$$$

Specialized

Replacement

Lack of accessibility



Ari

What's Wrong With Traditional Prosthetics?

Other Prosthetic Ideas

Toe

Jaw

Arm extender

Wyatt

Affordable

Accessible

Augment

Wyatt

Claw Control

Claw Control was a Nuvu project designed to be a claw machine puzzle.

Wyatt

Common Prosthetics

 Prosthetics are traditionally designed to seamlessly replace parts of the human body

Dani Clode

Dani Clode is an augmentation designer exploring the future of the human body

Sketches

Ari

Live Hinges

A living hinge is a thin, single piece, flexible hinge traditionally used in injection molding.

Live Hinge Proof of Concept

Material Exploration

NinjaFlex

PLA + Flex

TPU

Refining Design

Hand Mount

Thumb

VS

Hand Mount

Cardboard Prototype

Cardboard

Flimsy

Ugly

Poorly designed

High(er)-fi Prototype

Plastic (PLA)

Adjustable

Uncomfortable

Fits one hand size

Dialing In Comfort

More comfortable

Better quality

Not adjustable

Cant connect to thumb

Diversity

More comfortable

High Quality

Adjustable

Cant connect to thumb

Electronics Mount

What We Learned

Final Hand Mount

Designed off a Real Hand

Flexible

3 Attachment Points

More Adjustability

Final Photos

Thesis

In the lore of World of Warcraft, Jihui is mentioned as being a game about finding a satisfactory conclusion with the opponent, such as a stalemate. Unfortunately, we have found no real-world equivalent of this game. We made this project to explore the interesting concept behind the game and encourage discussions of real-world peacemaking.

Precedents

Train (2009)

Temple of the Jade Serpent (WoW)

Sketches

Prototypes

Figma

Cardboard 2

Cardboard 1

Playtesting/

Feedback

Cutting the Units

All 360 faces, for 60 cubes

Unique names per unit on both sides

Final Photo

Final photo of project (delete this)

Thesis Statement

 Persephone VR, born from a hobbyist initiative, aims to provide open-source VR hardware that matches mainstream performance without compromise allowing for freedom of replication and modification of tech. While the broader vision includes a unified system of controllers, headsets, and tracking, our immediate goal is a high-fidelity and easily reproducible VR headset on the level of the Oculus Quest 2.

The Problem

Facebook and other major entities are employing problematic black box technology to carve out a monopolistic VR landscape. This not only stifles personal creativity and expression but raises serious concerns about overarching control and suppression.

Precedents

Slime VR is an open source full body IMU tracking project currently with open pre orders as well as full DIY documentation.

Relativity VR is a open source project to develop and manufacture a freely hackable headset although DIY documentation is lacking.

The goal of Lucid VR was creating a working pair of hand tracking gloves for virtual reality. The design was derived from a preexisting open source design.

Intro Headset

Version 1

Version 1

Version 2

Version 3

Version 3

Version 3

Version 3

Arachne VR Glove

Background

Precedents

The goal of Lucid VR was creating a working pair of hand tracking gloves for virtual reality. The design was derived from a preexisting open source design.

Finger Segments

Springs are in here

Prototype 1

What We Learned

• A solid linkage would prevent movement of the fingers
• replace a potentiometer with flex sensors

Prototype 2

What We Learned

• There would be too much friction on the TPU band, especially when the fingers are bent
• The base needs to have a steeper bottom for it to be more comfortable

Prototype 3

What We Learned

• The flex sensors stay bent after the user bends their fingers

Next Steps

• Improve the visual quality
• Add a PCB for better organization
• Make it easier to put on
• Create software to work with Steam VR
• Connect with other new developers
• Experiment with new wearable design philosophies

Project Statement

ADA compliant dress is a statement piece designed to allow able people to experience the constant worry of being unable to access environments as a disabled person. The main features of the dress, which make it impossible to maneuver if conditions are not met, are the width of doorways, as well as the height and angle of handrails. When the dress creates a conflict in a non compliant area, it creates a scene for bystanders which makes them curious about accessibility in their spaces, and shows the wearer of the dress just how inaccessible our world is.

