Ember’s new self-warming baby bottle keeps milk or formula at a consistent temperature of 98.6°F

Posted on 07/03/2023 by Sarang Sheth

The folks behind the self-warming cup are now looking to disrupt the baby bottle with a similar self-warming design. The Ember Baby is a $400 bottle that will automatically heat up at the push of a button, reaching and maintaining a consistent 98.6 degrees of temperature in just five minutes. Ember’s patented convection current technology circulates liquid on the inside to make sure it’s evenly heated, and an Insulating Thermal Dome makes traveling with your bottle of milk/formula much easier.

No more boiling, steaming, microwaving, and then checking the temperature by adding drops to your palm. Just press a button on the Ember Baby Bottle and you’re ready to go.

Designer: Ammunition Group and Ember

The Ember Baby Bottle is a 6 fl. oz. bottle that builds on the Ember self-heating cup’s capabilities. Using the same advanced technology but in a new format, the Baby Bottle comes with a puck that you rest it on to activate the heating system. Place the bottle on the puck and hit the button and it actively begins heating the milk or baby formula inside to body temperature. The convection technology helps circulate the fluid in the bottle so it’s heated evenly, and a series of sensors relay information to the Smart Warming Puck twice per second to prevent overheating, ensuring you always have the perfect temperature.

The Warming Puck heats the milk up twice on a full charge, with LEDs to let you know when it’s ready

Ember’s triple check safety technology utilizes precision sensors to prevent overheating

The bottle works in tandem with the Ember Baby app, which provides an integrated smart solution to track and monitor feedings, as well as your baby’s growth. It lets you remotely warm the contents of the baby bottle, as well as quickly log your baby’s feedings, whether from the bottle or breast milk, keeping tabs on your baby’s nutrition and growth.

The Ember Baby Bottle features a high-quality plastic bottle, with a threaded top and base that lets you open it completely for cleaning. All components that come in contact with the milk or formula are 100% BPA-free, and the bottle ships with its own nipples, but also has adapters for the Philips Avent Natural nipple and the Dr. Brown’s Wide-Neck nipple. The Ember Baby Bottle is also safe for use in dishwashers (top rack only), sterilizers, or boiling water.

The $400 Ember Baby Bottle System includes two bottles pre-assembled with a Level 1 nipple (along with Level 2 and Level 3 nipples in the box), a single Smart Warming Puck and power adapter, and even an Insulating Thermal Dome (shown above) that lets you carry refrigerated milk/formula around with you for up to 4 hours, and heat it just before serving your child. The Ember Baby Bottle System is up for pre-order, with shipping starting March 21st.

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This tiny $25 nasal spray developed by a Harvard professor could make COVID-19 face-masks unnecessary

Posted on 08/11/2021 by Sarang Sheth

Just like you brush your teeth and take a bath every morning to protect yourself from sickness and bad hygiene, the Fend spray hopes to add one more simple process to your day, and in doing so, aims at drastically reducing the chance of transmitting or contracting any air-borne diseases. Formulated by Harvard professor, Dr. David Edwards, and encased in a bottle designed by Ammunition, the spray aims at reinforcing the nasal passage to prevent respiratory droplets from making their way out into the atmosphere.

While the topic of a mask mandate is enough to get the entire internet up in arms, the science behind it is, for the most part, pretty simple. Breathing causes respiratory droplets to fly out of your nose and mouth, which could carry viruses and potential diseases. The cotton face-mask simply serves as a physical barrier, preventing droplets from going out or traveling in… but the Fend hopes to fix the droplets at their very source.

The simple $25 nasal spray aims at reducing the number of respiratory droplets you breathe out by as much as 99%, drastically cutting the chances of spreading viruses or diseases. Invented in 2020 by Dr. David Edwards, an aerosol physicist by profession, during the initial spread of COVID-19, the spray is a special solution of saltwater fortified with calcium, which hydrates the mucus layer in your respiratory airways – your body’s natural defense system against airborne pathogens. A single spritz of the Fend’s liquid stabilizes the mucus, making you less likely to exhale droplets, and even trapping inhaled droplets so that they don’t make their way into your lungs. In clinical trials, FEND was shown to clean away up to 99% of respiratory droplets from the airways for up to 6 hours. You can read the peer-reviewed research here.

The spray is administered through a small, pocket-friendly bottle designed by San Francisco-based design firm Ammunition. Working off an older prototype of the Fend bottle, which retailed for $50 and came with a glass bottle and a spray mechanism powered by batteries, Ammunition got to work, fixing all those previous pitfalls to make the design simpler, more cost-effective, and efficient. In an interview with Fast Company, Ammunition founder Robert Brunner highlighted all the problems with the previous bottle – “It’s too expensive, it’s fragile, it requires batteries, it’s heavy, it doesn’t travel well. To turn it off you have to take the batteries out.”

