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YEH, PO-YEN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN PORTFOLIO

YEH, PO YEN

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Product Design

conlyc116@gmail.com +886 921999191 facebook : Bruce Yeh

PERSONL STATEMENT It’s an essencial desicion to switch my major to Industrial Design. Training with critical thinking in college by biomedical science applicate into design work and then bring up professional and research skills in master degree. Set a goal for design career in Germany.

EDUCATION

AWARD 2014 IDEA Design Award

Final List

2014 TIC 100 創新商業模式競賽

Champion

2014 兩岸四地大學生創新創業大賽

Bronze Prize

2012 IF Concept Design Award

Final List

2012 UNEEC Design Award

Golden Prize

2012 TECO Green Tech Contest

Final List

Germany HfG Offenbach 2015

Exchange LAMY Project Final Exhibition

SKILL SET Taiwan NTUT

Rhinoceros 3D Vray for Rhino

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Industrial Design Master Degree

ProEngireer Paper Conference Competition MOE Scholarship program

Keyshot Photoshop Illustrator

2013

Indesign Modeling Sketch

LANGUAGE 2012 English Chinese

Taiwan NTUST Auditor Prepare

Taiwan CGU

INTEREST

Biomedical Master Degree

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Taiwan NDHU Life Science Bachelor

YEH, PO YEN © 2015

LAMY TO SIGN personal data security My concept is security pen. There are 2 phases of usage between physical and digital. If user wants to use signature as a way for validate that will use the fingerprint to trigger the pen and sign on the interface. Then the fingerprint encrypted signature will upload to LAMY security cloud for login the system.

/ Product Design Project / LAMY LIGHTWAVE TO SIGN

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This is the process of finding the identity of LAMY brand which is plenty of different form features and without a strong consistency because there is no design apartment in LAMY. They always cooperate with different designer team each case so this situation makes me to use an image analysis to define the dimention of LAMY future pen. I also observe some product detail to understand the different design laguage.

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Signing Contract

Take on Responsibility

Personal Data

product system Validation process always presets in user’s daily life like paper work in bank, hospital, government and research report. The LAMY security cloud makes user’s data double encryption by finger print and signature proof.

By this concept, users do not worry about personal data leaking when they are making decision, online shopping and signing an important contract.

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Login Validation System

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Online Shop

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High Culture

EXPLORATION

progressive

traditional

DISTINCTION

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High Culture

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excellence

leadership innovation quality

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creativity

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That all brands have an identity that is based on a value-based basic idea. This idea can be operationalised on the basis of two categories: Values scheme: from conservative to progressive; Cultural Schema: from the high of popular culture. If you cross the category lines, creating a cosmos of values, can be made in the systematic localisations.This is Positioning model of my concept. The user is located in the phase of high culture and traditional. Key words of that is excellent, serious and sophisticated which is concluted to the group of quality.

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/ Product Design Project / LAMY TO SIGN

Touch sizes are based on Nokia recommendations: for thumbs, an 8mm touch target with 2mm boundary and for fingers, a 7mm touch target and 1 mm boundary.

The sensors from 148 mm 2 and up will with a very high probability capture enough features for the algorithm to be able to securely determine the authenticity of a finger presented to the sensor system.

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After I defined functions and product system, I did some prototype for testing ergonomic factors including usibility and anthropometrics which helped me to find the drop shape cutting plan. This combined benefits of circle and triangle plan that make user holding that more comfortable.

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/ Product Design Project / LAMY TO SIGN

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/ Product Design Project / LIGHTWAVE

glass coating dot view filter OLED pen core

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result After final evaluation, I decided this streamlined form from the previous products image analysis of dimention and to fit the drop shape of cutting surface. On the other hand, using wireless charging as electricity input is propriate because of keeping the form complete without extra cutting line.

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/ Product Design Project / LAMY TO SIGN

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result The interface layer view shows how to transfer the information to the user by those technology above. The outside one is glass coating which is like a transparent material with specific nano structure and cover this pen for protecting the mechanicla inside. Next one, these is the main body of interface mechanism by OLED and dot view filter which make this smooth surface can communicate.

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LIGHTWAVE public light

Observing a school of stingrays swimming above the underwater tunnel at the aquarium was a memorable experience for me, and I was mesmerized by the rhythmic uniformity of their movements. If the image can be recreated in the city, urbanites rushed in the currents of time will certainly also be hypnotized by its beauty.

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The 3D rendering shows the different faces on day time that there are beautifiul shadows on the ground. As the reason, LIGHTWAVE is not only the wellshaped atmosphere light but an artcraft with sunlight.

