Day 4 was an exciting and productive day devoted primarily to finishing the project modifications in the workshop. The wheelchair group divided up, with Stefano working on adding 3D printed corners to the 8020 to make the chair more child-friendly and Amit focusing on the seat. Stefano worked with Roberto, the shop monitor, on a full sized mill adding additional screw holes to the 8020 to make the connections sturdier. Amit worked with Grace, a Monterrey Tec graduate student, on forming a comfortable waterproof site and waterproof cushions. Grace and Amit created formwork for the vacuum-former using foam to create a plastic seat contoured for maximum comfort. The Arte Para Todas team focused on stabilizing the device and fabricating a more comfortable arm brace. Noah and Devin of the Skills Vest designed and fabricated 3 new toys, improving both the design and decreasing the size and weight. Sam worked with Tomás, a recently graduate of the Monterrey Tec industrial design school, to improve the usability of the Fashionable Lift Vest by utilizing strapping to color code which areas were meant to bear weight.  Sam also worked on a graphic for her vest inspired in part by the Lance Wyman lecture we went to earlier in the week.

We had many visitors, Rodolfo Barragán, the ‎Dean School of Architecture, Art & Design, Dr. Pedro Pacheco, a professor of architecture and Gerardo Muñiz, Director of the Industrial Design Department. Monterrey Tec’s newspaper also came by to interview the students about their projects and their experiences at Tec. By the end of the day each project had progressed dramatically, and we left the campus to eat at a Cuban restaurant for a late dinner.