Stove timer

Team Leader

Umar Soobratty

Solution Overview

Solution Name

Stove timer

One-line solution summary.

A timer which is going to turn off the fire as it reaches to an end.

What is your solution?

Basically the function of this gadget is to turn off the stove as the timer which was set by the user through the fire regulator.

It is an external object which clips on the regulator before the person rotates it and which will rotate the regulator back as the timer comes to an end.

The main material would be metal as the object will be used near fire.

What specific problem are you trying to solve?

The situation where it would be used is when there is an emergency and the user cannot be present to observe the cooking process.

Who does your solution serve? In what ways will the solution impact their lives?

It would prevent the person from being stressed about the cooking of his meal and would reduce the cases where food is left unattended and burn.

What steps have you taken to understand the needs of the population you want to serve?

I designed the gadget on my own using the help of internet and my creativity.

Which aspects of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Other: Addressing an unmet social, environmental, or economic need not covered in the four dimensions above

What is the unmet need that your solution tried to address? Why is it important?

It helps people at home to do daily tasks.

Our solution's stage of development:

Concept: An idea being explored for its feasibility to build a product, service, or business model based on that idea

Explain why you selected this stage of development for your solution—in other words, what have you accomplished to date?

There are still many falws in the product concept and this is the main reasin to which I didn't look forward to make a prototype but the main idea is mostly realisable and can be much improved if it is looked forward into.

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