/ Product Design Project / LIGHTWAVE

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Lightwave is a mood light designed to create a pleasant atmosphere in an exhibition space, while at the same time acting as a WIFI hotspot.

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In postmodernism movement, high-tech has been a fashionable style when it comes to product design, which calls for the usage of latest materials and process technology to construct an appearance of elevated quality and style.

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Lightwave uses the latest advancements in flexible solar panels to power the LED lights as well as the WIFI station, all of which are concealed within the two curved metallic enclosures recreating a marine life like visual in the overall design.

FLEXIBLE LIGHT

share light in a different way “Share� is a common idea in social society. Because of it, people communicate in the process of sharing and enhance the network between them. Besides, more and more people discuss about share economy. It is not only save money but maximum the resources on earth.

/ Product Design Project / FLEXIBLE LIGHT

In the begining, I had to define the lighting area range because the LED bending concept is about “share”, the lighting area range is between Medium to large. Recording the reference of interior design it’s about 12 - 30 m2. From this spec setting, I started to calculate how much LEDs and light the scale of my design.

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Because of the bending function, this material have to be flexible. furthermore, in order to control the bending form when it transforms, I decided to make pattern on the plate for combining with soft touch material. As the reason why I choose the pattern developed by fibonacci sequence then made some prototypes.

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/ Product Design Project / FLEXIBLE LIGHT

For modeling, I use metal wire to substitute electroactive polymer for maintaining the structure and bendable. After trying different hardness flexible materials, I choose Smooth-Cast 45 D, flexible plastic, for my model.

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I use some tricks that transder 2D-like structure to form 3D structure. The gap of hard materials of LED light cases is very important because when it fold into the share mode those gaps provide buffer space to make this process smooth. Also I set the LED light temporature range is 3000-3500K for living area.

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INTUITIVE FAUCET water saving faucet Generally, in the use of faucet, especially those with upward-moving lever, people get used to turn it on to the peak. Because of this habit, people not only waste a lot of water, but increase the economic burden to the residents. This product wisely benefit from the “Habit” and “Intuition” of users. During the turning-on process, water flow will decrease after passing the maximum amount so as to save water.

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/ Product Design Project / INTUITIVE SAVING FAUCET

challenge Freshwater nowadays has become a precious commodity worldwide. Saving water for avoiding wastage and better utilization of water are becoming a universal concern.

According to our observations, we are used to turn on the faucet to the peak amount, and with long time water wash.

In this habit, the water consumption each time is 12 pounds or so. During this period, the actual usage of the water is only less than 20%, which means the remaining 80% of water is wasted. Usually, for convenience, users wouldn't adjust it again.

On the other hand, the current water-saving devices do not control water when people wash hands, and sometimes cannot provide enough amount water as needed.

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/ Product Design Project / INTUITIVE SAVING FAUCET

design solution There is a sliding block in the faucet body of "Intuitive Saving Faucet".

The function of sliding block is used as seal assembly, which is attached to a sliding axis situated at the top of the faucet spout. This assembly is provided in order to control the flow rate of water.

Every time we intuitively turn on the handle to peak, the flow rate will experience a downward parabola. That is to say, it will go through a low-high-low process, through it’s maximum to another lower point.

This way we can save water easily.

The amount of water is preset at the handle with concerns of user behavior. That is, a water-saving faucet provides means to predetermine the desired quantity of water in controlled and less water is wasted.

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material & process The main material is Brass, an alloy of copper and zinc, is the most widely used material for faucets due to its resistance to soft-water corrosion and hard-water calcification. It contains some alloying elements—like bismuth— to make it easier to process. Brass is received as bar stock of 0.13-2 in (0.335 cm) in diameter, depending on the size of faucet and we use chrome finish in this concept. This material is most resistant against corrosion.

In the beginning, we use a machining process to shape the body into the required size and dimensions. This involves first cutting the bars into short slugs and automatically feeding them into a computerized numerically controlled machining center of multi-spindle and multi-axis design.

Next, we use hot forging instead of machining. Forging is the process of shaping metals by deforming them in some way.

In finishing process, the first a base coating of electroplated nickel is applied, followed by a thin coating of electroplated chromium. The chrome layer is deposited from a plating bath containing certain additives that improve corrosion resistance.

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MATCH CANDLE match head candle

It is in awkward situation when a birthday cake is about to be presented to the birthday kid without fire to light up the candles. The concept Ladroo combines the functions of both match and candle. Ladroo is a green design as it is light with friction, thus reducing the need of buying matches or lighters.

