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  • Product Development
  • Product Strategy
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Industrial Design
  • Design for Manufacture
  • Firmware Development
  • Platform Validation

Lotik v1
Providing Water-Use Intelligence

Lotik Labs‘ smart system of wireless sensors provide low-cost point-of-use water monitoring and metering to track usage and detect plumbing risks before they happen. Owners of apartment buildings or homeowners themselves can outfit one room or an entire home with the sensors in order to gain real time insights into their water usage, as well as valuable indications of oncoming plumbing problems.

Over the course of one year, Tomorrow Lab worked with Lotik Lab’s team to develop the product strategy, mechanical architecture, industrial design, electronics, and firmware for the first version of the product. After several rounds of prototyping, we delivered a pilot production of 200 units for field testing. The project finished with a design refinement round to further integrate the learnings from pilot production and real-world testing.

  • Timeline
  • 2016
  • Services
  • Product Development
  • Product Strategy
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Industrial Design
  • Design for Manufacture
  • Firmware Development
  • Platform Validation
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01 —Real-time Water Tracking

Installation is easy – users snap on a small, cost-efficient device to easily track water-flow in any water supply pipe. Lotik Labs’ app works alongside the devices to track water usage in any location at the touch of a button.

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02 — Mechanical Engineering for Product Adaptors

Design refinements included creating multiple versions of the water monitoring sensor to fit on the different kinds of pipes available in the home. The colors available for purchase encourage users to match their own aesthetic while using the device.

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03 — Versatile Use Scenarios

By creating a small, well-designed sensors, users are more likely to apply the device to the pipes in their home with ease. Field testing proved that some design adjustments were required for mechanical engineering to ensure users could release it from the pipe easily if required.

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Lotik - Providing Water-Use Intelligence
Lotik - Providing Water-Use Intelligence