to have:
- Has a delayed dispense feature to slow down the speed that someone can take multiple products
- A way the dispenser counts the number of products dispensed
- A way to adjust the size of the cartridges that hold the products to be able to fit different types and brands of products at different times.
Past attempts
There has been no previous attempt to solving this problem. / Il n'y a pas de tentatives précédentes pour résoudre ce problème.
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