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Progress Report: Week 2 February 16, 2006

Progress Report: Week 2 February 16, 2006. Manotech Associates Jina Kim Forrest Liau David Lin Teresa Wang. Product Proposal. Customized prosthetic hand The “Manotech Approach” Low-cost, self do-it kit Consumer ease Reversible mold Innovative process. Progress Overview.

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Progress Report: Week 2 February 16, 2006

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  1. Progress Report: Week 2February 16, 2006 Manotech Associates Jina Kim Forrest Liau David Lin Teresa Wang

  2. Product Proposal • Customized prosthetic hand • The “Manotech Approach” • Low-cost, self do-it kit • Consumer ease • Reversible mold • Innovative process

  3. Progress Overview • Components of Focus • Underlayer • Mold • Justification • More fundamental parts for shape and function • Work • Interviews • Development of component material specifications • Materials research

  4. Interview 1: Dr. Samuel Koo • BU Dental • Phone interview with Forrest • Recommended dental mold materials • Polyether • Gives more detailed mold • Silicon addition • Less accurate

  5. Interview 2: Professor Roylance • Associate Professor of Materials Engineering, MIT • Personal interview with Jina and David on 2.10.06 • Recommendations on mold materials • Room temperature vulcanization (RTV) • Silicones and urethanes

  6. Material Specifications: Underlayer & Mold • Price • < $20 total for simple function, cosmetic appeal • Solidification at Room Temperature • Conformability • Flexibility of material • Underlayer: to accommodate prosthetic function • Mold: to allow reversal • Compatible with other materials in prosthetic

  7. Mold Materials

  8. Underlayer Materials - Silicone Rubber • Properties • Low shrinkage, high strength • Hardness, flexibility

  9. Future Work • More Interviews • Local make-up artists • Michael Rubner, Paula Hammond • Materials Testing • Try out idea of a “reversible mold” • Underlayer flexibility, using toy endoskeleton

  10. Visit Our Website http://web.mit.edu/3.042/team2_06/Welcome.html

  11. More Information Our Website: http://web.mit.edu/3.042/team2_06/Welcome.html

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