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Arthritic Pencil Holder Design Challenge
Arthritic Pencil Holder Design Challenge
Your team is working to help a graphic designer who has developed rheumatoid arthritis.
Design a device using the available materials so that the client can hold a pencil.
Codify the problem and constraints
Develop two design concepts which you will evaluate using an engineering decision matrix
Build a scale model using the provided materials
Present your prototype
Source: Rick Connell, WPI Projects in Assistive Technology, http://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/atrc-projects/
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