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Thailand – Japan Student Science Fair 2020 (TJ-SSF 2020)
“Seeding Innovations through Fostering Thailand – Japan Youth Friendship”

Beds help facilitate the elderly and people with lower physical
abnormalities

Pongsakorn Ponakae , Phitchayaphong Saenkham
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Advisor: Theerawut Chantapan
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Princess Chulaborn Science High school Mukdahan
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Abstract

"Beds to facilitate the elderly and people with lower body disorders" has the purpose to 1) Design and
select suitable materials for equipment. "Beds to help facilitate the elderly and people with disorders.
2) Caregivers for the elderly and people with lower bodily disorders or the elderly and people with
lower body disorders can move. To move from bed to run errands in confined areas that require easy
movement. 3) Measure and predict urine and feces without knowing the elderly and people with lower
body abnormalities through sensors and there is an alert to a nearby attendant for cleansing. The study
found that Suitable materials for making equipment are Box steel frame because it is light in weight
compared to other materials and is strong In addition, the producer also included a linear actuator to
increase ease of use in situations where the patient was left alone. It is also an extension that makes the
wheelchair that came out probably the size and shape of the standard wheelchair the accuracy of the
sensors used to measure still has high accuracy. From 3 performance tests by stimulating the excretion
of water and the bed at different amounts of water, it is found that the alert system can alert in every
experiment.

Keywords: Beds, Wheelchairs, Lower body disorders, Sensors, alert system

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