Munda
In my sophomore fall at MIT I took the class 2.00 Intro to Design. Our final team project was to work with a client and create a solution to a problem they've been having. Our client, a restaurant in the Boston area, wanted to have an improved way of washing their hands, and so Munda was born.
Munda, which means "clean" in Latin, is a sink that makes hand-washing as mindless as possible. The recommended time for washing hands is 40 seconds, so the sink, when activated by motion sensors, will run for that amount of time. After eight seconds, soap will come through the faucet, allowing the user to begin lathering their hands without moving to reach for soap elsewhere. As you wash your hands, your progress will appear in the progress bar on the top left with a new light appearing every few seconds. On the top right there is a secret panel for adjusting the temperature of the water and time of the hand-washing as well as inserting soap for the faucet. Underneath the panel is a thin rectangle allowing you to see how much soap is left so you know when to refill. If you simply want cold water with no soap, there is a button on the front of the sink.
The above pictures of of the prototype we created using foamcore, acrylic, ren foam, and plumbing materials, however, my teammates and I are currently in the process of making Munda a working sink.
