Project Summary: Led Team 77 to 2nd place (Excellence Prize) in the 2020 Campus Patent Universiade, transforming a Samsung Electronics patent into a comprehensive smart healthcare solution with detailed commercialization strategy.
The Challenge
Samsung Electronics presented university teams with an innovative challenge: develop a smart refrigerator patent into a viable healthcare solution. This required understanding market dynamics, user psychology, and emerging trends in personalized health management.
Our Solution
Smart Health Integration We designed a refrigerator that serves as a health management hub, tracking nutrition intake, providing dietary recommendations, and connecting with health monitoring devices. The system learns from user behavior to provide increasingly personalized guidance.
Social Health Platform Our most innovative feature was the social dimension - users could connect with certified health trainers through the refrigerator's interface, receive personalized guidance, and participate in health score competitions with friends and family.
Connected Ecosystem The refrigerator integrates with wearable devices, smart scales, and other health monitoring tools to create a comprehensive wellness ecosystem that tracks progress and adjusts recommendations in real-time.
Strategic Approach
Our approach went beyond technical specifications. We conducted extensive market research into healthcare industry trends, particularly focusing on contactless medical platforms gaining prominence during COVID-19.
Using frameworks like PEST analysis, Business Model Canvas, and SWOT assessment, we developed a comprehensive commercialization strategy addressing manufacturing costs to user adoption barriers.
Achievement
Our work earned the Excellence Prize (Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Prize) and 2nd place among all competing teams, along with $2,300 in prize money. The achievement was featured in UNIST's official publication.
This project demonstrated how traditional appliances could evolve into intelligent health companions, combining smart technology with social features and professional guidance for preventive healthcare and wellness management.