The target group live in existing small apartments of blocks in high-density city areas.
They work intensively. They do not have time to make grocery shopping in person or cook for hours at home, due to the intensity of the work. For this reason, they prefer online shopping of frozen or ready to cook, healthy foods.
The target group often work overtime. As they live alone or as a working couple, sometimes there is nobody at home when the cargo arrives.
For the security of the delivery and to keep the cold chain of frozen/ chilled goods, they need a cooling unit with secure storage space for multiple delivery. They should be able controle it remotely even if they turn back home late.
Miele Hug, is an origami-inspired slim and smart cooling device, that can be adapted to any standard (90X204cm) entrance door of the apartment and can be adjustable to any international delivery sized box. The flat surface of the device covers the outer surface of the entrance door and gives it smart control features. The flat moving surfaces can be shaped into two separate or one combi remote controlled cooling, secure volumes which can be controlled remotely by the resident with Miele App.
Target group has an intense work environment that causes uncertain time for homecoming. Live alone in existing small flat in apartment blocks. No time to make grocery shopping in person. Prefer online shopping solutions for fresh, ready to cook or frozen meal. Need a secure place for delivery.
Miele Hug can be adapted to any standard entrance door or can be also used in common areas. The flat surface of the device covers the outer surface of the standard 90X204cm sized entrance door and gives a smart control features to the entrance door. It can be adjustable to any delivery sized box.
The flat, automaticly moving surfaces can be shaped into two separate or one combi cooling, secure volumes which can be controlled remotely by the resident with Miele App. HUG can be purchased by the user/tenant, by use-sharing neighbors or by the building managements as a part of their service.
Origami inspired, slim and self-folding, robotic surfaces... They are 4D printed and they can form programmed shapes to create different volumes: Small: Depth: 42cm, Length: 42cm, Height: 78cm Combi: Depth: 42cm, Length: 85cm, Height: 78cm Also the hinges have shape memory behavior and lockes.
Transform the standard door to a smart door with features such as security cam and access-control keypad. It operates with electricity supplied from within the house, bypassing the existing intercom. In common use, volumes can be shared by multiple neighbors with the access code.
Hi Team, Very smart idea :D I think you have to add more details concerning power supply, insulating, safety and anti-theft... Good luck
Hi HichamBahr, thank you for your feedback. In our next update, you'll find more detailed explanation of our thoughts and suggestions for these subjects.
Very creative thinking. The concept is great really. But I agree with Hicham- it needs a lot of work with technical parts, the feasibility and stuff :)
Thank you Fatima Sinanovic. We needed more time to explain our thoughts on these issues. We will evaluate our time better and make the necessary explanations soon. :)
Congratulations for the Halftime Award, dear Hakan and Engin!
This is definitely a very clever and elegant door solution that could work for cold, hot and normal packages; and a great space saver. And it could exist, in the rural area / suburban areas for example, on garage door, or simply on the house wall etc etc etc. Something different is something good. Maybe you want to explore that a bit as well. What the client would also like to see more of is the daily use of the product.
A "very Miele" solution. Keep going! ;) Diana
Hi Diana, thank you very much for your considerations and suggestions. This award will motivate us much better to update our presentation in more detailed way.
We also have other ideas to show you in the next update and we hope that we will keep it cool! :)
Thank you and Miele again...
Thank you very much Joanaf. We congratulate your team too! ;-)
Thank you very much Bogdan Tanese-Marinescu. Good luck also for you!
Thank you very much Agnes Kato! Glad to hear that. :) Good luck also for you!
Congrats, well deserved. I also like few updates since I seen the idea first :)
Really good work. Good Luck
Great update, dear team! You've managed to keep the simplicity behind this idea, and also solve many points. If you have any thoughts about the mechanism and technology behind this, it would be great to hear them.
And, thinking about the entire chain, who would you see as potential partners for Miele? First, who do you see to own and pay for the solution? The user (customer)? The owner of the house/flat (landlord)? etc. And second, with who would Miele need to partner with in terms of supply chain (i.e. Amazon, supermarkets, etc.)? Exciting to think about these things too.
Good luck! Diana
Hi Diana, Thank you for your comments and valuable support. We tried to improve our description for HUG on the simplest way but unfortunately we couldn’t find enough space for the whole description of the system’s solution. Thank you for your curiosity which give us the opportunity to explain better our thoughts behind that design. :)
The technology behind this idea is origami inspired, self-folding, robotic surfaces.
They can be 4D printed and they can form programmed shapes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-dimensional_printing
https://vimeo.com/64926672
As the material of the surfaces, it might be used Digital Shape Memory Polymers. The shape memory behavior of the hinges, including shape fixity and shape recovery, can be controlled by the applied mechanical and thermal-temporal programming and recovery conditions. https://www.nature.com/articles/srep13616
Also robotic technology can be used. In that solution, the robot self-assembles using a folding process that is triggered by heating. The robots body has embedded in it a small magnet which allows the user to control the robot by programming a magnetic field. NASA, MIT and Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed self-folding robots. Here are some examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVYz7g-qLjs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M1zNIVGrjM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddXtyym4OA8
So in that case, technical universitys’ partnership might be useful.
The secure volumes of HUG are designed for different temperatures, considering the existing standard box sizes of major and global package delivery companies such as DHL, FedEx and UPS. We think that some partnerships with these companies and with different providers of grocery delivery services such as Amazon and local supermarket chains might be the right step to follow.
HUG has two different installation options: On the door of the individual flats and on the wall of common spaces.
On the door use, as it is a product that we can fix and remove easily from the inside of the apartment, it might belong to the tenant/user (who rents the house) and he/she may dismantle it when moves to another place to live.
In common space use, HUG might be purchased by the neighbors who share it. Also the building managements can purchase it and can provide that as a part of their service for a small amount of payment.
Sorry for the long post. We hope that will help to explain our thoughts better. :) Thank you again.
Dear team, this is very very useful information. I really encourage you to integrate some of it in your presentation. How? Worth thinking about!
Yea!! Nice idea! Like the origami inspiration a lot, simple and clever solution! All the best, Simon
Thank you very much Simon Stolz :) Good luck and all the best also for you!
I think this is a winner,.... very innovative, differently amazing and you team did an excelent work so my top rate for you both ;-))
Hi Joanaf! It is very valuable to hear this from you. Thank you very much :) We also find very original your ideas and we hope that the one who deserves it wins. All the best...
Best of luck team!!! Great idea, I'd love to have this product for myself for sure! :)
Thank you very much Pavlina! Great to hear that from you! Who knows, maybe one day ;))
This is one of my fav and very creative.... congratsss team you deserve it ;-)
Thank you very much Joanaf! Congratulations to you too!
Thank you very much Hicham. Congrats also for you!
Congrats- WELL DESERVED- it definitely is one of the best ideas and presentations.
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