Wearable Sanitizer
An Open-source, On-body Sanitizer for the Pandemic
Disinfection of hands and frequently touched surfaces is an important factor in preventing the spread of viral diseases such as COVID-19, as well as the common cold and flu. But that effort typically requires a great degree of discipline, and presents an inconvenience in terms of the mental and physical effort involved in frequent washing of hands or use of a pocket sanitizer. We developed an open-source, wearable sanitizer that provides just-in-time automatic dispensing of alcohol to the wearer’s hand or nearby objects using sensors and programmable cues, and it seamlessly integrates with the user’s body and behavior and frees their physical and mental faculties for other tasks.
Here you will find the complete set of instructions, design files, and software to replicate our product and make one for yoursef. We also highly encourage you you to make modificatins, changes, and imporovements to the hardware and software, and take this open-source project to the next level. And if you, please let us know, so we can add you as a contributor to the project.
Parts List
Tools and Supplies
- 3D Printer (optional)
- Soldering Iron and Solder
- Tweezers
- Hot glue gun with hot glue
- Scissors
- Isopropyl Alcohol or Hand Sanitizer
Parts
- Circuit Playground Bluefruit
- 3.7V Lipo Battery
- Lipo Battery Charger Board
- SC3101PW Micro Pump
- Wires
- Silicone tube, 2mm ID
- Range Sensor, Optical
- DC Motor Driver Board
- Slide Switch
- Our 3D Printed Parts OR Silicone Travel Bottle
- Wrist Strap
Software
- Arduino IDE
- Adafruit Circuit Playground toolchain
- Our firmware code in the present repository
- Our design files for 3D printing in the present repository (optional)
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details
Contributors
- Pat Pataranutaporn (MIT Media Lab)
- Ali Shtarbanov (MIT Media Lab)
- Glenn Fernandes (MIT Media Lab)
- Jingwen Li (MIT Media Lab)
- Parinya Punpongsanon (Osaka University)
- Joe Paradiso (MIT Media Lab)
- Pattie Maes (MIT Media Lab)