The jar opening mechanism [12]
We then dove into the first milestone, with all of our fresh ideas we quickly brainstormed all of our pervious experiences and knowledge to search for a patient demographic. After generating our patient demographic we understood our objectives, contraints, and functions of our prototype to create our need statement of the project.
After contemplating different ideas I developed my first concept sketch to revolve around an automated heat sensing glove which uses a thermal sensor to alert patients with deteriorating nerve sensitivity.
My second design revolved around patients with stroke suffering from neglecting of certain limbs. The device senses lack of muscle movement and reminds the patient to move their non-dominant limb.
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