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February 7, 2022 (12 PM - 1 PM) EST
Guest Presenter:
Asheesh Lanba | Maine, USA
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B
A
B
So
maybe
we'll
get
going,
we've
got
the
recording
going.
We
have
these
meetings
once
a
month.
It's
the!
I
think.
It's
the
first
monday,
every
month
it's
currently
set
up
from
12
to
1..
Today
we've
got
a
guest
presentation
from
ashish
and
dean
talking
about
their
curriculum
with
the
university
of
southern
maine.
B
It's
been
a
extended
collaboration
involving
some
pretty
unique
partners,
including
the
local
rotary
and
an
ngo
in
the
dominican
republic.
So
I
guess
without
further
ado,
why
don't
we
pass
it
to
ashish
and
dean
to
start
us
off
and
then
maybe
after
that,
we
can
ask
some
questions
and
go
around
and
do
an
introduction
and
go
from
there.
B
B
It's
it's
a
new
effort
to
see
how
we
can
encourage
the
community
to
be
involved
and
offer
some
different
options
and
have
volunteer
leaders
and
starting
next
month,
karen
and
lindsay
are
going
to
be
helping
to
lead
the
educational
group
this
this
monthly
meeting,
which
is
awesome.
So
why
don't?
I
pass
the
mic
over
to
karen.
A
A
So
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
the
helping
hands
project
next
month
when
we
leave
the
meeting.
You
know
something
about
that
project
so
that
she
designed-
and
our
thinking
is
down
the
line
that
we
can
provide
some
kind
of
support
in
the
way
of
curriculum
to
other
groups.
Who
might
be
interested-
and
I
know
that
enable
you
is
interested
in
expanding
out
from
just
prosthetic
hands.
Is
that
correct
then?
A
B
A
We
were
looking
at
the
possibility
of
more
assistive
technology
in
general
and
helping
to
possibly
you
know,
develop
curriculum
around
that
we
are
working
on
another
project
that
is
connected
to
one
of
the
17
u.n
sustainability
development
goals
and
that
there
might
be,
you
know,
a
way
to
incorporate
that
as
well.
So
anyway,
that's
who
I
am-
and
you
know
I'm
new
to
this
group-
and
you
know
I'm
not
exactly
sure
how
much
time
I'm
going
to
be
able
to
give.
But
you
know
certainly
lindsay
and
I
are
working
together
great.
D
Okay,
I
am
retired
and
have
been
working
with
enabled
for
five
or
six
years
now
loosely
working
with
enable,
but
I've
called
on
enable
makers
for
help
in
the
past
and
when
I
started
to
get
involved
with
the
rotary
club
here
in
portland
maine,
they
contacted
me
by
a
contact
from
enable
and
found
out.
I
was
living
in
the
area
because
they've
been
working
down
in
the
dominican
republic
for
some
time
and
trying
to
provide
hands
for
people
in
need
there
and
there's
a
huge
need
there
for
both
hands
and
legs.
D
If
you
will,
one
is
with
the
university
of
southern
maine
and
you'll,
hear
from
ashish
lamba
in
a
few
minutes,
he's
our
primary
contact
there,
but
there
are
others,
and
we
also
work
with
an
ngo
down
in
the
dominican
republic.
That
has
come
about
to
be
precisely
because
of
our
involvement.
Since
we've
been
going
down
there,
they
have
a
volunteer
group
of
people
who
are
trying
to
provide
the
inter
space
a
real
clinic.
It's
called
prothesis.
D
Whatever
in
spanish,
it's
a
therapy
and
fitting
of
assistive
devices,
primarily
hands
and
legs,
they
have
received
government
recognition.
Land
was
donated
and
they're
in
the
process
of
building
a
clinic,
a
fixed
stone
and
mortar
clinic,
and
they
also
have
a
received
an
older
school
bus
that
they're
going
to
fit
out
as
a
traveling
clinic.
That
will
actually
go
to
the
people
who
need
them
rather
than
expecting
the
people
to
get
to
them
at
the
fixed
place,
because
it's
just
a
very
poverty-stricken
nation
and
people
don't
get
around
like
that.
D
So
it's
been
very
hopeful.
We
have
fitted
quite
a
few
devices
to
date
and
we're
starting
to
work
on
a
new
device
which
I'll
show
you
a
little
bit.
