Collaborative Prototyping Session

Agenda

A full day hands-on workshop on prototyping

  • Location: Makerversity, building 027E, Marineterrein Amsterdam, Katteburgerstraat 7, 1018 JA
  • Date: 8 February, 12.00 – 8.00 PM
  • More info here.

We’ve got a hugely exciting workshop coming up, created and run by the amazing designer Jesse Howard. The summary of the session is a collaborative prototyping session and open investigation into open source syringe pumps. In 2014, researches at Michigan Technological University published a paper outlining how to build your own syringe pump using 3D printed components. The response media was positive, envisioning doctors printing their own tools and scientists cutting costs with open source replacements to traditional tools.

Today, a quick search online will lead you to quite a few clear and well documented projects for creating these devices. While improvements and modifications are accumulating, there does not yet seem to be a clear evolution toward these Open Source tools standing on equal footing with their commercial counter parts.In this workshop, the open source syringe pump will approached from the perspective of the promise of open source hardware (collaborative development, distributed production), as well as its pitfalls (obsolete electronics and broken links). Through a collaborative prototyping session, we will look into two examples of popular open source syringe pumps, and propose future development in terms of physical construction, mechanical operation, and digital interaction

Programme:

  • 12:00 – 13:00: Introduction
    The Promise and Pitfalls of Open Source Development for Physical Things
  • 13:00 – 15:00: Anatomy of an Open syringe pump
    We will deconstruct and analyze two current interactions of open-source syringe pumps and their documentation, searching for where development is needed and how adaptations could occur.
  • 15:00 – 20:00: Hands-on Prototyping session
    We will collectively (paper)prototype new modifications, revisions, and extensions to the initial pumps. This will take a wide point of view, looking from the physical housing of the device, the mechanical construction, to the interface with which it is operated.