Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “2016-2017”
Leveraging the brainstorm session that we did with the different types of elements that we can potentially include in the device and our analysis of the free wheelchair, we used this week to think about how we want to implement these elements into a design. As mentioned in one of the blogs above, the wheelchair spooks are flimsy, there is …
This week, we began to brainstorm our solution with possible device elements. We came up with the following: one way rotating element, a brake, clutch (de-coupler) – direction change, height adjustment, and spring return. For the one-way ratchet, the pros of this device are that it expands the patient population and is simple to integrate into the design. The cons …
This week, we picked up and assembled the wheelchair from the Free Wheelchair Mission (FWM). We decided to use this wheelchair as our model for MPOWRD because of the organizations impact in serving over 91 countries around the world. First, we noticed the spooks of the tire were very flimsy. Furthermore, the center of the wheel had no attachment point …
This week, we looked at a different rehabilitation device, the wijit, that is currently available in the market and analyzed its strengths and weaknesses. The strength of this system is that a patient can steer the device with the levers; this is done by pushing one side up and down and leaving the other side alone. Furthermore, the breaking system …
Many patients recovering from a stroke, arthritis, cerebral palsy, or general deconditioning from long hospital stays suffer from loss of strength and the inability to independently move around. Thus, a Manual Patient Operated Wheelchair Rehabilitation Device helps patients rehabilitate and move independently in a wheelchair. By choosing to create the device that is fitted to the wheelchair used by the …
*Geometry of the Building in SketchUp (Outdated version) Another week has gone and technically we don’t have much time left to finish our goal for the fall quarter, which is to create an accurate energy model for the community center of the Oak View community, considering that nobody is going to work during the final week and Thanksgiving is coming …
Although this week was one of our less eventful weeks thus far, we still conducted some minor research and worked on some other tasks. We reached out to a professor for some information on water quality and water filtration, in addition to reaching out to the Irvine Ranch Water District to ask for a tour around the facility. We realized …
It is currently week 8 and time is moving. Our team has less than 2 weeks to complete the end goal of our project, which is a working prototype of the mechanical pet feeder. There are two main components to the mechanical pet feeder that need to be up and running before our examination week 10. Those two components are …
For this week, we do some more research about the theory behind the physical mechanism of the hand device. We found out that the natural frequency of human hand is around 1 Hz, so the objective of the torsional springs’ frequency would be around that 1 Hz. However, because of frictions and torque lengths, it would change our expected frequency. …
Hello All, Our biggest problem with the project currently is the funds for solar cells. Our power systems team has contacted numerous sources but unfortunately have been not as successful as we had originally planned in finding affordable and efficient solar cells. While we wait for a few more responses and figure out how to alleviate this, our power systems …
