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type: competition
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title: MSF Makeathon
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period: 2021
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location: Imperial College Friends of Médecins Sans Frontières
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img:
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src: /assets/images/makeathon/test_piece.jpg
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alt: The gather.town room where the competition was held.
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layout: cv_entry
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read_more: true
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Designed and prototyped an inflatable mattress to reduce pressure sores for patients in field hospitals.
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We used TPU coated nylon for the prototype. This material is intended for the manufacture of small dingies and other rugged inflatables.
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{:.figure}
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Our mattress design called for a for interleaved internal compartments that could be inflated and deflated independently.
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{:.figure}
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We managed to make it airtight!
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{:.figure}
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Here's a little timelapse of the process of heat welding the seams together.
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Lp8DgVtK36c" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen class = "figure"></iframe>
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