Baby Beats Prenatal Bonding Project

Prenatal Bonding Anna Perrella + Jeff Grothe + Jessie Wixom + Kevin Courtney

Goal

Cold Hard Facts

60 Million

Childbearing Women

That’s a lot of babies!

It’s Complicated 14.5% Experience Complications

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Bonding Benefits

Sound Develops First

Long-Term Effects

Enhanced Well-Being

Reduces Complications

Brittany + Scott

Experienced Parents, Expecting Another

Encouragement Absence Multi-Functional

Amy + Tyler Involved Parents

First-time parents Inclusion

Story vs. Mission For the duration of this project, we had many resources for pregnancy

Oh Baby!

With a baby expected what is a parent to do? From conception through early

Active Monitors

Sound Machines

Passive

?

Mind The Gap There were no shortage of devices that solved single aspects of the problem at hand - it was in their union that

Comfort

Involvement

Adaptability

Wearable, Interface, & Docking The initial prompt revolved around three silo-ed topics, but each had a component value

The Growing Bump By utilizing a circular, concave form we tackled two goals: the circular geometry of the device facilitated its recognition as a stethoscope or speaker,

So Fresh and So Clean Though initially intended for a female consumer base, the device takes on

Guts of Glory A low radiation, non-ionizing chip is used to ensure safety for

Converse

Direct Communication

How can family and friends stay connected?

Talk To Me, Baby Family and friends can get instant audible

Response Audio Recognition

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voice

recording

How does the device grow with the baby?

No More Tears After the baby is born, the device acts as a baby monitor and sound machine, responding to the baby’s voice with the songs

audio audio

play

record

mix

connect connect

call

voicemail

feedback feedback

response rate

development

Connect

Remote Communication

Home Is Where The Heart Is In placing a call to the device, an absent loved one is able to remotely communicate with the baby, staying involved in

Accommodation Gestational Adjustment

audio time limit time

play

volume limit volume

record

mix

connect

call

20

voicemail

weeks feedback

response rate

More Than a Powercord An early realization in this process was that of the role which docking stations

development

Cha-Cha-Changes It was realized the device needed to adapt to the changing needs of the

Flexibility

All A-Glow

A Family of Form With attention paid to form language, both in its physical execution and digital representation, this system maintains visual neutrality, cleanliness

For the road ahead.