Smart-Box. A technology-enabled, food delivery/incubation device (Using a novel, eco-friendly, batch manufacturing technology).

Smart-Box是一款“科技驱动”的设备，它为英国的热食品外卖提供了许多改进。外卖是一个价值超过100亿GB的高增长市场，自推出以来没有出现任何重大变化或发展。目前的技术准备水平比以往任何时候都要好，拟议设计的关键元素近年来变得越来越容易接触和/或可行。这些技术包括物联网、电池技术和颠覆性制造技术。目前的送餐方式存在许多问题。使用同一个袋子重复递送会导致细菌滋生和气味堆积，因为袋子很难有效地清洁。Smart-Box的硬质表面将设计为便于清洁，并可以设置定期的“深度清洁我”警报，指示设备何时使用了设定的小时数，因此需要进行更全面的清洁。目前的快递袋通常只依靠绝缘来保持尽可能高的温度。这种做法会导致食物相对较快地变得不温不火(将食物放在高温下有助于减少细菌的生长)。另一种目前的解决方案是热垫(通常是感应加热的金属板，上面覆盖着橡胶)，与食物一起放置。这些都是昂贵和无效的。取而代之的是，Smart-Box使用内壁内嵌的几个电池供电的加热器来加热所有的食品隔间，而不是只加热一个水平。准备好并保存下来供顾客在店内领取的食品也会迅速变质。智能盒子可以被设计成锁定在一起，形成一堵“自动售货墙”。顾客将被提供一个密码，以便从指定的智能盒子内访问他们的食物。送货司机通常是孤独的工人，很容易被抢劫。Smart-Box将采用帮助确保送货司机安全的技术，包括恐慌警报(可听到的警报器)和GPS追踪器。**其他范围：**Smart-Box在其他需要安全递送温度敏感产品或物品的行业中有更广泛的应用。这可能包括医疗、军事和科学应用，也可能通过无人机或小型自动机器人车辆交付。Smart-Box的制造也是创新的，因为它将使用回收利用的材料，并在微型工厂使用太阳能供电的大幅面3D打印机进行制造。太阳能和3D打印在能源供需方面非常匹配。

Smart-Box is a 'technology enabled' device which offers a number of improvements for hot food delivery in the UK. Food delivery is a high growth market worth over £10 billion P.A. which has not seen any significant change or development since it's inception.Current technology readiness levels are better than ever with key elements of the proposed design having become increasingly accessible and/or viable in recent years. These include IOT, battery technology and disruptive manufacturing technologies. There are numerous problems with current methods of food delivery. Repeated deliveries using the same bag leads to a build up of bacterial growth and odour as the bags are hard to clean effectively.The hard surfaces of Smart-Box would be designed for easy cleaning and a regular 'deep clean me' alert can be set which would indicate when the device had been used for a set number of hours and is therefore due a more comprehensive clean.Current delivery bags often just rely on insulation to keep the temperature as high as possible. This practice leads to food getting lukewarm relatively quickly (keeping food at a high temperature helps to reduce the growth of bacteria). Another current solution are heat pads (typically induction heated metal plates which are covered in rubber) which are placed in with the food. These are expensive and ineffective. Instead Smart-Box uses several battery powered heaters embedded inside the internal walls to heat all the food compartments, not just one level.Food which is prepared and kept ready for in-store customer collection also deteriorates quickly. Smart-Box could be engineered to lock together into a 'vending wall'. Customers would be provided with a pin number to access their food from inside a designated Smart-Box.Delivery drivers are usually lone workers and can be susceptible to robbery. Smart-Box will feature technologies to help keep delivery drivers safe including a panic alarm (audible siren) and a GPS tracker.**Additional scope:**Smart-Box has broader applications in other industries which require safe delivery of a temperature sensitive product or item. This could include medical, military and scientific applications and potentially delivery by drones or small, autonomous robotic vehicles.The manufacture of Smart-Box is innovative too as it will use recycled and be manufactured in micro-factories on large format 3D printers which are powered by solar energy. Solar and 3D Printing are well matched in terms of energy supply and demand.