A concept for a bike stand for an office. Sensor-outfitted for shared management & office-wide stats.
Apartment lay out!
SketchUp is a great tool to let me place, and play around with, how we would make our new space work for us.
This was even more useful when we decided to update the bathroom. We used these mock ups to make calls on types of tile patterns, size of tiles, and as a way to get clarity with our contractor about what we wanted to have done.
Dishwasher sign
I love our dishwasher, but it’s so quiet, and so subtle, that you can miss the little blue light at the very bottom that indicates the dishes are mid-wash.
So I 3d printed a sign that all in the household can help signal to each other who’s on first: if it’s running, let it run. Once you realize it’s done… let the other person know if you emptied it or not.
Like all good things, this one required some iteration. Take a look here for the first prototype:
SONIM asked: smartphones, and then what?
Presentool: next gen's classroom aid
A Pillbox that reminds you-- tech-less
4Arms-- more than physical support
Stephanie Tomasetta and I set out to answer: how can we improve the lives of those who have to use crutches long-term? We spent time using crutches ourselves, and spoke with crutch users at various stages, from those who had just started using crutches to individuals who have been walking for decades.
The moments that stuck out to us and resonated throughout the interviews: It's the small things that build up over time. And it's not only quality of style, usability, and comfort that contribute to those small moments of undermining our sense of independence. It's a fourth: quality of social interactions. Competitive analysis showed that current products touch on the first three but leave a lot to miss on that last crucial one, psychological empowerment.
4Arms makes it easier to live: say hello, open a door, and transport your belonging. See below for more details on how we considered the full ecosystem of how crutch users access, purchase, and learn how to walk with crutches.
Pen concept
Back in 2011, I took Stanford product design's Design Form class. Our challenge midterm was to identify a designer in one field (specifically NOT one who designs pens), and delve deep into what made their designs, in your mind, standout, and what elements marked the design as one of this designer's own.
We were to then design a pen as a homage to said designer.
I chose Walter de Silva, car designer extraordinaire. I took a good look at his body of work, and started playing around with where the lines fell. What his cars' proportions looked like, and what the overall aesthetic, in my mind, conveyed.
The pen is a ceramic, CNC'd model.
MechE goes all Harry Potter
Named after our mechanical engineering research lab, this little guy walks both along a flat ground as well as up a slope, mimicking the motion of a horse, while its wings speak to its other half; an eagle. A Hippogriff straight out of the tales of Harry Potter.
Max O, Riley M, Brittany V and I set out to gather intel on what makes things move, how horses move in real life, and what mechanisms would be best suited to mimic that motion.
After modeling it in Solid Works, we lasercammed our parts, and set to bringing them to life! Take a look at her go! the requirements stated MERL had to make it across the floor as well as up a hill:
In case the GIFs aren't working out for you, see the short clips here:
