SHADE is the world's first wearable sensor aimed at precise measurement of UV exposure. It's mainly targeted to lupus and skin cancer patients, so that they can take better informed decisiones about exposure and control their symptoms.

Along with Emmanuel Dumont, our CEO, and Shayak Banerjee, our CTO, I was Head of Product, in charge of the analog and digital electrical design. I built the early PCB prototype through to the first 50 unit run, including validation at each stage. After researching UV measurement methods, we produced early runs which were targeted mostly at testing accuracy and precision. Trying to replicate the spectrum of the sun for repeatable testing was a big challenge! I also produced jigs for programming, testing and facilitating assembly.

I was also in charge of producing all physical parts. In the industrial design front, I mostly took to making an early look & feel prototype with magnetic clip attachment into a working prototype. We collaborated with IDEO for the final aesthetics, which I then turned into a CAD model using Fusion. I produced detailed assembly instructions and did early DFM for the first runs of a few hundreds. We went through PCH's Highway1 accelerator, which was extremely useful and a great experience. We got awarded US9798458B2, among other patents.