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Possible technologies involved / Technologies possibles impliquées: Laser cutting, machining, microcontroller
Project Type / Type de projet : General
Expected prototype budget / Budget prévu pour le prototype: Not available
Expected project cost / Coût prévu du projet cost: $100
Project Type / Type de projet : General
Expected prototype budget / Budget prévu pour le prototype: Not available
Expected project cost / Coût prévu du projet cost: $100
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Project background / Contexte du projet
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 / Tentatives précédentes
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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