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We combined the production process of candles with matches that modified some steps to make it viable for mass production. As the safe matches, we separated the trigger chemical compounds into two parts. One is in the head of match candle and the other one is on the package. Besides, we use the wooden candle wick to make it solid enough for rubbing.

/ Product Design Project / MATCHCANDLE

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We design this concept contain the user expierences of match stick using movement to create the new different extra value.

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AMIS MY CART NURSING CART ASSESORY AMiS means ADVENTECH Medical intelligence System. It is my internship project that AMiS nursing cart accessories research and design. My partner and I have visited many hospitals for observing user’s behavior, how nurses or doctors use work with current medical cart. After discussing with them and analysis the observation, we found many problems in the operating process.

/ Medical Design Project / AMiS MY CART

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In the beginning, we didn’t clearly know the direction on this project so we started from finding the main value of this topic, the most adaptable design accessories solution for this cart in Asia. We discussed one issue by many point views and debate each other.

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There are containers for storage in the market. We categorized these products by functions, shape and prize then summarized that to be a table. These products made by plastic, Acrylic or wood that made us to get more references to design.

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/ Medical Design Project / AMiS MY CART

Next step after finding the current product for analysis, we went to Cheng Hsin General hospital to measure the width between patients’ beds, door and the way for setting the size limited length of the cart.

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At the same time, we also sized the medical consumption materials and find the Greatest Common Divisor (G.C.D) of length which is criterion of our container design.

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/ Medical Design Project / AMiS MY CART

PROTOTYPING We made the box by hard paper witch size was our measuring G.C.D. resulted. Of course, every medical consumption materials were fitted in the box.

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PROPOSAL There is one metal basket which can flexibly expend for 2 boxes / 1 tray or 3 boxes / 1 tray. Besides, the connecting of the basket is the standard size rail that hangs near the cart.

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/ Medical Design Project / AMiS MY CART

SKETCH & IDEATION We were brainstorming by sketching that generate ideas about the container using process and the method which they attached the container.

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MEDICINE BOX The design is another method of lock and the module medicine box.

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DISPENSARY We design the dispensary with this medicine box which can fast change the tray to reload the medicine.

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PIPETTECOM PIPETTE REDESIGN Pipette is a laboratory tool commonly used in chemistry, biology and medicine to transport a measured volume of liquid, often as a media dispenser.

In biomedical lab, people works with pipette for thousand times per day.

Changing pipette holding gesture is an essential issue to avoid Carpal tunnel syndrome.

/ Medical Design Project / PIPETTECOM

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Compared to current commercial varieties of pipettes designs, “PIPETCOM� shifts the operating gesture from one which places the hand in a ulnar deviation state to a more natural one, minimizing the risk of inducing carpal tunnel syndrome while conducting experiments.

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/ Medical Design Project / PIPETTECOM

Display

Multifunctional rocker

Innovative ejector Function control knob

Charging

Convenient handle

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PIPETCOMs are color coded according to its measured volume, and can be identified easily from different corners of the lab.

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Here is a computer rendering of the new design in a typical lab environment.

The main objectives of this project is to improve the ergonomics of holding the pipet and to shift the operating pressure from the thumb to the four fingers. To emphasize the design targets, I combine the words “pipette” and “comfort” to name the new design “PIPETCOM

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/ Medical Design Project / PIPETTECOM

PIPETCOM comes with customizable program modes to help accomplish the lab tasks easily.

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TAPECARE Sport protection In general, to prevent injuries from different parts of our bodies, we have to buy different protectors to fit them, which results in movement difficulty. Though the elastic bandage enables us to move more freely, it lacks for the ability of protection. Now, Tapecare combines the techniques of STF and Gecko tape, producing the elastic bandage of protection, which fits all the different parts of the body.

/ Medical Design Project / TAPECARE

Sport protection A shear thickening fluid, also called a dilatant, is a Non-Newtonian fluid where the shear viscosity increases with applied shear stress. This behavior is only one type of deviation from Newton’s Law, and it is controlled by such factors as particle size, shape, and distribution. The properties of these suspensions depend on Hamaker theory and Van der Waals forces and can be stabilized electrostatically or sterically.

Shear thickening behavior occurs when a colloidal suspension transitions from a stable state to a state of flocculation. Such behavior is currently being researched for use in body armor applications by companies like Dow Corning with their Active Protection System. A large portion of the properties of these systems are due to the surface chemistry of particles in dispersion, known as colloids.

