Innovation for 1 billion people

My name is Karman Lee, this is a blog about my proces and view about innovation. Currently I am studying in Rotterdam, the minor Designful Innovation for 1 Billion People. I am more of a thinker than a speaker. My vision about innovations and life are often strange. If you have questions, contact me: [email protected]

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Cutest thing ever!!!

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they are so cute

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Cuteee!!!

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Ao Haru Ride

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Niijiro Days <3

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Insights

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Other ideas for making medicines possible

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Just an idea

An idea for people in different (third-world) countries to give them the opportunity to store the medicine at a right temperature. Making a small "package" or fridge-system which can store medicine with different temperatures. With solar-power the packages can be kept cool while importing them to places with hot temperatures. When people in rural places go to the hospital to get the medicine, they can receive them in packages which will not be affected by the heat of the sun while travelling the far distance home. It is just an idea. Next research, will sunlight (not heat) affect the quality of certain medicines. Is it understandable for foreign countries what the meaning is from the new packages? Is the design ok? Will there be enough solar power to cool a package?

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Sun? Is that you?

A reason why people are using modified fruits in a medical way is because it is easier to ship injections en medicines like that. Unfortunately fruit will also spoil, a lot of medicine could be wasted that way. Why not find a way to make it easier to ship medicines to a third world country. Think about fridges which work with solar energy. In third world countries there are usually enough sunlight to give power to a (for example) minifridge. I am thinking to make a portable device for people in third world country so they can keep their medicine cooled using something they have as an energy source, the sun.  I want to make healthcare available in third world countries and I want that it is possible to ship medicine without complications. 

Source: http://www.designbuzz.com/solar-vaccine-fridge-gets-medication-to-the-remote-areas/ Karman Lee

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It's all in the name

Why are people scared of something that is modified? A lot of people are sceptical about modified food because it simply is not "natural". In this sentence the word: "natural" has a positive sound and "modified" has a negative sound.  For every positive modified product, they always avoid the word "modified". Instead they focus on the positive features of the new modified product. For example: When we modify apples and load the apple with vitamin C, we can call it: "Modified Vitamin C - Apple", which has a negative sound. Or instead we could also call it: "Citrus-Apple" or simply give it a name like: Fuji, Elkstar... Island-apples. Avoid the bad name, avoid medical terms. Make it sound like citrus-fruits (loaded with vitamin C!) or give it a tropical name. It is all in the name. Keep the product as far away from the lab. Focus on the positive points or feelings.

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Bio-Foodhacking, tricky and sceptical

The trend I really like and probably want to research about is called: "Bio-Foodhacking". Bio-Foodhacking is all about modifying food for the better. An example is "the golden rice" they made for the Philippines. In the Philippines a lot of people are lacking vitamin A. This because their diet and local vegetables do not include this vitamin. But vitamin A is necessary for a lot of things like for example a better sight. Researchers found a way to modify the rice, a product they daily consume. They put vitamin A in the rice. I thought this was a smart sollution. Bio-foodhacking is also about modifying crops, making them survive bad climates, it is also about modifying certain structure of food and food combined with medical things like injections. The problem about Bio-foodhacking is that a lot of people are sceptical about this. I want to research the boundries of people, what is acceptable and what is going to far and "ruining the nature" according to them? Karman Lee

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Understandable Today I learned how to draw figures. The teacher-guy thought this drawing is nice because it was easy to understand what is going on. I thought this drawing was really ugly, but if that makes my concept understandable than ok. Karman Lee

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Bruxelles A city where old and new comes together. A canvas for young artists, whether they make meaningful art or simply "don't think too much of it"-art, there is always some space for it in Bruxelles. The Bruxelles trip was very interesting, I had fun and learned a lot (went to 3(!) museums). Karman Lee

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Who is involved? Karman Lee

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Design for China When is a design suitable for Chinese people? In this workshop we had to think about the Chinese culture and habits.  For example, Chinese people don't like to drink there white wine cold. Our assignment was to design an ice bucket for a fancy Chinese restaurant. What is there to design when no one even use an ice bucket? Eventually we designed two big taps that attract attention. People get to choose whether they like their wine cold or not. Karman Lee

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Psychology - Bring a work of a designer you like Yayoi Kusama - Interactive Chaos Creation I really like the designer Kusama. The way she creates a interactive "installation" to start chaos.  Even in chaos you can see some patterns. Karman Lee