Technical Skills
<aside> ✅ Autodesk Inventor
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<aside> ✅ 3-D Printing & Laser-Cutting
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<aside> ✅ Sketching & Prototyping
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<aside> ✅ Market Analysis
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Soft Skills
<aside> ✅ Collaboration
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<aside> ✅ Project & Time Management
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<aside> ✅ Public Speaking
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For DP3, we created Shelvation, an automated moving shelf for arthritis patients and more generally, individuals with limited mobility.
<aside> 🩺 Arthritis affects 24% of adults and reduces joints strength, making simple tasks painful. Common symptoms include joint pain, swelling, physical weakness and reduced mobility. Patients with arthritis reported the following activities as challenging: grasping small objects, reaching above one’s head, and pulling objects. After brainstorming numerous ideas to aid mobility issues, we settled for an automated shelf that eliminates the need for reaching for objects on a high surface.
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| Objectives | Constraints | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Makes items at higher elevation easier to obtain | Safe to use | Moves items in 2 dimensions: forwards, backwards, up, and down |
| Moves quickly & quietly | Does not damage items during movement |
<aside> 🛠 Shelvation is a device that utilizes a car jack mechanism to maneuver a shelf or any hard-to-reach surface down and forward, or backwards and upwards. This enables individuals with mobility issues, specifically arthritis patients, to easily access everyday objects on an elevated platform, all while limiting muscle strain.
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