After
all,
the
introductions
are
done
and
we
get
feedback
now
from
the
people
that
have
been
fitted
so
that
we're
better
able
to
improve
our
product
as
we
go
along
and
it's
our
goal
to
be
able
to
do
fittings
on
site
the
day
that
people
show
up
for
clinics
and
that
has
been
a
little
different
in
the
past.
C
Thanks
dean,
so
I'm
just
gonna
put
the
slides
up
and
I'll
I'll
just
get
started,
so
I'm
and
you
guys
can
see
the
screen
right.
This
is
the
presentation
screen
that
you
got
awesome,
so
I'm
ashish
lamba.
I
am
an
assistant
professor
of
mechanical
engineering
here
at
the
university
of
southern
maine.
My
background
is
in
materials
characterization
in
mechanical
testing,
thermomechanical
testing
of
materials
more
from
looking
at
alloys,
but
I
find
myself
becoming
a
plastics
engineer
right
now
as
well.
C
With
this
whole
new
world
of
3d
printing
never
wanted
to
become
a
plastics
engineer,
but
that's
that's
the
way
that
we
have
to
go
to
in
order
to
make
a
better
world
right
now.
So
I'm
also
the
director
of
the
composites
engineering
research
laboratory
here
that
is
housed
at
the
university
of
southern
maine.
We,
where
we
do
quick
service
projects,
research
projects
around
polymers
and
composites
for
people
out
in
industry,
and
we
also
help
out
startups
as
as
well,
and
I'm
also
the
principal
investigator
of
the
lasers
and
materials
engineering
group
here
at
usm.
C
C
So
this
is
a
little
bit
of
what
dean
was
talking
about.
So
this
is
the
in
the
dominican
republic,
the
center
that
that
we
help
out.
They
are
the
centro,
the
prosthesis
and
and
therapy,
and
a
physical
completely,
not
a
spanish-speaking
person,
but
completely
butchered
that,
but
they
serve
both
the
arms
and
and
and
legs
and
as
dean
was
saying
there
is.
You
know
these
are
the
number
of
people
that,
once
you
have
a
clinic
who
are
waiting
to
be
fitted
with
prosthetics
right.
C
So
there
is
a
big
big
need
in
the
dominican
republic
for
the
underserved
over
here.
There's
you
know,
there's
deformities
based
on
stuff:
that's
happened
during
childhood,
but
there's
also
a
lot
of
machete
violence
that
takes
place
in
the
american
republic,
and
these
are
just
some
of
the
the
people
that
that
that
show
up
that
need
our
help
right.
So
it's
from
from
my
point
of
view.
You
know
as
soon
as
I
heard
about
what
was
going
on
and
the
work
that
dean
and
john
and
bill
were
doing.
C
For
you
know,
having
utilized
the
engineering
design
process-
and
I
kind
of
wanted
to
summarize
what
the
engineering
design
process
is
and
what
our
curriculum
is
based
around
without
actually
going
into
the
nitty-gritty
of
of
things,
and
this
is
the
video
that
I
showed
the
class
on
the
first
day
and
also
I
show
this
video
to
high
school
students
as
well
that
we
that
we
do
some
outreach
work
with.
So
the
engineering
design
process
is
essentially
like
a
taco
party.
C
E
E
E
E
Next,
you
do
some
research
to
figure
out
the
design
requirements
and
your
limitations.
So
in
this
case
you'd
assess
things
like
ingredients.
You
have
at
hand
money
you've
got
to
spend
how
much
time
you
have
before
people
start
showing
up
how
many
people
you
have
to
feed
and
if
any
of
those
people
have
dietary
restrictions
once
you've
got
a
pretty
solid
list
of
criteria
and
constraints,
you
can
start
brainstorming
ideas
for
solutions.
E
And
you
make
a
prototype
you
test
out
and
take
a
bite,
it's
gross,
but
you
want
to
make
sure
it's
not
just
you,
so
you
get
others
to
test
out
like
your
roommates
or
family.
Everyone
agrees,
it's
gross,
you
ask
questions
and
determine
what's
gross
about
it.
In
this
case
your
testers,
like
the
tortillas,
but
not
so
much
the
pb
j.
E
E
E
E
A
C
Awesome
so
it's
always
good
getting
students.
You
know
everyone
can
connect
with
tacos,
everyone
loves
tacos.
So
that's
basically
the
different
points
of
the
engineering
design
process
that
we
base
our
curriculum
about.
