BS-002
Bubble Infant Scale

red dot: best of the best
red dot award: product design 2008

Bubbles for babies
Babies are highly sensitive to the touch and, during the first months of their lives, their sense of touch is the one that is the most highly developed. Babies do not like it to lie on hard and cold surfaces. However, since babies have to be weighed at regular intervals to check on their development, soft cloth is usually placed on top of the hard surface of the scales for the baby to lie on comfortably. The form of today’s infant scales, however, hardly ever follows the trend towards unlimited portability; they are bulky and heavy, and not altogether easily placed into a car for quick transportation. Against this backdrop, the BS-002 miniature infant scale presents a new way of flexibility and functionality. It follows an entirely new design approach and can be folded up for convenient storage and carriage. Its innovative and compact form consists of a cushion made of plastic bubbles filled with air. In order to weigh a baby, a nurse for instance simply has to push the power button so that within seconds air is pumped into the transparent cushion bubbles, providing a soft and elastic air-cushioned platform to easily weigh the baby on. After use, pushing one button allows the air to leak out again, permitting the scale to be folded up into a palm-sized package. This unusual concept of a mobile infant scale is backed up by contemporary high-precision technology: The scale utilises the difference in air pressure to detect the weight. A sensor transforms the change in air pressure into a voltage signal to determine the exact weight of the baby. This high precision technology further underlines the light and confidence-inspiring appearance of the scale – a design that lends this product genre a new aesthetic and functionality.