Cure
Smart Cat Care
Concept Work
Cure is aiming to solve the problems of having a cat in home by creating a mutual benefit both for the cat itself and the owner of it. Almost in every space that cat exists, cat’s feeding and cat’s scratching become the main problems for people. Cure is trying to solve these problems on one product efficiently.
CAT & CURIOSITY
CAT & NUTRITION
CAT & CLAW
PERSONA
Meet Emrah. Emrah is the founder of an Export & Import company. His company is one of the biggest and well known in Textile Industry. He studied Textile & Fashion Design in Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. He firstly intiated as Fashion Designer and then established his company. After he brought an international reputation to his company, he started to travel the world in order to figure out the latest progressions and collect special materials from all around the world. Besides, because he is a huge fan of animals, he is also taking the advantage of travelling by taking stunning photographs of animal world.
He also has a cat called Bambam. He loves him very much as a result he is mostly concerned about him when he is travelling. Thus, he always hires a person to ensure that Bambam is being looked after appropriately. He always asks them if they constantly send photographs of him. However, there is also another concern for him regarding the couch which he designed and upholstered with a very rare and interesting material comes from India. He found that special textile while he was on a vacation for an exhibition in India. His biggest problem with Bambam is the his behaviour of clawing that couch. Whatever he did was useless when it comes to preventing him from doing that. When he is at home, he always gives complete attention, on the other hand, when he is travelling, the person he hires has to do that. It's not always easy to find that kind of responsible person so he is not comfortable.
All in all, he desperately looks for something to get rid of all his concerns. One of the ways is to hire a permanent guy, the other is....
Could we design a product for the people like Emrah which not only looks after our loved ones but also takes care of our belongings intelligently in order to eliminate their concerns!
Exploring Form & Function
LID
CONTAINER
SCRATCHING
BOARD
MAIN BODY
BOWL
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1 - There is an application to set Cure
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3 - System sprays a smell that attracts Cat according to preferences
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2 - Fill the container up to 7 kg.
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4 - The motion detector detects the cat and then initiates the food distribution.
the weight sensor beneath the bowl weighs the preferred amount and then shut downs the system .
USER EXPERIENCE WITH THE APPLICATION
SETTING UP THE APPLICATION
THE MENU
INFORMATION SCREEN
Users can find informations here. By searching, they can
access all necessary informations.
HOW IT WORKS!
System can be controlled by an application on a smart phone. User simply defines the preferences through the Cure's easy to understand interface. Regardless of where the user is, He/She can be able to observe the cat and look after it. The built-in sprayer sprays a very tempting smell onto a scratching panel in order to attract the cat. As soon as the sensor notices cat’s paw on the panel, it commenses the system as well as conveys the food into the tray.
The weight sensor beneath the bowl weighs the food and shuts down the system as soon as notices the appropriate amount.
Cure lets you know every action it takes by sending messages and even images.
BOWL
SCRATCHING
BOARD
MAIN BODY
FOOD
DISTRIBUTOR
LID
CONTAINER
MAIN BODY
BODY PART 2
BODY PART 1
BODY PART 3
BODY PART 4
BODY PART 1
FOOD CARRIER PIPES
POWER BUTTON HOLE
USB PLUG HOLE
FOOD CARRIER PIPES
PNEUMATIC
SENSOR
HOLE
SPRAYER
HOLE
BODY PART 2
BODY PART 3
CHANGEABLE SPRAYER
MOTHER BOARD
BODY PART 4
WEIGHT SENSOR
FUNTIONAL SLOPE
LID
This enables the container fits to the food distributor tightly
This design of bottom enables the food accumulates in the center.
CONTAINER
FOOD DISTRIBUTOR
This design of bottom enables the food disperses to the corners.
PLUG HOLE
FOOD DISTRIBUTION HOLES
CHANGEABLE SCRATCHING SURFACE
SCRATCHING BOARD
BOWL
SYSTEM OFF
SYSTEM ON
FOOD DISTRIBUTION!
When the system is in the off position, the plug attached at pneumatic fills the holes and prevents the distribution of the food.
Whereas, that is in the on position, the plug recedes as a result of the confirmation comes from the sensor and lets the food distribution.
As soon as the plug moves, the food accumulated in the center of the "Container" falls into the "Food Distributor" and disperses to the corners. The dispersed food then carried to the "Bowl" by the help of the pipes.