But
you
know,
as
with
engineering
curriculum,
we
get
into
a
lot
of
nitty-gritty
of
the
stuff
and
it
can
get
it
can
get
cumbersome.
So
I
didn't
want
to
cover
all
of
that
in
this
presentation,
but
just
what
the
important
aspects
were
and
what
I've
done
for
this
presentation
is.
C
I've
just
pulled
out
a
couple
of
slides
from
one
of
the
design
teams
that
did
a
decent
job,
and
I
just
want
to
tell
everyone
on
here
that
that
semester
was
the
semester
of
it
was
a
spring
semester
of
2020,
which
is
when
covet
first
hit
right.
So
the
first
couple,
the
first
half
of
the
semester,
everything
was
going
good,
very
smooth
and
then
the
second
half
of
the
semester.
C
So
one
important
aspect
that
I
do
want
to
touch
on
when
you're
looking
at
the
engineering
design
pro
process
is
doing,
what's
called
a
functional
decomposition
whereby
you
break
up
the
different
aspects
of
whatever
you're
designing,
based
on
what
the
functions
of
your
prototype
are
going
to
be,
and
that
really
helps
guide
the
and
the
design
process
and
that
iterative
process
that
that
we
spoke
about
so
this
theme
over
here
again.
All
of
this
was
done
on
their
own.
You
know
they
started
prototyping
and
testing.
C
We
wanted
to
see
if
we
can
do
something
with
electrical
actuation
to
actually
do
the
grabbing
motion
in
in
the
prosthetics,
but
in
that
in
that
cheap
manner
and
made
out
of
materials
and
parts
that
are
not
too
expensive
and
heavy,
and
things
like
that
and
this
this,
this
team
decided
to
work
with
these
server
motors
like
this
doing
a
whole
bunch
of
prototyping
and
testing.
You
know
just
collecting
different
ideas
that
were
available
and
combining
them
together,
which
is
the
smart
thing
to
do
right.
C
C
But
the
issue
with
the
design
was
that
it
was
really
heavy
and
it
was
not
sort
of
realistic
to
have
so
many
motors
in
the
design
as
well.
But
these
students
did
something
cool.
They
used
this
thing
called
puck
from
mioware,
which
actually
senses
muscle
motion
and
then
translates
that
into
signals
which
then
can
be
used
to
actuate
motion
off
the
arm
right.
So
this
was
an
idea
which
they
actually
made
work,
but
this
part
over
here
is
not
very
dependable.
C
It
depends
from
user
to
user
a
lot,
so
we
didn't
get
that
dependability
from
it.
So
we
decided
to
abandon
that
process,
but
then
we
were
already
at
the
end
of
the
semester
right
so
and
that's
the
other
thing
with
working
with
undergraduate
students,
you
start
working
with
students,
but
then
within
within
a
couple
of
semesters,
they've,
graduated
and
they're
out
of
here
right.
C
So
one
of
the
students
actually
took
the
project
on
in
the
next
iterations
of
the
design
to
try
to
make
it
better
and
more
amenable
to
actually
something
that
could
be
deployed
as
his
as
his
follow-on
project,
which
is
our
our
final.
Our
senior
design
project,
which
the
students
do
in
their
final
year
slash
final
semester
and
he
he
started
breaking
it
down
instead
of
using
those
motors.
C
You
know
the
rotational
motors
started
thinking
about
using
linear
actuators,
which
are
which
are
much
more
suited
for
the
process
also
did
a
whole
lot
of
work
figuring
out.
What
the
best
potential
3d
printing
materials
are,
did
a
lot
of
testing
about
material
properties
as
well.
For
that-
and
you
know
that's
where
my
head
goes
always
goes
to
us
right,
because
I'm
a
material
scientist
but
I'll.
C
Looking
at
the
percentage,
infill
and
those
kind
of
sort
of
things
to
see
what
the
best
outcome
might
be
and
what
he
went
with,
and
what
we
supported
at
that
time
was
to
have
this
actuation,
which
was
basically
based
on.
You
know
pulling
your
arm
back
and
that
would
actuate
your
your
your
your
hand,
and
you
know,
sounded
well
and
good
at
the
time,
but
it
actually
ended
up
being
a
little
more
cumbersome
and
not
realistic.
The
more
the
the
the
linear
actuator
that
was
used
for
this
particular
design
was
not
strong
enough.