Precedents

Conceptual, technical, and visual

Conceptual Precedent

The Capitol Crawl

Technical Precedent

ADA Compliant Dress 1

Visual Precedent

Spring 2020 Ready-To-Wear Show

Prabal Gurung

Sketches

Hip Piece

Patterning

straight

circle skirt

Final Photos!

Final Photos!

Final Photos!

80% of college grads don't know what jobs are available to them given their degree.

70% of college grads don't find work in jobs that relate to their college studies.

60% of students take six years to graduate, in part due to degree switching and credit completion requirements.

Students need better career guidance!

College students need career guidance!

Linkedin is a social networking app where people find jobs and network professionally.

Indeed is the #1 job site in the world, with a simple and efficient job marketplace.

Today's job sites don't solve this problem

Problem: promoted jobs are not mapped to user skills.

Problem: job recos are not personalized.

> These sites assume you know what job you want!

We're building Career Map to help!

Student wonders

what jobs match

their interests!

Student finds the

Career Map website,

enters their interests

... and gets matching jobs that are possible given their interests.

We built V1 last Open Innovation

In V2 we added AI based on user input

V1 was course based and didn't focus on the user wants and needs.

To include the users experience and enjoyments we added an AI to the selection processes.

This helps the students have more control over the results.

Which leads to a stronger idea of what they want to focus on in college.

Enjoyments

AI

Gives back a list of traits.

Which are matched with jobs.

Our AI is powered by GPT (the easy part)

GPT Account

Grab Key

Assign Prompt

List of Traits

You Input:

I am a math tutor and I enjoy doing blender 3D modeling in my free time

AI Outputs:

Logical Creative, Specialist, Independent Worker, Assertive Communicator

The AI takes your brief description of your self and uses that to assign you a couple of traits to be used to help assign you a job

We prototyped in Python (still easy!)

Integrating into the app... was not easy

What we've added:

• Based on experiences
• Focused on user likes
• More personalized

What made this hard:

• Pages didn't show up
• Results weren't kept
• Results weren't read

> Demo up next!

Career Map V3 - Media Driven?

Career Map V1 & V2 are very text based input driven. How could we engage students better?

Thank you!

Patrick, Gabe, & Bryson



The Career Map Group

Project Statement

Play-do is an inclusive playscape designed for individuals with sensory processing disorders, autism, and similar conditions. It features four rooms focused on tactile sensory therapy, providing even pressure along the body for soothing. Additionally, there's a playground accessible via climbing nets or stairs. While these spaces are made with the needs of sensory sensitive or under sensitive people in mind, it is a free and collaborative space that welcomes everyone, fostering play without stigma and encouraging consideration of each other's needs.

"Why?"

• Playgrounds are loud
• Playgrounds lack accommodations for sensory sensitive individuals
• Playgrounds lack a space to calm down if an individual is battling a sensory overload
• Playgrounds lack spaces for individual play

User Persona

Broad problem being addressed

• Sensory overload
• Classroom setting

Users interests

• Free play, Cats
• Horror
• Fantasy/Anime
• Rhythmic music (drums and bass)
• Fluffy and warm objects bring comfort to them.

Sensory Triggers

• Excessive writing by hand
• Bright lights
• Being forced to remain in order
• Not allowed to fidget in order to release anxiety

How does the user currently solve the problem

• By taking breaks and using the restroom, and sometimes using the designated neurodivergent space in their school

Name: Krysto; Age: 7

What is the problem with the way the problem is currently being solved:

The neurodivergent space often had a stigma associated with it which made the student feel as an outcast, The bathroom isn't the most comfortable space to soothe oneself

Product Goals

• It should be open and free to all students not just neurodivergent students and provide a space and comfortable space to everyone.

• We could use colours to designate which space is for quite space and which is for collaborative play Incorporate users interests in the product to further soothe them.

