Managing a medication schedule is time consuming, confusing, and even scary and, medication management devices cannot dose according to the user's vitals.

Meet Alice!

Alice takes multiple prescription medications for her blood pressure, which can be harmful if mixed incorrectly.

User Challenges

Remembering

Organizing

Mis-dosing

Taking the right meds at the right time is a struggle.

Preparing and reordering meds is easy to overlook.

Taking the wrong meds can lead to complications.

Current designs either lack portability or don’t help users navigate their medication schedules.

Furthermore, current designs universally lack the ability to adapt the medications they dispense to the user’s current physiological state.

How might patients confidently manage their medication anytime, anywhere?

Design Goals

Intuitive

Adaptable

Seamless

Anyone can pick it up and use it easily.

Able to function in under the unique conditions of life.

Sensory experiences that blend in with life.

Nora is an adaptive pill dispenser that utilizes time and vital based dispensing to enable users to effortlessly adhere to their medication regimen.

Hightechrofuturism
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Vintage forms and timeless colors combined with modern materials and technology.

Vizcom AI Ideation
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Form exploration using AI generated variations on early sketch models. Some takeaways were tactile controls and organic geometry with sheer faces that indicate interaction.

CAD Ideation
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Functional, emotional and ergonomic considerations converged on the final form of the portable container and the refilling reservoir.

The portable pill canister dispenses pills according both to time and user vitals.

The stationary reservoir is used to refill the canister, and manage pairing and track prescriptions.

IoT integration allows Nora to pair with vital checking devices (e.g. blood pressure cuffs) and track dose history to optimize the user's medication schedule.