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Gecko tape Geckos are renowned for their exceptional ability to stick and run on any vertical and inverted surface. However gecko toes are not sticky in the usual way like chemical adhesives. Instead, they can detach from the surface quickly and remain quite clean around everyday contaminants even without grooming.

Following the discovery of the gecko’s adhesion mechanism in 2002, which is based on van der Waals forces, biomimetic adhesives have become the topic of a major research effort.

These developments are poised to yield families of novel adhesive materials with superior properties which are likely to find uses in industries ranging from defense and nanotechnology to healthcare and sport.

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/ Medical Design Project / TAPECARE

Gecko Ta pe Shear Thickening Fluid Flexible Fiber

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Three different materials construct this sport boundage design. It not only has protection functions but force people in right gesture.

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Though the elastic bandage enables us to move more freely, it lacks for the ability of protection. Now, Tapecare combines the techniques of STF and Gecko tape, producing the elastic bandage of protection, which fits all the different parts of the body.

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/ Medical Design Project / TAPECARE

STF provides an opposite force to protect body when the joint or muscle receives an instant and powerful force. In addition, STF itself is physically soft and flexible, and does not disturb normal movements in daily life. Meanwhile, GEKO helps creating the function of proper and duplicate sticking, enables Tapecare to stick firmly on every part of the body.

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MICROWORLD mobile microscope

As a kid I was fascinated by the physical world revealed to me under the magnification of a microscope, and dreamed of having one that I can take outdoors and experience the exciting world of science without the confines of a science lab.

Science activities may develope Logical Intelligence that brings immeasurable benefits to each person throughout their life. Logical is an essential intelligence area – experience, learn & play and ‘succeed your way’.

Educational Value in“ Microworld” is Logical intelligence which develops in key areas of the brain, especially in the frontal lobe of the cerebral cortex, the largest part of your brain. That is developed by learning reasoning capabilities, recognizing abstract patterns, scientific thinking and investigation and the ability to perform calculations.

/ Medical Design Project / MICROWORLD

Prepare sample

Open the slide cover to turn on the device

Setup the sample on stage

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Adjust aperture

Adjust focus

Choose an appropriate field to observe or take a digital image.

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/ Medical Design Project / MICROWORLD

Kids, and adults, alike, will be hooked after peering through“ Microworld” . Commonly found items, such as newspapers, pencil strokes, flower petals, bugs, and even clothing fibres, look amazingly detailed when magnified 100 times their normal size. There’s no limit to what can be explored: Use the stand to view prepared slides, or remove the microscope from the stand and head outdoorsentific thinking and investigation and the ability to perform calculations.

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PPAE

solution of tradition market booth renting Resently more and more people put their emphesis into local culture, traditional market is an important part of it but there are problems that need to solve for instance, the interaction between vendors and land lord.

/ Business Plan / PPAE

Mrs. Chen has a business with handmade soap in traditional market. Her handmade soap has good quality. As the reason that she mantains very nice connection with customer. However, she always wastes much time to search the information of vendor’s booth because of information asymmetry.

Average, she need 4-5 hours per day for searching, contact and paying. That almost makes her do not have enough time to prepare her products; On the other hand,these same problems also happen on market booth lanlord. They are 60-70% over 40 years old and do not understand about how to promote their booth on line.

Our team, PPAE, found this insight and want to solve this problem with new tools of internet generation.

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Club member: 1K~20K

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The table above is called mood curve that shows mood condition of Vendors and Landlords when they communicated for the renting behavior. It's really clear that their temper condition up and down and we could analysis which steps had problems and we had to face.

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After the first field research, we collected some platform that they used and we list to compare by service, interface, fee and renting time.

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Target customers’ demand Landlord: Renting information broadcast Vendors: FB clubs and hanging board of traditional market.

Conclusion: both end need this platform

APP DEMO UX testing User Interface and UX optimize User testing

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The technical structure of PPAE is based on smart data base which seperate two memory sections. One is temporary data which is saved by SQL server, another one is complete data that is saved by HADOOP.

Create Market

We also applied the idea about share economy, which is setting a new market between the rest time and there have two benefits.

First, those area already have highly populated so we do not have to worry the resource about customers. Second, these facility in market which PLACE can rent for and it will reduce the cost of creating market.

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/ Business Plan / PPAE

Land lord 組頭 地主 店面老闆

Vendors 公司攤位 夜市攤販 市場攤販

Government 市場處 村里長 自治會 管理委員會

Supplier 各式批發商 有機農 小農

customer 朋友 餐廳 家庭

Profit model Freemium strategy to promote app service

Host a traditional market

In early stage, the main income is service charge from the landlord including adverticement. In medium term, our service extends to B2C so we plan to sell the broadcasting service to retail venders by B2C app.

