Team:UCopenhagen/Sponsors

Spnsors

We wanna give a special thanks to all of our sponsors this year! Without them and their support, this project would not have been possible.

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In light of the movement against racism, we are trying to design our patch such that it is suitable for all skin colour and types. The recent mobilization for equal rights and anti-racism has forced all of us to un-learn years of subconscious perception of what “skin colour” looks like since our primary school days. The CIDosis team, while designing the colour of the patch, decided that we would like to make a palette with different skin colours so that it camouflages with the skin and does not serve as a constant reminder to the patients of their disease. However, in the survey we sent out to patients asking them their preferred patch colour and design, we were surprised to see that, out of 56 respondents, 50% wanted the patch to be transparent while only 16% wanted it to match their skin tone.

Since the patch might change colour to shades of red or green, our patch is not colour-blind friendly. We can either decide which colour is more friendly for all people or depend on the app to capture the right colour and monitor. One of the reflections from the Danish Teams Meet-Up was the need to have a colour change that is colour blind-friendly. Using colours such as red or green might be confusing or misleading for this group, and therefore, would make the patch redundant.

We had sent the survey out to people of all age groups, all genders and from different countries, so the target groups are not limited by borders. The CIDosis team consists of members from different nationalities – Denmark, Norway, Spain, Czech and India. The entire team celebrates diversity through dinners, movies and music. Our conversations often revolve around our culture, practices and commonalities.

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