EVO IQ: Research Jacket for Quantifying Airline Comfort
Advanced Embodiment Design, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Project Overview
Vision
The EVO IQ smart jacket is a research tool designed to measure and quantify the bio-data of an airplane passenger and his/her surrounding environment during a real-time flight. This data would be used to measure the level of comfort inside airplanes on a physiological level.
The EVO IQ smart jacket is designed to be able to pass airport security, meet the desired perceived and experienced comfort level, use a wide range of modular integrated sensors and structure and save all recorded data in relation to time in an energy-efficient way.
SENSOR PLACEMENT
Overview of the sensors embedded in the jacket.
Overview of the sensors embedded in the jacket.
Detailed view of the CO2 and Movement sensor embedded in the jacket fabric.
SECURITY
To make sure the jacket is not perceived as a threat, the EVO IQ consists of modular sensors which are assembled in the presence of airport security and police. Additionally, other passengers and visitors of the airport can feel threatened. The jacket will be labeled with the TU Delft logo with the text “research jacket” under it. This label is located on the outside of the jacket to ensure other passengers can identify with the jacket as being a research tool.
EVO IQ branded with the university logo and purpose to communicate the intentions of the apparel.
Testing the EVO IQ Jacket under an airport X ray machine at the Rotterdam Airport to detect suspiciousness of the jacket
Communication protocol designed to keep all parties abreast about the EVO IQ being used in the plane.
CONTROL UNIT
Exploded view of the EVO IQ control unit.
3D printed prototype of the control unit with the portable battery attached.
Data collected by the entire jacket is saved as an excel sheet with timestamps.
USER MANUAL
Thanks to Team EVO @Vinay Gaya, @Karsten Bakker, @Casper Beeris, @Yin Shen, @Lisanne van Leijsen.