1st place in the Matician 2030 Innovation Competition
Pip: AI Leak Detection
Problem
Unnoticed leaks from domestic plumbing pipes cause massive property damage, financial burdens, and water waste.
Mission Statement
We aim to proactively alert property owners of micro-level pipe and joint weaknesses before massive damage occurs, leveraging a smart hardware framework, innovative AI, and people-friendly communications.
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Researcher, product concept designer
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David Weinberg, Sumairha Mumtaz Choudhary
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September 2021
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Illustrator
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First place in the Matician 2030 Innovation Competition
Target Audience
Target Audience
We started by mapping all of the stakeholders in home upkeep - a list which includes architects, contractors, structural engineers, the government, plumbers, and apartment tenants. However, we chose to focus on the perspectives of people who suffer the most from leaky pipes - property owners. Property owners can be divided into two segments: homeowners (who live in the single family homes they own or mortgage) and landlords (property managers for apartments). The US is home to 79.36 million homes, 65% of which are lived in by the actual owners. In the shared living landscape, America has 22.7 million units in 16.7 million properties owned by “mom and pop” individual investors. We summarized the goals and frustrations of these two common groups.