C
We
found,
and
we
also
ended
up
going
over
budget,
but
again
all
of
this
work
this
this
was
through
covert
right.
So
you
know
minimal
amount
of
student
activity
on
campus,
and
this
student
did
all
of
this
work
on
his
own
time
in
his
house
really
adam
robert,
he
did
some.
He
did.
He
did
some
good
work
and
then
he's
like
all
right.
The
end
of
the
semester.
C
You
know
prototypes
are
ready,
but
what's
the
next
thing
that
we
need
to
do
in
order
to
improve
the
design
right,
should
we
try
to
use
a
stronger
linear,
actuator
and
then
that's
where
you
come
into
those
pros
and
cons
of
things
or
you're
already
over
budget?
Now
you
want
to
use
this
new
linear
actuator,
that's
probably
going
to
be
more
expensive
as
well,
but
we
ended
up
finding
the
money
for
that.
C
But
by
this
time
the
student
has
already
graduated,
and
now
I
have
no
more
students
that
are
working
on
this
project
and
my
plate
is
so
full
that
I
can't
do
all
of
this
hands-on
work
myself.
So
you
know,
dean
has
sort
of
used
some
of
this
work
and
also
come
up
with
ideas
of
his
own
with
his
own
arm
design
as
well,
which
you
which
we'll
which
we'll
show
but
we're
really.
C
You
know
this
linear
actuator
concept
is
the
one
that
has
ended
up
working
out
really
well,
and
you
know
we
had
an
assembly
party
a
couple
of
months
ago.
So
you
know
what
do
I
do
in
in
this
team
right?
I
am
the
I'm
the
hustler
right,
so
I
just
make
sure
that
things
when
things
that
are
required
to
get
done,
they
get
done
right.
So
you
know,
dean
does
not
have
all
of
the
resources
he
needs
to
do
code
and
code.
C
I
don't
want
to
say
mass
production
of
3d
printing,
because
3d
printing
is
really
not
a
mass
production
thing,
but
mass
prototyping,
let's
see
right,
because
we
want
to
make
multiple
prototypes
and
ship
these
out
for
use
in
the
dr
right.
So
I
worked
with
dean
using
all
of
his
printers
and
then
we
have
a
whole
bunch
of
3d
printers
that
are
all
fused
deposition,
modeling
sla-based
over
here
at
the
university
as
well.
C
D
First
up,
I'm
going
to
show
just
one
of
the
prototypes
of
the
hand.
I
went
with
this
one
for
quite
a
while,
and
this
is
what
we
have
actually
testing
down
in
the
dominican
right
now,
it's
a
push-pull
design,
and
so
it's
very
simple.
It's
just
one
one
pole
does
the
whole
thing,
there's
no
individual
fingers,
and
so
that
way
we
can
use
one
linear
actuator
and
that
saves
on
both
expense
and
weight
as
well
as
complexity.
D
We
don't
need
a
computer,
you
don't
need
raspberry,
pi
or
anything,
and
this
is
an
example
of
the
arm.
You
can
see
that
it
has
a
talon
grasp
the
pinch.
Movement
is
not
a
bad
one.
You
can
do
a
lot
with
the
pinch,
but
I
find
that
with
this
type
of
design,
a
pinch
is
hard
to
make
and
it
stops
everything
else.
Once
you've
made
your
pinch,
so
you
can't
go
close
farther.
D
So
this
is
the
open
position
and
there
we're
going
closed
with
that
talon,
which
is
two
fingers
on
side
of
the
thumb,
and
you
can
grasp
a
lot
with
a
talon.
It's
one
of
the
more
efficient
grasping
mechanisms
and,
let's
see
the
hand,
is
interchangeable
with
other
devices.
It
has
a
standard,
half-inch
bolt
connection
between
the
hand
and
the
wrist,
and
this
push
rod
is
easily
removed.
D
So
you've
got
a
very
lightweight
strong,
durable
device
and
it's
been
working
great.
It's
very
comfort
fitting
once
you
get
there.
What
I
have
in
this
box
right
here
is
the
linear
actuator,
which
fits
back
here
and
then
there's
a
battery
inside
there,
which
is
a
rechargeable
nine
volts,
and
there
is
a
garage
door,
opener,
basically
transmitter
system
for
open
and
close,
so
one
button
will
open
the
hand
if
I
can
push
the
button
and
one
button
closes
the
hand.
