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MSc Product Design Engineering School of Design

Jin Chen

A product designer with skill and knowledge in Product Design, Ergonomics, Engineering Design, Manufacture and Microelec. Also have experience in Brand Design and Management, Service Design, and UX/UI Design. Strong ability with the full product design process and all required skills, proficiency in the use of software, including Rhino, Alias AutoStudio, Keyshot, Solidworks, Auto CAD, Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign. Two internships in product design and brand design, one-year full work as a research assistant in ergonomics at top Uni in China. Proven ability with Red Dot Concept Design Award, 6 patents and an EI Core Paper.

Also a quick learner with an eagerness to explore different disciplines. Always a team player, approach every challenge as an opportunity to learn, grow and improve.

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jinchen.productdesign@gmail.com
j.chen7@student.gsa.ac.uk
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PLANTA: The Application of Plants in Smart Home

PLANTA: The Application of Plants in Smart Home

PLANTA uses plants in the smart home system as sensors and controllers, acting as housekeepers to help the user control appliances at home to provide a more comfortable, natural and vibrant environment. The project intends to add warmth and personality to smart home devices using plants. It detects and analyses the electrical signals of plants that share the user’s thermal comfort, thus understanding the feelings and state of plants that are close to the user in relation to the environment. The results of this analysis are used to control the smart appliances in the home (air conditioning, curtains, etc.). This project is an exploration of the use of plants in the smart home for the market in 8-10 years.

PLANTA at home

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Storyboard and detailed functions

The main function of PLANTA is thermostat, using LED lights and movement to convey information and interaction. It also has functions such as health mode and wake up mode that combine plant and human habits.
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The product is divided into the main part and a base. The main part is in the shape of a three-tiered planter, which collects the electrical signals from the plant through two electrodes connected to two leaves, and interacts and communicates information to people through LED lights and a wheel. The base part is used for charging the product and watering the plants each night when they return to the base.

Product and Different Parts

The product is divided into the main part and a base. The main part is in the shape of a three-tiered planter, which collects the electrical signals from the plant through two electrodes connected to two leaves, and interacts and communicates information to people through LED lights and a wheel. The base part is used for charging the product and watering the plants each night when they return to the base.
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Technical Part

The PhytlSigns technology is used to identify plant electrical signals, including silver coated copper electrodes and supervised machine learning techniques for data analysis, and the results are burned into an AT89C51. For wireless communication with other smart home products, the zigbee protocol was chosen because of the low data rate, low power consumption, low cost and wider coverage.
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Prototype

Circuit for detecting electrical signals in plants & Product model
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Plant Elecrtrical Signal Detection

Plant electrical signal detection under different independent variable conditions in a simple monitoring environment.

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