• Good lighting
• Prioritise comfort and coziness

Precedents

Conceptual, technical, and visual

A play device for children

Key elements for sensory inclusivity: Open ended, customisable, encourages motor skills, organic form

Biophilic design

Key elements for sensory inclusivity: Natural, Organic patterns, Lack of visual clutter, being free

Bands and bracelets for non verbal communication

Key elements for sensory inclusivity: Non-verbal communication

Sketches - Product

Sketches - Playscape

Prototype 1(Product)

Prototype 2 (Product)

Prototype 3 (Playscape)

Prototype 4 (Playscape)

Prototype 5 (Playscape)

Prototype 6 (Combination Playscape)

Final Sketches

Final Sketches

Reviewing Product Goals

• It should be open and free to all students not just neurodivergent students and provide a space and comfortable space to everyone.

• We could use colours to designate which space is for quite space and which is for collaborative play Incorporate users interests in the product to further soothe them.

• Good lighting
• Prioritise comfort and coziness

• The rooms will have paned or translucent glasses to allow for natural light to illuminate the room
• The rooms create space for comfort and privacy

• The entire structure is very customisable outside the doors they could be set as individual or collaborative play by the user
• The top piece creates space for collaborative play but doesn't enforce it

• The space welcomes all. However, neurodivergent students could choose to get prior permissions from their teachers to use the space outside of class time

Project Statement

As the field of prosthetics evolves, it not only offers solutions for replacing lost limbs but also opens new avenues for augmenting human capabilities beyond their natural boundaries. A prosthetic extra thumb, the 'Third Thumb' epitomizes this shift, representing a convergence of robotics, and design to enhance the human body's functionality and dexterity.

Precedents

Conceptual, technical, and visual



M Finger

College Park



Claw Control

College Park



Dani Clode

Augmentation Designer

What I've done

• Proof of Concept

• Moves "In and Out"

• Comfortable

Live Hinge

Movements of the hand

The action by which parts of the body are drawn towards its axis -- Opposed to abduction

Abduction

Adduction

Analog Thumb

- Ratchet Design -

• Reliable
• Doesn't Scale Down

• Print in Place
• Not Reliable

• Reliable
• Scales Down

Analog Thumb

- Mount -

Analog Thumb

- Finger -

Final

What is the Problem?

Only 19.4% of students ages 16-19 work jobs while enrolled in school and 81% of college graduates wish they were taught more about job life.

What is the Problem?

Only 19.4% of students ages 16-19 work jobs while enrolled in school and 81% of college graduates wish they were taught more about job life.

Many high-schoolers don’t understand the expectations, courses, and mindset needed for certain jobs. Additionally, people who have taken courses don’t always know what jobs they can do. We want to create a website where people enter what they enjoy or what courses they have taken to get a list of jobs.

How Will This Help?

Each job includes statistics on:

• Salary
• Acceptance rate
• Largest companies

This will help students figure out which are close by, which jobs they enjoy, and which pay well.

Precedents

Linkedin is a social networking app/website where people can find jobs. However, the recommended jobs are not always things you can do.

Precedents

Linkedin is a social networking app/website where people can find jobs. However, the recommended jobs are not always things you can do.

Indeed is a simple and efficient job searching website it is hooked up to many different job listings However, it doesn't have any job recommendations

Start On Next Ideas

Feedback

From Companies

• You don't need all the qualifications just a bachelor's in your field of engineering.
• Job experience is the most important part.
• They will teach you some parts of the job like CAD(Computer Aided Design).
• You can work in a job that is very similar to what you already know.

Feedback from employees

• Experience is very important and sought after.
• Interviews are about an hour but the hiring process takes 2-4 weeks.
• Connections are very useful and important to get jobs.
• Qualifications vary in necessity however you need a certain starting amount to be even looked at by employers.
• Enthusiasm is very important and looked for by employers.
• People like jobs with money good vibe and worthwhileness.
• Apply for a huge set of jobs then see how many get back (20-50 is a good amount).

