ergonomics
FEATHERS - Functional Engagement in Assisted Therapy through Exercise Robotics
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FEATHERS is a collaboration between Emily Carr and a group of engineers and researchers at UBC under the direction of Prof. Mike van der Loos. It is about using computer games as motivation to aid the upper-limb rehabilitation for adults who have suffered stroke and children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy where they have weakness in one side of their bodies. I have developed a pair of bi-manual game controllers that will allow the these two disparate groups of users to play facebook games with both their hands and arms on the computer for therapy.
Second Skin
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Second Skin is a light weight collapsible wrist and palm support for laptops. It is made of 2 pieces of 0.4mm thick birch aircraft plywood, attached together at one side and on the other side, tabs are laser cut on the top piece and slots on the bottom piece. Tabs are inserted into the slots by slightly bending the top piece, putting it in tension. This creates a curved and stiff surface that supports the user's wrist when it is positioned close to the front of the laptop.
LINK: An inflatable life vest for in-water sports
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If you participate in a water sport where you are in, and sometimes under the water, you don’t have a viable life vest option. LINK is a performance life vest designed specifically for in-water activities that aims to increase life vest usage.
a pair of paper shoes
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the objective of this project was to make a pair of functioning shoes. The challenge was to use only paper and glue to construct them.
Inspired by ancient Egyptian sandals, and using principles of modularity and origami, I made a pair of sandals that were able to hold my weight. Issues like ergonomics and gait were researched in order to successfully complete this project.
