Navalite Discovery Day 2018

Individual Reflection


Central Theme: H3

EXPANDING OUR HEARTS

TO EMPATHISE WITH OTHERS

ENGAGING OUR HEADS

TO THINK OF SOLUTIONS

CREATING WITH OUR HANDS

TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Celebrating Navalites' Work

There is no innovation and creativity without failure.

- Brene Brown (Research Professor, University of Huston)

Understand: Caregivers (Nurses) need a way to know where the seniors are

Explore / Materialise: Add GPS device to existing wheelchairs to keep nurses informed of the location of seniors in the hospitals

Understand: Seniors who lives alone need a way to stay safe when they cook for themselves

Explore / Materialise: Substitute cotton material with burn proof fabric to protect the seniors from burning hazards especially when they are cooking

Understand: Seniors who do marketing alone need a way to push the trolley with less effort

Explore / Materialise: Replace back wheels of shopping trolleys with new wheels (of fidget spinner design) to make it easier for the seniors to push them over the steps

Understand: Food and water wastage

Explore / Materialise: Create a mini - garden using leftover food and recycled water

Understand: Plastics harm the environment as they cannot be broken down

Explore / Materialise: Create bioplastics which can be broken down