Essentially with the condom machine there is an idea of providing easy, anonymous access to condoms by placing vending machine-type dispensers in various locations (if I understand correctly). The problem then becomes:
- How can we create and distribute these machines cheaply?
- How do we make sure they're refilled / create a notification system when empty?
- How can we provide information about locations easily so people can easily and anonymously access this information?
It seems to me that we can use something similar to what we designed with the program I created already, but this project would require an adaptation of it and cheap hardware design. For example, an arduino board that could send GSM messages:
That would have the disadvantage of requiring a SIM card for each unit, with a working cell phone service account. Each cellular shield alone is $100; that added to the price of monthly cell phone service might be cost prohibitive. Perhaps a simple passive notification system would work (instead of each unit sending a message out to someone when it's empty, someone manually goes around and checks each unit).
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