Here it is, finals week, aka the week I collapse in a blubbering heap with lasting psychological trauma. This week is also when we're presenting our final design to a panel of industry professionals/people we have never met before. As you can see, I have never been more excited or pumped in my entire life.... Continue Reading →
Building is Upon Us and the Rise of a Foot Revolution- Andrea Cazares
Today is the day we started building our prototype. From the second we got our materials, we went straight to building. Immediately, yoga mats were cut and insole materials were extracted. If you follow my previous blogs you can see that I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time! I, along with the... Continue Reading →
Let the Prototyping Begin!—Eliza Martin & SEAS Design Group
The SEAS Design Group has been extremely busy the past few weeks finishing up our SEAS Design Proposal. Our Design Proposal took a lot of time, thought, and commitment in order to truly create a proposal we were proud of. The design proposal was difficult to write because we had to take a step back... Continue Reading →
From Shoe Makers to Sole Changers – Amelia Fisher
These past couple weeks in our bio engineering class our group, Backwards in High Heels, has been working on the first few sketches for the product we're going to create over the course of this school year. Our original plan was to design a new pair of comfortable high heels, but after some closer looks... Continue Reading →
SEAS Design Team Begins to Dream (of Designs)- Eliza Martin
It's been an exciting week for the SEAS Design Team. Less than a week ago, the design team went on a field trip to examine some of the commonly used materials in products available on the market today. I blogged about our field trip last week, and you can read all about it here. But... Continue Reading →
SEAS Design Team Seizes the ‘Real-World’- Eliza Martin
This past week, the SEAS Design Team took a step into the 'real-world.' We've begun to move away from solely discussing our conceptual idea of an insole to assist with plantar fasciitis, to actually begin the process to create a prototype of our idea. Of course, prior to the creation of any prototype, we need... Continue Reading →