How It Was Coded

• Technologies: Python (backend), HTML (website design), SQL (database)



• Workflow:
• Database creation with job details
• Checkbox submission for user qualifications
• Comparison with database for matching jobs

Main Struggles

Most of our struggles were due to tedious work that came from debugging the code. We also had multiple tasks where only person could work on that was needed before other tasks could be completed.

Main Struggles

Most of our struggles were due to tedious work that came from debugging the code. We also had multiple tasks where only person could work on that was needed before other tasks could be completed.

How we Overcame These Struggles

We worked really far in advance so that the project could keep moving. We also found that resources like Chat GPT and Stack Overflow could help a lot with efficiently doing tedious tasks and fixing code. Such tedious tasks were:

• Changing names in datasets
• Quickly finding statistics

Conclusion

Unlike other job websites Career Map personalizes its approach to job searching, allowing users to find work according to their preferences and career goals. It does this by allowing the user to input work they have done and activities that they enjoy.

What is the Problem?

Only 19.4% of students ages 16-19 work jobs while enrolled in school and 81% of college graduates wish they were taught more about job life.

What is the Problem?

Only 19.4% of students ages 16-19 work jobs while enrolled in school and 81% of college graduates wish they were taught more about job life.

Many high-schoolers don’t understand the expectations, courses, and mindset needed for certain jobs. Additionally, people who have taken courses don’t always know what jobs they can do. We want to create a website where people enter what they enjoy or what courses they have taken to get a list of jobs.

How Will This Help?

Each job includes statistics on:

• Salary
• Acceptance rate
• Largest companies

This will help students figure out which are close by, which jobs they enjoy, and which pay well.

Precedents

Linkedin is a social networking app/website where people can find jobs. However, the recommended jobs are not always things you can do.

Precedents

Linkedin is a social networking app/website where people can find jobs. However, the recommended jobs are not always things you can do.

Indeed is a simple and efficient job searching website it is hooked up to many different job listings However, it doesn't have any job recommendations

How It Was Coded

• Technologies: Python (backend), HTML (website design), SQL (database)



• Workflow:
• Database creation with job details
• Checkbox submission for user qualifications
• Comparison with database for matching jobs

Main Struggles

Most of our struggles were due to tedious work that came from debugging the code. We also had multiple tasks where only person could work on that was needed before other tasks could be completed.

Main Struggles

Most of our struggles were due to tedious work that came from debugging the code. We also had multiple tasks where only person could work on that was needed before other tasks could be completed.

How we Overcame These Struggles

We worked really far in advance so that the project could keep moving. We also found that resources like Chat GPT and Stack Overflow could help a lot with efficiently doing tedious tasks and fixing code. Such tedious tasks were:

• Changing names in datasets
• Quickly finding statistics

Thesis

Marine marbles is a fun and new game for kids who have difficulty with fine motor skills to play and/or use as an occupational therapy device. It is focused on accommodating for and improving bilateral coordination, small precise movements, and grasping strength. The game is a magnet maze-inspired wobbleboard that has interchangeable handles and base difficulty levels. The user maneuvers a marble around the board, going through different obstacles and elements. It may be played with 2 people, adding a collaborative element to work on communication.

Precedents

Conceptual Technichal

Prototypes

1

2

3

Storyboard

Process Diagram

Original construction of pinball model

-Cardboard and glue

-Rubber band flipper model

First wobble board design

-Cardboard

-Glued styrofoam sphere to base

Larger second draft of wobble board

-Same prototyping materials

-Interview with occupational therapist

First handle designs

-Dowels+styrofoam ball

-3d printed

-handles were too small and sharp

Final Model

-Wood base

-3d printed elements

-painted

-plastic cover

-detachable handles and bases

Final Photos (Detail)

Highlight specific details of the design (delete this)

2

4

3

1

Video / GIF

Clip of final project, demonstrating how it works.

** Bonus Slide ** (delete this)

Technical Diagram

Show how the project is assembled with clear labels

Preferably from 2D or 3D model (delete this) 

Base and sides

Laser cutter

Shark Mouth

Laser cutter

Life preserver

3D print

Handles

3D print