Conclusion

The overall design concept of the ProprioClamp meets all of the design requirements proposed by our key user, his caregiver, and the stakeholder, and allows the successful measurement of varying liquid volumes while cooking. The design hosts a variety of features that modify and add top the auditory component of the existing MaxiAid Liquid Level Sensor.

Due to the rubber coating on the handles, this product is temperature resistant, allowing Gregory to pour hot liquids, which he was previously unable to do independently. The silicone padding is also temperature resistant, allowing the device to measure hot liquids. The padding is resistant against temperatures within -60° to 420° Fahrenheit (Appendix F). This large temperature range allows for our device to be used in all types of cooking.

To meet our requirement of the design being one-hand operable, we made it easily adjustable and require only one hand to open and close the tongs. The electronics used in this design, the sensor, has been made detachable to allow for easy cleaning. The design is also very lightweight, well under the limitation of 20 pounds, at less than one pound.

Overall, this product meets all the requirements of our key user, and is applicable to all forms of cooking and measurement. This product is also extremely easy and inexpensive to replicate (Appendix E, F).