In its newer avatar, the Fend bottle makes a few important design considerations. The new bottle is considerably smaller, operates without batteries, and comes pre-loaded with enough spray liquid to last an entire month with daily use. Its form looks nothing like those generic archaic nasal sprays or the L-shaped inhalers, a distinction that Brunner mentioned was incredibly necessary since the Fend is positioned as a modern health-and-hygiene product, and not something that would make the user self-conscious that they had some medical ailment.

The old Fend bottle vs. the new Fend bottle.

The new bottle does, however, celebrate the original Fend’s hourglass form. It comes with an opaque design, featuring two hourglass elements that press together, with a rubber waist in between that flexes when the spray is deployed. Small enough to be carried with you, and with an aesthetic that resembles more of a fragrance mister than a medical device, the Fend looks pure and comes with a fun, interactive design. The nozzle on the top deploys an ultra-fine mist of droplets perfectly small enough to travel through your nose right down to your trachea, where they help reinforce the mucus layer, giving you practically the same amount of protection from airborne diseases as a cotton mask. Designed to integrate into your everyday life, the folks behind the Fend recommend using it roughly twice a day, while you’re around people. Ultimately they hope that it becomes more of a common practice like flossing or popping a breath mint before going on a date, or deodorant before stepping out. I’d choose that kind of future over cotton masks any day of the week!

Designer: Ammunition Group for Fend

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Intern Alert! Named the most innovative in design, Ammunition Group is hiring an intern!

Posted on 18/02/2020 by Srishti Mitra

Ammunition is an international design group providing services in product design, brand strategy and identity, UX design, graphic design, and packaging. While Ammunition’s strengths are diverse across design disciplines, their real expertise is to redefine markets by using design to create a new business territory and to communicate and connect with customers. Whether it is a product, an interface, a package or an identity, Ammunition’s approach is to create new, exciting experiences for their customers that communicate the unique proposition and the brand of their clients, and to differentiate in meaningful ways. Apply now to be a part of this unique and innovative environment!

Ammunition designed the Polaroid Mint Instant Camera Printer, a 2-in-1 camera and printer. The pocket-friendly camera has been equipped with Bluetooth technology and is available in five fun colors!

The Opportunity

Currently, the San Francisco based industrial design team is seeking talented candidates for paid internships. Ammunition is looking for candidates with a strong talent in developing unique design concepts to help bring the brands of their clients to life. An ideal candidate has practical problem-solving skills and is driven to develop thoughtful design solutions that create meaningful user experiences. Candidates should possess strong attention to detail and the ability to communicate ideas through outstanding visualization skills. Interns are fully embedded into the ID team and contribute to every step of the industrial design process, from concept generation through final implementation. A solid ID background is necessary, a strong graphic aesthetic will be well received, and practical experience with engineering and manufacturing constraints is preferable.

Requirements

• Industrial design experience
• BS/BA/BFA degree (or equivalent) in industrial design (or equivalent)
• 3D modeling skills – preferably Rhino, Pro/E or Solidworks
• Confidence with 2D and 3D design visualization tools
• Evidence of prototyping abilities
• Great communication skills (visual, verbal, and written)
• The ability to think quickly and problem-solve on the spot with a maturity that maintains a positive team environment
• A portfolio that demonstrates wide-ranging concept exploration, innovative solutions, a clear process and is visually appealing

Responsibilities

• Maintain design intention from concept generation to final implementation
• A thorough understanding of design principles
• Personal commitment to quality, attention to detail
• Interface with UX, graphic and packaging designers to create seamless product solutions
• Ensure innovation by actively researching, sharing and implementing new trends and materials
• Excellent time management, organization & prioritization skills required to handle multiple projects simultaneously within tight timelines and meet deadlines
• Effective, articulate design communication and decision-making skills
• Coordinate with vendors to help define and spec materials and processes used in fabrication and assembly
• Report to the VP, Industrial Design Studio

How to Apply

Please send your resume and portfolio in an email entitled “Intern, Industrial Design” to jointheteam@ammunitiongroup.com. Only those applicants who meet Ammunition’s stated requirements will be considered for this job. If you are a possible match for the position, they will contact you to learn more about your background and answer questions about their hiring process.

Principals only. No recruiters, please.

NOTE: International candidates must hold a valid US working permit.

Location

San Francisco, CA.

Click here to Apply Now!

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The World’s Most Innovative Company in Design for 2019, Ammunition Group, needs an ID intern

Posted on 22/04/2019 by Neha Mistry

Ammunition Group has been recognized and honored by Fast Co. as the World’s Most Innovative Company in Design for 2019, and why not, especially given their inventiveness in redesigning everyday objects to perform better, be it the temperature maintaining Ember Mug or June, the computer that cooks! Founded in 2007, Ammunition is led by partners Robert Brunner (who previously led the design team as Director of Industrial Design at Apple and was succeeded by Jonathan Ive) and Matt Rolandson. Their diverse team combines expertise in physical and digital product design, service design, brand identity, user experience, graphic design, and packaging. They work across disciplines to transform great ideas into experiences that create an emotional connection with customers and achieve business success for our clients.