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Customer Need Thank You

Team Purple

Alejandro AguirreKuljot AnandCecilia Cantu

Jeremy deGuzmanNifer Fasman

Angela HojnakiElina Hu

Laura Matloff

Frederick MooreJill OliveiraChase OlleJason PierNathan PorterMadeline SalazarSarah SoutherlandNick Torgerson

Members

Sangbae Kim

Andy HamiltonArni Lehto

James Penn

Rich Wiesman

Eric StatzLinda Sutliff

Lab Instructors

David WallaceRich Wiesman

Sangbae KimTony Hu

Linda SutliffAndy Hamilton

Arni LehtoEric Statz

James PennDick FennerBill CormierJoe CroninJim Dudley

Steve Haberek

Chevalley DuhartLauren HernleyPaul PirainoEric LorgusHenry MarxMelanie HoodGene DayPaul AnsolabehereAnagram BalloonPhiladelphia Ship Pres-ervation GuildNASARLandfall NavigationBoston Paintball

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Minutes matter when it comes to an emergency rescue.

Flare guns only last 7-8 sec-onds.

Standard Emergency Rescue Bea-cons, EPIRBS, only locate a search area.

A life raft or individual per-son is difficult to spot in the ocean.

SkyBeacon Features

Lab Mentors

Daytime visibility of 7 miles

Nighttime visibility of 2.5 miles

Standard boating flag and light distress signals

Radar detectable

Flotation capability equivalent of a Type 1 life jacket

Lifetime of 3 days

Deployment Steps

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Pull handle and lift lid

Twist knob and wait to fill

Pull up and remove balloon

MarketTarget market includes boats between 16 and 65 feet

Large market potential: 11 million US target market boats

Price is $130

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Waterproof housing: Pro-tects the internal mecha-nisms from seawater and contains foam to provide flotation.

Helium canister: Made of carbon fiber and contains 90 cubic inches of helium at 4500 psi.

Pressure regulators: First pressure regulator drops pressure from 4500 psi to 40 psi. A second custom-made regulator drops the pressure to below 15 psi.

Three-piece balloon: Made of aluminized mylar and displays the international boating dis-tress flag.

Electronics: Water-proof capsule houses a microcontroller and flashes two LEDs in a standard distress signal.

Tether spool: stores the 50 foot tether