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Week 6: Independence and Interdependence
Part 1: Independence and Interdependence “Thirty-five years of independence, but are we really independent?” This question rang out at the Kwa Haraba Art Gallery and Café last...
6. In Full Swing
The design studio is filled with a sense of productivity. Prototyping is in full swing, as each team is trying to get their projects done before our final presentations next...
Week 6. Unity and Love
I want to spend this blog talking about community. But first, a quick prototyping update. We spent the week going through many iterations of CAD models and 3D printed parts....
6. Uphill Battles
Hello everyone! It has been such a whirlwind of a week (2 weeks?) since I wrote my last blog entry. I have many new updates to share so I’m just going to dive right in....
6. A Day in the Life
Thinking about how fast these first few weeks have flown by, it’s really hard to accept that we are halfway through this internship. Recently, I have been taking more and more...
Week 5. Prototyping Begins!
After three weeks of needs finding, research, and brainstorming, we’ve finally begun to delve into the prototyping phase of the engineering design process. This week, we began to...
5. Let the Prototyping Begin!
Going into our 4th week of work, all 4 teams have finally begun prototyping. After 3 weeks of extensive needs-finding and research at various hospitals, we are ready to get our...
Week 4 and 5: Looking to the Future
Welcome back to my blog! It’s been a very eventful weeks in which I visited two hospitals, traveled to Lilongwe and back for a pitch competition (and got a broken tire on the...