Friday 31 March 2023

Final Report Summary

5. Methodology

This part of the report is to fully understand the statistics and facts on the current medical packaging and to further improve on them, primary and secondary research is conducted.

5.1 Primary Research

A series of interviews has been conducted and the team was able to learn more about the requirements for primary medicine packaging and how the team can improve upon the current design after conducting primary research on the current medical packaging and posing questions about the suggested design solution to 10 pharmacists. (See Appendix A ). The team received useful feedback from the pharmacists which the team applied to the team design solution. (See Appendix B).


Appendices


Appendix A 


This appendix consists of the individual names of interviewees and their company that the team had interviewed. 

As stated in the methodology, a series of interviews was conducted and the team was able to learn more about the requirements required for primary medicine packaging and how the team can improve upon the current design after conducting primary research on the current medical packaging and posing questions about the team suggested design solution to 10 pharmacists. 



  Names and Companies of interviewee

















Appendix B


This section of the appendix consists of the interviewed questions for the pharmacists and their common feedback. As mentioned in the methodology,the team had received useful feedback from the pharmacists which then applied to the team design solution.


     Interviewed questions page 1


    














                         Interviewed questions page 2






     Feedbacks from the interviewee


summary reader response draft 4

How technology might help with the labour shortage in the cleaning sector

 

After reading the article entitled 'How tech can ease the cleaning industry's manpower crunch', by GERMii (2021) , I learn about how future labour will be complemented by robots. First and foremost, since the COVID-19 outbreak, cleanliness has been one of the highest priorities. The article stated that because of the COVID-19 outbreak, that Harold Van Haltren, CEO of pathogen mitigation company GERMII, would be exploring the trends that will influence public hygiene.The article also stated that , "By introducing Whiz, an AI vacuum cleaning robot that has GERMII’s technology, which transforms ultraviolet C (UV-C) into a concentrated beam of light that is lethal to viruses, bacteria, and pathogens able to disinfect surfaces without relying on chemicals and sterilize the environment." As a result, having sterile and safe business premises provides peace of mind. With its capability of learning routes and creating reports, the robot saves the facilities manager time. GERMii also stated that while using the robots , the cleaners will be expected to concentrate on more crucial chores, including sterilizing "high-touch, high-risk, or difficult-to-clean areas" as a result in paragraph seven. Lastly, according to the photo of the article, it has a 2D/3D camera (sensor), and with its small build, it can move around in a crowded area without any difficulties.

While the robot , Whiz, can learn routes and navigate around freely as it is cleaning and it benefits cleaners in future goals, such boosting labour manual due to its 2D/3D camera (sensor) , I feel that there are a few disadvantages to using the Whiz whereby the batteries have a short battery life and when the robot is cleaning, objects such as twigs, can clog up the mechanism.  Not only that , but with the capability of learning routes, the cleaning robots tend not do what they were programmed for.

One disadvantage is that when the robot is cleaning and navigating around freely, small objects can be clogged- up in the mechanism. Baswal ( 2023 ), stated  that the cleaning machine can be defeated when small objects get clogged up when it is specifically designed to navigate around obstacle. Thus , this can make the machine malfunction and it is costly to repair. The author also stated a second disadvantages whereby the machine has a short battery life making the cleaning job incomplete. When the machine is charged, it can only last for a roughly 2 hours and its recharging time may take up to several hours.

The third disadvantage is that the cleaning robots tend to not do what they were programmed for. McCabe (2019 )  stated that “It might spend 20 minutes cleaning the same small section of the house and then miss an entire room.” Thus, if this applied in a work environment, it would also miss a few cleaning spots.

Despite many disadvantages, Whiz is a powerful, cutting-edge cleaning tool. Cleaning robots are highly good at executing the duties they are designed to accomplish, according to Flynn (2022). They can be configured to avoid locations with plenty of potential hazards. The "sophisticated sensors" used in today's "high-quality" cleaning robots will lessen the likelihood of the machine becoming trapped or bumping into things (Flynn, 2022, p.10).

In conclusion, cleaning robot technology will eventually benefit and reduce the workloads of cleaners and workers making a safe and clean environment. As a result, reading these articles teaches us more about technology, how robots will supplement human labour in the future, and how these robots will make the world a cleaner and better place for everyone. However, having this robot does come at a disadvantage as it is a need to maintain the robots properly and learn to use it well as this robot can easily malfunction and when it does, the cost of repairing it will be very costly.

 

 

 

Reference:

Baswal, A. (2023, January 01). Advantages and disadvantages of floor cleaning machine (2023). GoodHouseCleaner.,

https://goodhousecleaner.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-floor-cleaning-machine/

The New York Times. (2019, May 10). Dog poop, dirty rugs, and other disappointing truths about robot vacuums. The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/dog-poop-dirty-rugs-and-other-disappointing-truths-about-robot-vacuums/

Shareef, U. (2015, December 17). Zelect. Robotic vacuum cleaner advantages and disadvantages | Zelect.in.

https://www.zelect.in/vacuum-cleaner/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-robotic-vacuum-cleaners

GovInsider. (n.d.).How tech can ease the cleaning industry's Manpower Crunch.

https://govinsider.asia/intl-en/article/how-tech-can-ease-the-cleaning-industrys-manpower-crunch-robots-germii


Tuesday 28 March 2023

Critical reflection

Module learning

 At the start of the module, my goal was to improve both my communication and presenting abilities. Also, after finishing the module every week, my aspirations began to expand. For instance, I recall being called out for mischievous behaviour on the first day of class, which made me realize how crucial it is to behave well both inside and outside of the classroom. Moving on , I also learned how to use critical thinking and writing skills in class. For instances, I had learned about Rodgers’ reflective cycle where I need to know the reality, causes ,effects ,goal ,possible change and testing the hypothesis and the outcome of changes.

From then, I have learnt paraphrasing, summarizing ,citing sources, and avoiding plagiarism which is one of the new goals that I needed. Although I am still having trouble with all of them, I do understand how to apply it and know the importance of applying it in my report. It is a bit tedious I might say like for example, I need to keep paraphrasing and citing the sources but it benefits me in the end as plagiarism allegations can cause a student suspended or expelled.

Going on to the group project, I discover that I am learning a lot from it. For instance, even though I am the group's reporter, I have discovered that having individual roles does not require that we as a team sticking to those roles and waiting for our team leader to perform tasks. I've discovered that the greatest way to solve a problem in a team is to keep initiating the project or report and speaking everyone's ideas.

Lastly, the module taught me on how to do well in presentation and to how to be confident in myself while presenting to the class. For example, to be confident, I need to keep on practicing beforehand and try to understand what I am presenting. Not only that, during presenting, I have learnt to make eye contact with everyone and not to stand behind any objects as to grab the audience attention.

Project learning

Coming up with a solution was the focus of my research project's final endeavour. I discovered, for instance, that to determine the nature of our proposed solution, we would need to conduct both primary and secondary research. Thus, thinking creatively and stepping outside of my comfort zone, I spoke with 10 pharmacists to gain their opinions on our problem topic. This helped me become better at communicating with strangers and learning more about the subject of my research. Moving on to the report, I have learnt that teamwork is important because of what we had been through. We had a group meeting to discuss the issue since me and my team weren't doing enough to start the report and kept depending on the team leader. Through resolving it, we gain a better understanding of one another's viewpoints and ideas as well as learn how to put the past disagreement or issue behind us and move on. From then, we initiate stuffs more and practice for our presentation too. I learned from this project experience that to successfully complete a team project, we must work together, communicate our thoughts to one another, and take comments and criticism from all of them.