D
D
D
So
that's
where
we're
at
this
particular
model
right
here,
I'm
using
it's.
I've
tried
it
with
five,
which
is
the
one
I
showed
you
tendons.
I've
tried
it
with
one
tendon
which
does
work,
but
it
doesn't
work
as
well
as
three
tendons.
So
this
is
the
goldilocks
solution
and
it
seems
to
fit
the
way
it
needs
to
fit
and
do
what
it
needs
to
do.
D
The
other
design
aspect
that
I'd
like
to
point
out
on
this
particular
hand
and
something
we've
been
using
for
a
while,
is
it
has
a
flexible
palm
I've
made
this
out
of
flex
tpu
and
it
will
fit
a
pen
and
hold
it.
Excuse
me
a
pen
and
hold
it
tight
enough
that
a
person
can
write
without
needing
to
actuate
the
hand
at
all,
and
so
that's
a
nice
feature,
because
it's
not
just
a
pen,
you
could
put
a
paintbrush,
you
could
put
a
silverware.
D
There
are
different
things
that
that
flexible
palm
can
hold,
there's
a
notch
in
the
design
of
the
palm,
so
everything
accommodates
very
well.
The
final
thing
is
that
rechargeable
9-volt
battery-
these
are
fairly
recent
innovation,
and
what's
nice
about
them,
is
that
they
will
recharge
on
a
phone
charger.
So
if
you
have
a
standard,
usbc
connection,
you
can
charge
your
your
hand
every
night
if
you
need
to,
but
it
may
last
more
than
one
day,
it's
pretty
pretty
robust.
That
way.
D
D
The
neat
thing
about
these
batteries
is
they're
fairly
inexpensive.
The
linear
actuator
I
found
the
less
expensive
one
than
I
was
originally
using.
They
run
about
25
less
than
30
dollars.
Anyway,
the
batteries
you
get
two
batteries
for
less
than
twenty
dollars
with
recharging
cords.
You
can
get
the
transmitters
for
less
than
15
on
amazon
and
so
the
whole
cost
of
this
entire
setup,
with
20
of
casting
tape,
25
or
30,
say
30
for
the
linear,
actuators
55
15
for
the
transmitter,
70
and
sealer.
D
D
The
talon
grip
may
bend
the
paper,
but
it
holds
it
just
fine.
You
can
handle
currency
credit
cards,
it's
a
pretty
amazing,
amazingly
versatile
little
design,
and
I
think
that
covers
all
the
major
points.
Oh
the
strap,
of
course
that's
four
dollars,
three
four
dollars,
but
anyway
there
you
go
ashish.
C
C
So
we
actually
wanted
to
test
the
the
material
that
dean
had
used
to
3d
print
these
components
that
you
see
for
this
lower
limb
prosthesis
on
here-
and
I
was
you
know-
this-
is
the
fun
part
right
so
to
take
all
of
these
things
apart,
you
know
figure
out
how
we
can
do
some
kind
of
testing.
That's
similar
to
what
testing
out-
and
you
know,
someone
actually
walking
with
these
things
would
would
be,
would
would
be
equal
to
and
we
got
some
really
surprising
results.
C
So
that's
the
work
that
we
have
ongoing
at
the
university
right
now,
so
this
pretty
much
brings
me
to
the
end
of
the
presentation.
You
know
these
are
my
contacts.
That's
my
research
website
is
alambalam.com
and
I'm
on
twitter,
as
with
dr
lamber
and
on
linkedin
as
well,
so
you
know
always
happy
to
connect
and
and
if
you
guys
have
any
questions
or
you
want
to
use
our
our
our
3d
printing
facilities
for
doing
testing
or
prototyping,
please
let
me
know.
B
Great
thanks
so
much
ashish
and
dean
for
for
sharing
your
work.
I
had
a
couple
quick
questions
before
I
open
it
up
to
everybody
else,
to
steer
things
back
towards
education,
specifically,
there's
a
pretty
common
problem.
I
notice
that
universities
and
schools
will
create
curriculum,
incorporating
enable
work,
but
they
won't
they'll
struggle
to
connect
the
dots
with
device
users
and
they'll
ask
how
they
can
bridge
that
gap
how
these
devices
can
be
used.
Where
can
they
send
them?
I
think
there's
something
really
notable
about
what
you
guys
have
developed
in
that
there's.
