This project is a conceptual design project for a safety wearable device for female solo travellers. This is one of the personal design projects I have worked on.
Hypothetically it is expected that this device is capable of determining the emotion of the user by their pulse rate. When the user is determined to be panicked the device calms down the user through vibrational feedback as well as with text feedback will be displayed on the screen of the device. At the same time, the device will try to distract the attacker by emitting a smell. An attacker is sensed with his emission of heat from the body and the distance between the user and the attacker. When a man approaches the user with the intention of sexual harassment, the fragrance emitted by the device would act as a distractor and the same time as a neutralizer of the feelings of the attacker.

The Challange

All women love adventure, some love to travel alone and explore new sites, cultures, countries, nature and so on… Even though how much women daydream of travelling alone, there might be an underlying fear towards taking risks. Amongst a lot of challenges, women had to face on travel, sexual harassments is one of the dangerous encounters a woman might have to face. Apart from this fact, the feeling of loneliness not having someone to take care of would make the trip not enjoyable as she expects it to be. So, how can we find a solution to keep ourselves safe and how can we make ourselves cheered up during solo travelling?

Users: Females who are passionate for solo travling but has a fear to travel alone.

Scope : Personal project
Duration: Ongoing
In this project I focused on Concept Generation, UX design/ Research, UI Design

Persona

Inspiration
In Sri Lankan culture, people use a device called talisman (“Suraya”) to protect themselves from evil and danger. It is a wearable pendant like object which is worn as a necklace or else tied on the arm, or tied around the waist with a string.
Also, in certain scriptures it explains of aromas that was used to regulate and change certain emotions of people.

Ideation

Amongst modern solo travlers a fitness tracker is something always worn by them, therefore I thought what if I can merge the fitness tracker with my inspirations.

How the Brave Band works

Senario

User Journey Map

Future Plans

To conduct a thorough research and feasibility study
To develop prototypes and design relevant hardware
Test this product with a user group and develop further