The past couple of months have been not only tough but stressful mentally. We've been challenged as a team to not only get a deeper insight on the human anatomy but design a device that meets all of the customer needs to protect their joints and prove to be the better design. Not long from... Continue Reading →
KP 360 – Still working on it… Krysta H.
As of right now my group is a little bit of everywhere. It feels like there is so much that needs to get done and its hard to focus on everything at once. We've gathered information regarding materials, marketing, data test values, amongst other things. Right now a major thing that is driving me crazy is... Continue Reading →
Team Work Makes The Dream Work – Stephanie, Paola, Jackie and Jennifer
Save-A-Joint consist of 4 members, Paola E, Jackie G, Stephanie L and Jennifer M. In our biomedical pathway we are creating an elbow pad to protect the elbow joint for fellow roller derby participants. In roller derby it’s very rare for a player to injure their elbow, but accidents do happen, if a player falls... Continue Reading →
In the Process – Stephanie
Save-A-Joint is has now entered the prototyping phase, creating a possible final idea of protection for the elbow joint. We have been considering the elbow movement, and structure as we create the prototype, and also thinking about materials we are going to use. Throughout time we have learned many new things along the way. In... Continue Reading →
Lily Y. Joint Protection Project
We are currently in the first stages of our DAP project. We have ended up with the phalanges and joints associated with the fingers, as we originally requested, and are in the process of researching devices that already exist in order to protect the fingers. We have found that there are very few articles and... Continue Reading →