Week 3 (Final)

Strategy Brainstorming

For this week we did a lot of brainstorming and coming up with strategies that could allow us to achieve our goal and followed our problem definition.

Raw Strategy Generation

  • Below are the raw pictures of these strategies





Strategy Organization

  • After coming up with the strategies (20 total), they were organized in a MindMap (seen below)


Final 3 Strategies

For an in-depth listing of the merits for each strategy, visit the following doc:
  1. Tabletop device that provides resistance in game-like format
  2. Fluid Resistance Chamber
  3. Track Patient Activity/Performance (Hands Off) + Therapist Alert 

Concept Brainstorming

After coming up with strategies we moved onto making 40 different concepts for the best 3 strategies, totaling 120 in the end.


Raw Concept Generation

  • Below are the photos from the brainstorming session with the following color scheme:
    • Black: Tabletop Strategy
    • Blue: Fluid Strategy
    • Red: Activity Track Strategy






Concept Organization

  • Once the concepts were generated (with more added past the original brainstorming session), they were placed into respective MindMaps.

  • Tabletop Concepts Map
  • Fluid Concepts Map

  • Activity Tracking Map


Final 9 Concepts

For an in-depth +/- on each concept, visit the doc (menu on left side of doc):
  • Tabletop Strategy
    1. Handle on Covered Gantry System 
    2. Exposed Linkages Mounted to Table
    3. Semi-Circular Dual Handle
  • Fluid Strategy
    1. Mini Parachutes on Hand
    2. Self-Contained Water Box
    3. Stationary Boat
  • Activity Tracking Strategy
    1. Computer Vision (Xbox Kinect)
    2. Similar Issue Grouping
    3. VR (Immersive) Therapy

Top Concept

Deliverable 2 - Project Management

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