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Data Driven Multi-material Prosthetic Socket

Over the next months following Adaprox's pivot, I embarked on a project to create a prototype of the aforementioned socket as a portfolio piece. This work began by finding open source CT scan data online. I found some through the software provider OsiriX, which I will be using to view and manipulate the data. After importing ...

Gauntlet 1.0

Continued from Startup Weekend With Startup Weekend behind me, I left with most of the Gauntlet prototype designed and printed, a new plan for its implementation, and a little seed money to get it off the ground. I allowed myself to crash for a day after not sleeping for 3. The intensity of startup weekend was over; it had ...

Gauntlet Initiative

Continued from Ethan & the Robohand I returned home to St. Louis with a new direction. The existing designs did not prove to be enough to fit Ethan's unique case; something more versatile would be needed. I saw this as an opportunity to create a design that could go farther than the existing ones available open source, ...

Ethan & the Robohand

™ This is Ethan, an adorable 5-year-old boy in Missouri. He was born with amniotic band syndrome, which affected the development of his right hand. When Ethan asked his parents for a prosthetic device, they quickly learned that all the options were outside of their price range. They began looking for alternatives and found ...