Smart, accessible naloxone dispensing for every community.
Humanae Aegis is building HAnarcbox, a low-cost, battery-ready naloxone dispenser that delivers one kit per request, records anonymous usage, and helps communities respond to the overdose crisis with data-driven harm reduction.
Small box, outsized impact.
A wall-mounted dispenser that stores 10–15 naloxone kits, dispenses a single kit on button press, enforces a cooldown to prevent hoarding, and logs each event with a timestamp for public health teams.
Humanae Aegis
Humanae Aegis is a public-health–driven initiative focused on blending harm-reduction principles with simple, robust technology. Our goal is to make life-saving tools accessible in the spaces where people actually live, work, and use substances.
Mission
To reduce preventable overdose deaths by building practical, affordable technology that centers dignity, anonymity, and community needs.
Vision
A world where naloxone is as easy to access as a first-aid kit—without stigma, without complex infrastructure, and without prohibitive cost.
Simple, robust, and deployment-ready.
HAnarcbox is intentionally minimal: a microcontroller, a solenoid-driven gate, and a set of safety and logging features that make deployment practical even in low-resource settings.
Core architecture
- Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller running lightweight firmware.
- 12V solenoid with MOSFET driver and flyback protection.
- Real-Time Clock (RTC) for reliable timestamps.
- Push-button user input with debounce and lockout logic.
- Local text-file logging of dispenses for later analysis.
Mechanical design
Kits are loaded into a gravity-fed vertical chute inside the enclosure. At the base, a sliding gate—driven by the solenoid—has a window precisely sized for a single naloxone kit.
- Gate in rest position: supports all kits and blocks exit.
- Gate activated: window aligns with the bottom kit, allowing exactly one kit to drop into the retrieval tray.
- Gate returns to rest: the next kit becomes the new bottom, ready for the next request.
Introducing HAnarcbox.
HAnarcbox is a compact naloxone dispensing device designed to sit between manual wall boxes and high-cost vending machines—bringing “just-enough” intelligence to overdose prevention infrastructure.
Key features
- Push-button dispensing with single-kit release.
- Configurable lockout window (e.g., 2 minutes between dispenses).
- Anonymous access—no user data collected.
- Local timestamp logging for each dispense event.
- Battery-capable: 5V for control electronics, 12V for the solenoid.
- Small, wall-mountable, and enclosure-agnostic design.
Deployment scenarios
HAnarcbox is built for organizations that need a practical way to extend naloxone access beyond clinic walls and business hours.
- Shelters and transitional housing.
- Public libraries and community centers.
- Rural health outposts and small towns.
- University campuses and student housing.
- Outreach vans and mobile harm-reduction units.
Designed for real-world harm reduction.
HAnarcbox is not a theoretical device—it is designed around field constraints: cost, power, stigma, and the realities of where overdoses actually occur.
Lower barriers to access
People can obtain naloxone anonymously, without interacting with staff, navigating stigma, or waiting for pharmacy hours.
Data-informed interventions
Timestamp logs help public health teams understand when and where kits are accessed, supporting targeted outreach and surveillance.
Cost-effective scale
A fraction of the cost of full vending machines, making it feasible to place devices across multiple sites instead of a single flagship location.
Infrastructure-agnostic
Battery-ready design supports deployment in places without reliable mains power or internet connectivity.
Grounded in evidence-based harm reduction.
HAnarcbox builds on a strong body of literature showing that expanding naloxone access—especially in community and layperson settings—reduces overdose mortality and supports public health goals.
Why naloxone access matters
Over 100,000 overdose deaths occur annually in the United States, driven largely by synthetic opioids. Rapid naloxone administration by lay responders is a critical intervention.
Devices like HAnarcbox are meant to complement pharmacy access, outreach programs, and manual naloxone boxes—not replace them.
Selected references
- CDC (2023). Drug overdose deaths in the United States.
- Green et al. (2015). Community pharmacy–based naloxone models.
- O’Donnell et al. (2020). Characteristics of opioid overdose deaths.
- Wheeler et al. (2018). Naloxone provision to laypersons.
- SAMHSA (2023). Naloxone: What it is and how to use it.
Partner with Humanae Aegis.
We’re interested in partnering with public health departments, harm-reduction organizations, academic groups, and communities who want to pilot or refine HAnarcbox.
Contact details
You can adapt these placeholders to your real details when you’re ready to launch.
- Email: hello@humanaeaegis.org (placeholder)
- Location: Connecticut, United States
- Focus: Harm reduction · Public health technology · Community access
Future integrations can include a real form backend (Formspree, Netlify Forms, custom API) and optional dashboards for device data.