Open Innovation Winter 2021-22

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    Water filter

    Reese Schoettle and Reese Schoettle

    Grav-Filter

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    Grav Filter is a project that rethinks and innovates water filtration Grav Filter was developed around the idea of cultivating natural and accessible resources to filter water, specifically focusing on Sudan, a country where there is very little access to clean water. 

    The filter sends a stream of water through several interchangeable reusable discs and membranes that are filled with water-cleansing chemicals, and natural water cleansers, such as activated carbon, washed sand, and small rocks. Grav Filter will make it easier for people in need to access clean water by incorporating accessible resources to be used for filtration of found water. 

    Brief

    Alex Gough-Schnapp

    Lift Easy is a tool that supports eating for people with muscle problems. The goal of this utensil is to help alleviate the specific problem of grasping the utensils and being able to safely transfer the food from the plate to their mouth. 


    Cerebral Palsy is a disability that destroys a person’s ability to control motor movements. Lift Easy is a  tool that will allow for an easy way of eating that is accessible to all, particularly users with CP. There is a lot of stigma around how people with CP feel when going outside or are trying to engage  socially. Particularly social interactions that involve  eating. CP patients have trouble controlling their body, specifically their  arms and legs. . 


    The Lift Easy  creates stability and strength for a user white eating. Magnets connect the utensil to a band. The band serves as a base to keep the utensil stable. The angle that the fork is placed on the band allows for maximum strength when trying to pierce food. The Lift Easy can still be used as a regular eating utensil so in a social setting everyone can use the utensil without needing the band. This will help to alleviate  stigma by  allowing users to feel as if they are like everyone else.

     

    Maximizing Light

    Benjamin Morris

    Maximizing Natural Light in Public Spaces

    Ben Morris

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              Maximizing Light is a public space where people can go to get work done, spend time with friends, have meetings, and enjoy the library. This building existes to make use of what is currently a half green, half unused space in the Boston seaport. This building will actually increase the greenspace, while putting in an attraction to Bring more new people into the area.

              The buildings goal is to create a fun and exciting outdoor space that maximizes natural light to improve mood. Studies have found that people are much more productive and focused when in a space lit with natural light, rather than artificial light. The building is positioned so that the largest faces of it were getting direct sunlight. Many light studies were done on how different perforated patterns and luivers affect light, as too much harsh light would be bad. Along with space restraints there were also vertical restraints, as the buildings around the sight have contracts that say that nothing can block their view of the water. 

    Rebuilding the Philippines

    Finn Ruddy

    Rebuilding the Philippines

    By Finn

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    Rebuilding the Philippines is an architectural project focusing on designing community buildings that withstand hurricanes. The Philippines is one of the most typhoon-prone countries in the world. The building that was designed during this project would help prevent tons of the damage done in the Philippines, and save people from harm during these natural disasters.


    This building was designed to serve as a community space, meaning everyone who lives in the area will have access to it. It has been designed with resilient architecture so that it is hurricane-proof. Changing the shape of the building to be more wind-resistant, designing the roof to reduce wind lift, designing it with traditional Filipino architecture, and using durable materials were the main components of this project.

    game

    Nick Thorn

    https://simmer.io/@thornbush402/jump-game

    Dungeon Run

    Nick Thorn

    Dungeon Run

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    Dungeon Run is a 3D platformer. It is designed to put players in the flow state. Research has shown that being in the flow state is beneficial because it can help with awareness, and processing information. By Dungeon Run you can receive those benefits while having a fun time. This is important because both of the skills are very helpful to have. Dungeon Run puts players in the flow state by having the challenge of the levels slowly increase so that as the players get better at the game, the levels are never too easy or too hard.

    presentation

    Evan Johnston and Evan Johnston

    Transformative Transportation

    By Evan Johnston

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    Ornamenting the Belly Presentation

    Luca Rudenstine

    Ornamenting the Belly

    Adorning pregnant bodies for protection, connection, and body appreciation.

    Luca Rudenstine

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    Ornamenting the Belly is a piece of jewelry inspired by ancient Egyptian symbolism and craftsmanships, that highlights and adapts to the changing body of a person with child. The full-body piece is crafted out of brass, clay beads, and a stone pendant -- incorporating materials and design staples from the past to create a modern form of jewelry. 

    As one of the earliest documented civilizations, Ancient Egyptians were technologically creative path-makers. With a deep devotion to life and the afterlife, Egyptians believed it was their duty to honor and nourish living beings, their land, and even the dead, with as much care as they believed God put in to establish a society without chaos. An essential element to this belief system was adornment. With attention to purpose and craft, each piece of jewelry had great significance. Whether it was the material, color, symbol, or even point of life at which a person ornamented their body, jewelry was believed to carry the properties their imagery represented. 

    Tawaret, the goddess of fertility, encapsulates the strength and ferocity of a protective mother as well as the abundance and nurturing needed for pregnancy. A part hippo, crocodile, lioness, and woman, her powers go beyond child-bearing. Inspired by the protection, fertile elements, and seemingly ferocious form this goddess represents, Ornamenting the Belly was conceptualized. By abstracting stretch marks, brass pieces representing tiger stripes drape over the belly. Blue and green clay beads carry re-birth, nourishment, and water properties -- connecting the mother to the moon and new life. An ankh, the key to life, hangs in the center of the chest close to the heart. Using hand-made beads, a brass carved pendant, and soft wire, the jewelry will amplify features of the changing body. Rather than cover or distract from stretch marks, the linea nigra, and pigment changes, the piece will adorn and appreciate features society tends to look down upon.

    presentation

    Siena Jekel

    Advanced VFX


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    Benjamin Morris