B
B
That's
all
happening,
independent
of
the
the
testing
that
you
guys
are
doing,
and
the
development
it's
sort
of
in
concert
and
then
the
university
being
able
to
do
the
testing.
The
mass
prototyping
take
care
of
some
of
the
documentation
with
student
projects
and
then
the
high-tech
testing.
It's
it's
a
really
wonderful
recipe.
So
I
wanted
to
ask
you
guys
to
maybe
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
that's
been
going
and
any
recommendations
you
have
for
other
schools
to
to
follow
that
model.
C
C
The
curriculum
that
I
try
to
teach
students
from
engineering
design
and
try
to
get
them
to
think
about
from
their
first
year
and
sophomore
process
is
to
start
thinking
about
engineering
design,
start
thinking
about
simulations
that
they
could
be
doing
as
well
prior
to
prototyping
and
testing
and
then
actually
doing
you
know.
3D
printing
has
really
brought
forth
this
whole
aspect
of
rapid
prototyping,
which
is
not
available.
You
know
a
little
more
than
15
well
wasn't
widely
available
10
to
15
years
ago,
and
you
know
that
aspect
of
design
simulation,
testing,
iteration
prototyping
testing.
C
It
really
forms
a
nice
loop,
which
is
very
very
available
from
an
educational
standpoint,
particularly
from
an
educational
standpoint
that
is
known
to
be
effective,
right,
project-based
learning
and
it's
especially
with
projects
like
these.
It's
they're,
it's
very
easy
to
motivate
the
students
as
well
they're,
clearly
doing
good
for
society
right,
which
is
what
one
of
the
big
reasons
that
people
want
to
become
engineers.
C
At
this
point,
which
is
not
a
very
effective
way
of
of
doing
this,
you
know,
for
example,
we
we
send
these
designs
out.
We
send
these
prototypes
out
to
the
dr.
The
first
electromechanical
arms
that
were
sent
out
to
the
dominican
republic
was
in
november
right
november
is
when
we
had
the
pizza
party
dean,
and
you
know
it's
been
difficult,
getting
feedback
from
them
right
because
just
kobe
doesn't
make
things
easy
and
then
it's
also
you
know
people
don't
come
back
to
the
center.
C
They
protest
to
the
center
to
give
feedback
and
do
things
like
that
right.
So
I
think
the
one
big
piece
of
the
puzzle
that
we
have
to
figure
out
is
that
whole
networking
component
and
getting
people
to
actually
use
the
the
and
the
prototypes
that
we
have
over
here
for
quicker
feedback
to
for
design
improvements.
D
Yeah
actually,
as
she's
noted,
it's
very
hard
to
follow
up
with
some
of
the
devices
that
we
have
fitted
with
people
and
as
those
of
you
who
have
fitted
others
know,
there's
probably
a
pretty
high
rate
of
non-use
once
it's
fitted,
it's
they're
great
for
kids,
kids,
love
that
phoenix
hand,
and
that
has
been
a
just
an
incredibly
successful
part
of
the
enable
system
where
I'm
dealing
with
adults
all
the
time
pretty
much.
We
have
very
few
children,
there's
not
a
lot
in
terms
of
birth
defects
or
injury
for
kids.
D
So
even
though
everyone
has
a
phone,
it
doesn't
always
stay
the
same
and
the
other
people
in
protesis
central
is
they're
all
volunteers
and
which
is
great.
They
have
a
at
least
a
dozen
committed
people
who
are
working
at
this
there's.
Just
not
always
a
lot
of
success
in
finding
the
feedback
that
we're
seeking.
D
However,
that
said
we
are
getting
some
and
through
that
we
have
been
able
to
embrace
the
cultural
realities
that
a
phoenix
hand
with
an
open
forearm,
that's
held
on
with
straps
was
not
a
design
they
they
liked
and
they
did
not
want
that.
They
want
something
that
looked
a
little
more
natural,
so
we've
kind
of
hedged
that
a
little
bit
we've
had
many
different
design
iterations
so
that
we
have
a
more
anthropomorphic
looking
hand
and
forearm
and
the
color
we've
just
decided
to
plainly
go
with
black.
D
Now,
that's
not
a
popular
color
there,
but
it's
readily
available.
We
don't
have
to
mess
too
much
with
tones
of
skins
and
it's
easy
to
replace
parts.
