Fire Dragon Meeting – April 2nd 2013

Today in our meeting, we have planned out five next meetings. In addition, we worked on some of our sketches and began coding the joystick and game buttons for the motor. While Zainab and Miguel sketched, several questions were mentioned:

• How heavy is too heavy?
• Where would be best to attach the splint on the crutches for the user?
• Where should the controls of the “extend an arm” be placed?

While we pondered these questions, Omar and Ivan were assembling small prototypes to implement the grasp of the project. Wilson made sure that the code has started and developed for the Arduino.

Our implementation plan is the following:

4/16 – Integrate Components (all motions and improve code)

4/23 – Test Structure (Stability, Weight, Materiality, Smoothness)

4/30 – Wearability, Refine Ergonomics & Code, Efficiency

5/14 – Troubleshooting (Clear blueprint diagram to explain function and prepare for Emoticon)

February 12, 2013 Meeting – Team D

At today’s meeting, we have begun to solidify our main prototype using paper storyboards. Our main focus is to decide weither we should limit our audience or create a prototype that will serve the general CP population. The mission is to continue with the stop & reach aspect of the project.

MOUSE Corps Legacy Project – Team D Brainstorm

February 2nd, 2012 @ 1:52 PM

Our Focused Question: How might we use technology to improve dexterity and independence for people with cerebral palsy?

Our topic: Dexterity and Movement

Team Members:
-Zainab
-Ivan P.
-Omar N.
-Wilson
-Quynn
-Filipa
-Peter

Our project will plan to solve an issue of movement and stability that many people with CP face every day. Our plan of action is to create a project that will become an extension of the arm to be able to pick up items. We have replicated an arm that will help the user with sensing items. Pressure and precision is key to our prototype as laser pointers will be implemented to convey our interest in effective technology.

The prototype wraps around the arm and will extend to improve reach. A ball and laser pointer supports the user as he or she will be able to aim at the target and, with measured pressure, can be grabbed with ease. Instead of solving the issue of total mobility, we decided that creating a tool that would support reach while maintaining a stable, ergonomic position while standing up. With insight from Peter from UCP, we were able to fully understand what our issue was while kept on track in collaboration with Cooper-Hewitt and MOUSE.

More information to follow in the following days.

Our feedback given by others:
-Difficult, mechanism is too complex?
-Good idea, especially with the fact that it is flexible and improves grip for the user. Accuracy seems like an imperative feature.
-Consider weight. It is not useful if it very heavy. Shoudl it be attached to the crutch?
-Marc: Great going big, great pitch. Avoid conspicuous technology. How can we conceal this?

Intro to Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Introduction

My first week at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP was interesting. After meeting Ms. Nunez (Human Resources), the first day began with a training session on the basics, logging into servers, etc. My afternoon consisted of security/evacuation, sexual harassment, and data protection videos. 2 1/2 hours of review. I was anxious to enter the IT department! My first day was full of new faces.

Inside “Information Systems”

As I entered the Info Systems room, I was greeted with 6 cubicles with 4 people in them. My new, direct supervisor, Jerzy, sat me at Mr. Gonzalez desk. I was overwhelmed with nervousness as I approached an ongoing conversation that was going on. I was greeted by two support team members. Rick and Steven. I was not aware of the support procedure, but I was to follow them to learn on my own. It was similar to S&C LLP’s procedure. I was going to like it here…

Today we met at MOUSE after the …

Today, we met at MOUSE after the “Dans le Noir” trip and worked on our projects. Our prototype consisted of a physical project that consists of a plastic chair. This simple design is the base of how we plan our finished product to look. Originally we planned to have our product to be a full wheelchair with the circuits built into it, but then we realize it would be too expensive for the average consumer. We then decided to change it to an attachement to the wheelchair, so we could cut out the production cost. Our new design are cameras, sonar sensors, and GPS connected to a battery working with each other.