Paraplegic Driving Aid: Product Roadmap, 3-D Design/Manufacturing, and Commoditization

Created a model for a driving aid product intended to support people suffering from paraplegia alongside a scalable product business plan.

Project Overview

Designed a consumer product from scratch with the intention of creating a model for something that genuinely helps people--a paraplegic driving aid. Alongside the 3-D modelling and actual manufacturing machine shop processes, constructed a high-level business plan to take this model and mass-manufacture it.

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Project Industry: Consumer Products

Project Type: Product Design and Commoditization

Project Length: 5 months

Key Actions

• Went through entire "project sprint" process, starting with product use-cases and consumer journey all the way to sketches and designs

• Identified each indiviaul component needed to create this product and soruced the materials to create it

• Used CAD design to create a model and then used 3-D printing and machine shopping techniques to manufacture the Beta version

• Created a business plan focused around scaling production and product differentiators

• Presented both product test and business plan at Berkeley Engineering Fair to students, professors, and professionals

Tools Used

• SolidWorks (CAD)

• Machine Shop (Metal cutting, water jets, FABLight, etc.)

• 3-D Printing