2025 Nov-2026 May
Staylight
IntroA solar-powered light accompanied by an app, designed for family reunification, especially for asylum seekers. People can navigate, communicate, and reunite through color and sound that shift with distance. Through the app, users can also locate their families and check their status.
❋ Project StructureSmart Solar-Powered Light: A durable, portable light that provides off-grid illumination and transmits a unique location signal.
Family Location and Navigation App: A companion app that connects registered Staylight devices, displays family members’ last known locations, and provides navigation guidance.
❋ Target UsersFamilies separated by war, natural disasters, or human-caused crises
Refugees and internally displaced people living in camps or temporary shelters
Children, older adults, and people with limited access to smartphones or electricity
Humanitarian volunteers, rescue teams, and refugee-support organizations
❋ TimelineBackground & Community Research
Define the System & Concept Development
Product Develop & Research
Prototype Testing & Improving
Final Refinement
Weeks 1–5
Weeks 6-8
Weeks 9-13
Weeks 14-20
Week 20-24
❋ Research Support The project’s research would be conducted in collaboration with Bay Area refugee-focused nonprofit and volunteer organizations. Interviews, field observations, and co-design workshops with refugees, resettled families, volunteers, and humanitarian workers would help validate real needs, accessibility requirements, safety concerns, and cultural sensitivities.
Product Overview
I. The "Light"
ll. StayLightBackground Research
