Avisly

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ABOUT

Four years ago Mia suffered from a traumatic injury that caused permanent nerve damage. Being an adaptive and resourceful person, Mia found that masks helped reduce the pain caused by uncomfortable drafts. Soon thereafter, Mia developed her own heated mask solution. Our goal was to make Mia's masks more aesthetically pleasing and dramatically improve the technology within them. Avisly is a heated mask capable of 15W peak output. Within two layers of vacuum formed plastic rests a heated wire that is powered via a bluetooth-controlled battery pack.

WORK

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Our masks are made from a heated wire sandwiched between two vacuum-formed sheets of plastic. Here you can see the initial sheet of plastic being formed.

Laser-cutting interesting geometric patterns in fabrics proved to be the most effective method of providing insulation for colder climates while retaining the see-through aesthetic of our clear masks.

Developing effective methods of affixing our masks to Mia’s face was also a big portion of our development process. Here you can see Sam sewing a prototype strap.

We often milled simple functional blocks of our PCB to speed up our design process.

Mia’s precedent solutions were widely imaginative and varied. She eventually settled on smaller, formed masks for more comfortable climates and larger, nearly full-face solutions when the weather is most-bothersome. We documented and used these examples to inform our design process.

TEAM

Audrey Bosquet

DESIGNER

Audrey is a recent graduate from MIT's Architecture Design school. Ever curious, Audrey has explored countless outlets for her creativity, and uses these experience to contribute product deisgn, fabrication, programming, and web design skills to this project.

Sam Cocjin

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

Sam is currently attending Tufts University for her Master's Degree in Occupational Therapy. Sam is inspired by her love of research - especially into neuroscience - but also by an unquenchable thirst for trying new things and expressing herself creatively be it through watercolors or song.

Arash Kani

ENGINEER

Arash is a recent graduate from MIT's Electrical Engineering school. Arash has a creative streak that manifests in his passion for cooking, but also in his ability to problem solve.