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Galleries // 2019 Spark:Spring Student // Tetrapod Thermometer
Tetrapod Thermometer
Finalist
Competition: Spark:Spring Student
Designer: Seongmin Kang
Design Type: Product & industrial, Health
Company / Organization / School: Hoseo University/KDM
The infant can’t express their sickness in words even if they have an abnormality in their body. So, we should observe their usual behaviors to find it early. For young children, the disease is easily worsened suddenly, and it can be easily healed at the same time. Prevention and discovery of disease in advance is the most important, and the simplest way to prevent it is to have constant attention by measuring body temperature. The tympanic thermometer is easy to use and can quickly measure body temperature. But since infants and children have a small ear canal, it is quite difficult to measure accurate temperature. On the contrary, the oral and armpit thermometers can measure accurate temperature, but it takes more time. It can be used in various environments or objects by configuring thermometer for each part with module type. In addition, you can easily manage hygiene by disinfecting the thermometer of each part with UV lamp when not in use