Then,
if
you
need
to
have
a
component
replaced
on
the
on
the
whole
thing,
you
don't
have
to
worry
about
matching
that
aspect,
so
we
have
a
much
more
natural
looking
hand
than
we
had
in
the
beginning,
and
it
still
will
never
look
like
a
real
hand,
will
never
function
like
a
real
hand,
but
it's
not
a
bad
compromise
at
this
point.
D
Yeah
we're
feeling
pretty
good
about
how
the
design
has
gone
and
the
costs,
as
well
as
getting
people
to
continue
to
use
it
after
they've
received
it.
So
the
other
aspect,
that's
so
important,
is
the
facility,
the
clinic
which
fits
them
on
that
one
day
they
go
in
there's
a
training
component,
so
you
get
to
learn
how
to
use
that
and
experiment
with
it
and
learn
different
ways
that
it
might
be
available
to
help
your
everyday
life.
D
But
with
having
us
this
loop,
a
simple
thing:
it
works
great.
You
may
need
to
wrap
a
toothbrush
with
a
little
bit
of
tape
or
silicone
whatever
you
want
to
find
ways
to
make
this
hand
work,
and
I
think
we're
going
to
have
a
much
higher
rate
of
use
and
continued
use
with
the
devices
that
we're
making
now
than
we
had
with
the
ones
that
we
delivered
when
we
first
started.
F
F
C
D
Was
unmuted
sorry,
it
was
actually
initially
a
collaboration
with
the
hanger
clinic.
We
had
a
prosthetician
there
who
was
interested
in
our
project
and
wanted
to
continue
working
on
it
with
us
and
he
suggested
the
cast
system
and
we
ran
with
that
and
that's
how
it
developed.
Basically,
when
you're
doing
the
actual
casting
you
have,
you
put
several
socks
prosthetic
socks
on
the
arm.
F
D
D
D
D
It's
not
that
long.
Actually,
if
we
do
it
here
in
maine,
where
it's
very
we're
quite
dehumidified
here
yeah,
the
cast
will
set
that
up
in
10
minutes,
you're
done
with
their
cast,
and
you
do
a
second
one.
Another
10
minutes
is
very
quick
and
rigid
at
that
point
down
in
the
dominican
we
found
humidity
was
an
issue,
and
sometimes
there
was
a
one
day
they
were
casting
when
the
cast
would
take
almost
an
hour
to
set
up
because
of
the
humidity.
F
And
the
heat-
that's
it's!
It's
still
huge
compared
to
the
time
that
would
take
for
3d,
printing
and
compared
to
what
I
assume
is
a
superior
custom,
fit
to
what
you
would
achieve
with
3d,
printing
and
mold
making
and
so
on.
So
in
principle,
someone
can
walk
in,
you
have
an
off-the-shelf
hand
and
they
walk
out.
F
D
D
C
D
C
D
F
D
F
D
C
D
Is
waterproof
and
you
can
get
that
as
well
as
you
want
it
won't
matter,
it
can
be
taken
off
cleaned
out,
washed
rinsed,
whatever
you
want
in
that,
and
the
prosthetic
sock
that
a
patient
would
wear
equally
can
be
just
thrown
in
a
washing
machine
or
washed
hand
washed
it's
it's
not
a
big
deal
and
others
they're
inexpensive.
So
they
can
go
to
central
participants
and
get
more
if
they
need
them
as
they
wear.
D
D
D
This
is
an
ugly
prototype,
because
I
got
tired
of
doing
browns
and
blacks,
and
so
I'm
using
up
end
rolls
of
other
colors
and
things
as
I'm.
Making
these.
However,
the
flexible
tpu
material
which
people
are
afraid
of
printing
with,
but
I
have
no
trouble
it
prints
great.
I
do
have
direct
extruders,
no
bowden
tubes,
but
tpu.
D
D
C
The
pylon
itself
was
was
totally
fine,
but
no,
we
were
actually
testing
the
foot
and
the
part
that
attaches
on
to
the
stump
itself
right.
So
that's
the
3d
printed
material
and
it
was
just.
I
want
to
do
more
reset
too
many
things
like
too
many
butterflies
to
chase,
but
this
material
is
just
amazing,
so
yeah.
B
B
So,
if
anybody's
interested
in
focusing
more
on
that,
if
you'll
feel
free
to
circle
back
around
any
other
questions
that
we
have,
I
do
have
a
meeting
at
one.
