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Galleries // 2024 Spark:Product // Banban‘s Smart Reading Pen
Banban‘s Smart Reading Pen
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Competition: Spark:Product
Designer: Tao Liu
Design Type: Smart & AI home devices, Smart Reading Pen
Company / Organization / School: Zebra Education Group (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Team Members: Haichen Zheng
1. Safety: Most reading pens in the market are for children over three years old. However, due to the slender body of the pen, there is a potential risk of throat stuck when used by babies aged 0-3 years old. We adopt a round and thick rocket-shaped design to avoid this problem. Children at this stage are interested in the possibility of sticking the tip of a pen down their throat. In addition, young children are likely to try to bite during their oral development period, so silicone handles and tentacles are provided at the front and back to facilitate chewing. It is safe and non-toxic while ensuring the product's resistance to falling. 2. Pen holding posture: The reading pen has two holding methods: gripping the tail or the pen body. According to the physiological development characteristics of the hand strength of babies aged 0-3, it effectively guides the babies from using the pincer style at an early age to the pen body grip style when they grow older. 3. Sustainability: The entire product uses recyclable and environmentally friendly materials with no spray-painting surface treatment so to achieve sustainable use by extending the product life cycle.