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PPAE 彼倍 市集租賃 資訊平台

dendenten 點點碳 市集攤位租賃

Third party payment 第三方支付

Broadcast 來呦 市集資訊播送

relative apps 相關應用合作 B2C

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SLIME MOULD

l i v ing m at e r i a l r e se a r c h and experiments slime mould is a broad term describing some organisms that use spores to reproduce. It is composed by large single cell organism union that can grow 3 square miters

/ Product Design Project / LIGHTWAVE

In nature, the self organizing systems is not unique phenomenent. For example, clustering birds would be a similar way with no leader, no overall control nethelar act as a single unit.

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Scientist has resently discovered the premented life form has some rather sefiscated talents. it suprice the scientist with the remarkable ability to solve simple mazes. the scientist made a interest experiment. He place the food resources as a Tokyo rail station distribution and uses time-lapse to catch the network.

The result of that which is matched the engineer design of the rail system. Furthermore, they do the same thing to other maps and the result is pretty amazing.

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/ Product Design Project / LIGHTWAVE

The growing type in flat plate inspires me that how they grows on three dimensional structure in artificial structure culture medium so I follow this concept to find the structure what I want it grow with. This folding origami structure I choose that is very potential to observe them growing on the peak and valley structure.

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Continued on this concept, I tried to mold culture medium into these three dimensional structure. In this process, I failed a lot of times because the culture medium is a liquid-like material when it is hot after cooked. It is hard to fill in to my mold without any bubble. After made those 3D culture medium, I planted slime mould and made a timelapse video record.

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/ Product Design Project / LIGHTWAVE

Furthermore, I also curious about the place effect of food source of slime mould so I build a food source, oat flake, filter and make it place like dots with timelapse record.

The result shows that slime mould finds the shortcut way to transport nutrient to the group with limit effort.

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This creature questioned me how does slime mould grow so I found the mathematic way to calculate hyphae growing pattern. Scientists observe the growing pattern of hyphal and conclude by mathmatics to a algorithm

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F o r m u l at e R e p o s i t i o n S t r at e g y f o r Prevention of Press u r e Ulc e r s by t he Distribution of Pressure Capture Master Researcher: Po-Yen Yeh Advisor: Philip Hwang

/ Medical Design Project / THESIS

Formulate Reposition Strategy for Prevention of Pressure Ulcers by the Distribution of Pressure Capture Master Researcher: Po-Yen Yeh Advisor: Philip Hwang Keywords: Pressure Ulcer, Reposition, Distribution of Pressure Capture

Positioning patients correctly is important for maintaining body alignment and preventing pressure ulcers. The study of Tom Defloor (2000) revealed that the 30° semi-Fowler position and the prone position resulted in the lowest interface pressures. In addition, the study suggested that the 90° side lying position gives the highest pressure readings and thus should be avoided. This research intended to bring Lateral Side-Lying Position into effect again by introducing leg cross strategy combining the use of assistive bolster. In the ‘improved Lateral Side-Lying Position’, both legs are in a flexed position in front of the patient, with the upper leg more (or less) flexed than the lower one. The assistive bolster is to be placed under upper leg.

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The experiment employed 4 well-stated positions: supine, 30 degrees semi-Fowler position, lateral front top leg (top leg is more flexed than the lower one), lateral with rear top leg (upper leg is less flexed than the lower one) and recorded pressure data of bed surface over above 4 positions. The pressure distribution data indicated areas of overloaded pressure against the skin and underlying tissue.

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/ Medical Design Project / THESIS

(1) 30 degrees semi-Fowler position made patients spread the load on the bed and reduced the pressure concentrates upon contacting points. Comparing with supine position, there was no clear pressure point at shoulder and bottom bed contacting area. (2) Lateral position with top leg flexed or extended diminished the pressure between knees. Beside, it reduced the pressure concentrated situation in Trochanter major even in humerus. With top leg flexed or extended, lateral position spread pressure concentrated area and changed the negative appraisals. (3) Assistive pillows released the pressure concentrated areas and help to fit positions.

(4) Body weight is a signie carefulficant factor of Pressure Ulcer but height is not. (5) The order of reposition arrangement should be carefully considered to aviod repeatedly stress the pressure concentrated areas.

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strategy of changing positions 30 degree tilt strategy

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