Thoughts
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Circular Product Lifecycle Viable for DME?
I had the experience last year of trying to find a home for a lightly used power wheelchair – and it was surprisingly difficult though it was nearly new it was difficult to find a suitable user for it. It had all the most advanced features and the seating system was the most standard. Goodwill…
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Michael Graves Design and Durable Medical Equipment
I saw the cane while in CVS the other day, and it did catch my eye. One of my projects involves creating a shower chair that people would actually want to use and I always look and see what is being offered in CVS and Target. Usually it’s the same blow-molded seat with adjustable aluminum…
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Research: FDM Snap-Fit Design Guidelines
An assignment during my work hours in the Jefferson student prototyping lab was to investigate the ideal clearances for a snap-fit produced on the Stratasys FDM for student prototyping. I created a series of test profiles that evaluated some ideal clearances and tolerances for snap dimensions and compiled that information into a guide to help…
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‘Reproductionitis’ and work presentation
As I renewed efforts this week to update my web presence (a task I loathe but understand the importance of) I was reminded of something that one of my art history professors said years ago and find it relevant in portraying the state of work in design projects. The professor, Dr. Lauren Weingarden was one…
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Product innovation successes with diverse influences
Hugh Herr interviewed as part of the IEEE Soft Robotics podcast discusses how much his personal experience with bilateral amputation assists his critical ability to perceive issues with device interaction more quickly than other engineers. He also mentions several ways in which his biomechatronics group at MIT is more successful tackling the tough problems of…
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Pomodoro Progress
In the two weeks since the last update I have managed to get some of the sketch to run on a Circuit Playground Express and have that sketch report the led counter variable to the Processing sketch via serial communication. The processing sketch (below) is still a bit crude as is the sketch running on…
