DtM Debuts its Latest Incubator Model
Last summer, DtM partnered with the CIMIT Global Health Initiative, and recruited three Industrial Design students from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) to develop the Neonatal Incubator's second phase prototype. Building off of the insights from Spring semester's project and field-studies, Mike Hahn, Tom Weis, and Adam Geremia, along with numerous volunteers, collaborated to create a looks-like and works-like model with the aims for it to be:
-Sold for roughly US$1000, or 3% of the cost of the current top-of-the-line domestic incubators;
-Manufactured from locally available parts, and repaired by local workers and laborers;
-Design for the local conditions, such as temperature extremes and power supply fluctuations.
From L to R: Top: Peter Fichter, Adam Geremia, Tom Weis, Mike Hahn, Stan Hansen, June Fichter, Greg Brown, Caleb Estabrooks Bottom: Dr. Kristian Olsen, Timothy Prestero, Elizabeth Johansen, Mekayla Beaver. Not Pictured: Dr. Robert Lawrence
Adam Geremia, Tom Weis, and Mike Hahn working with internal Incubator components
Adam Geremia and Tom Weis testing looks-like model for transportability
The new Neonatal Incubator works-like prototype
Volunteers:
Elizabeth Johansen, IDEO, Engineer
Yona Belfort, IDEO, Engineer
Jeff Chapin, IDEO, Engineer
Kate Schreiber, IDEO, Designer
Peter Fichter, Ascend Partners, Engineer
Christian Diefenbach, Electrical Engineer
Wade Brainerd, Electrical Engineer
Thank you to all who contributed to the success of the prototypes!
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