From taping cotton balls to a sock to sowing padding onto fabric and attaching a hard surface, we've truly built a stable design. We started out by brainstorming what materials would be best for protecting the joint as well as meet all of our customer and design needs. When we were assigned to build a... Continue Reading →
Thanks to the Helping Hand – Maggie Saucedo
Our team recently received a wonderful donation of a book about the anatomy of the hand. Inside was a contructable hand kit. One class we put it together and found it quite helpful. With our new helping hand we've been able to place our prototype on it and see how exactly the bones of the hands... Continue Reading →
Evolution of Hand Model – Maggie Saucedo
We are currently working on making a hand model to represent the joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments in the hand. Our progress has actually been pretty great. Last class in the maker space we figured out a clever way to represent muscle with red wire. The red wire is easily moldable and foldable. We managed to wrap... Continue Reading →