So
I'm
going
to
be
I'm
going
to
be
taking
off
in
a
minute,
I'm
not
sure
if
that's
going
to
end
the
meeting
for
everybody,
but
I
can
be
a
couple
minutes
late.
Karen
do
you
have
anything
to
add
just.
A
Want
to
say
that
this
is
really
amazing,
and
you
know
I
don't.
I
don't
have
real
access
to
a
3d
printer
anymore.
I
don't
have
one,
but
you
know
I
have
been
working
a
little
bit
with
our
engineering
department
and
our
materials
science,
people
at
new
paltz,
and
we
were
looking
at
other
materials
actually
because
we
were
looking
at
water
filtration
and
using
local
plant
material
as
a
filtration
type
of
you
know
creating
locally.
A
C
No,
absolutely
so
we
have
at
the
center.
In
the
the
dominican
republic,
there
is
a
3d
printer,
maybe
even
two
3d
printers,
I'm
not
sure
dean
if
they
have
them
there.
But
it's
just
a
it's.
Also
a
problem
of
skills
and
education
right
so
yeah.
We
we
have
it
there
and
the
idea
of
it
being
there
was
to
serve
as
something
that
could
serve
to
make
parts
and
print
parts
that
could
be
used.
C
D
No,
that's.
Our
ultimate
goal
is
to
get
them
producing
for
themselves.
That's
the
overall
mission,
however,
there's
a
strong
or
large
gap
between
the
educational
ability,
as
well
as
the
the
component
ability
of
having
3d
printers
learning,
how
to
use
them.
It's
a
pretty
steep
learning
curve
for
a
lot
of
people
they
just
they
have
such
a
basic
level
of
technical
availability
right
now,
but
then.
C
C
So
yeah
you
know,
dean
has
become
this
amazing,
3d
printing
guru,
but
it
took
him
a
while
to
to
get
there
right
and
it's
the
same
feedback.
I
get
from
my
students
who
are
working
on
this
project
as
as
well
right.
It's
things
go
very
wrong
with
3d
printing
and
then
you
know
trying
to
figure
out
what
parameters
need
to
be
adjusted
in
order
to
get
the
right
properties
that
you
need.
That's.
A
A
So
that
seems
to
me
I
mean
it
sounds
like
you're.
You
know
you're,
obviously
right
on
on
track
with
that,
and
it's
really
fascinating
what
you've
all
done.
I'm
sorry
lindsay
couldn't
join
us,
but
it
is,
you
know,
being
it
was
recorded,
so
she
can
watch
it.
But
the
other
thing,
too,
is
that
she
is
working
with
some
of
the
people
from
our
engineering
department
and
our
secondary
math
people
with
the
robotics
club
at
the
high
school.
A
So
you
know
again
to
get
younger
people
involved.
I
think
would
be
the
way
to
go
because
they're
probably
gonna
see
it,
as
you
know,
a
real
need
and
they
can
give
back
to
their
community.
So,
and
you
know,
there's
a
lot
of
these
groups
from
colleges
that
would
go
to
a
place
like
this
on
the
winter
break
or
over
the
summer
for
a
month
and
actually
you
know,
could
be
learning
themselves
and
also
teaching
because,
as
you
said,
dean
you
know
a
lot
of
them,
they
don't
even
use
it.
A
D
Lowest
level
of
poverty
going,
and
it's
it's
very
tough
just
to
to
get
by
yeah
and
education
wise.
They
have
extremely
limited
possibilities
and
medically
you.
They
have
very
limited
things
if
you're
anywhere
outside
of
one
of
the
major
urban
areas
like
santiago
or
puerto
de
plata,
they
have
tourist
areas,
but
they
don't
have
hospitals
anywhere.
They
don't
have
doctors
anywhere.
So
if
you
get
damaged
out
in
the
fields
or
get
hit
by
a
car
in
the
countryside,
the
thing
that
to
do
is
to
amputate
that's
all
they
can
do.
D
They
can't
repair
accidents.
The
way
that
excuse
me
accidents
the
way
that
we
can
here
and
it's
the
same
thing
in
the
education
system.
The
fact,
if
one
of
the
other
or
two
of
the
other
aspects
of
the
rotary
mission
that
they've
been
doing
all
these
years
is
hearing
aids,
some
classes.
Although
there's
another
group
that
handles
those
and
water
filtration
and
they
do
water
filtration
in
schools
and
villages
because
they
don't
have
clean
water,
otherwise
or
as
much
as
they
need.