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Engineering students take a stab at design

By squirrelbait - June 30, 2006

in design.edu

Manufacturing Engineering students at Cambridge University held their 2006 Design Show, displaying a range of new products that they have developed as part of their course.

Shown above:

Axi-Shield is a versatile mobile accident screen capable of fast and safe deployment on major roads, to reduce the likelihood of secondary accidents caused by 'rubbernecking'. The students behind it say it could be deployed from a standard transit van in under five minutes to provide rapid protection around an accident scene.

The Snowshell arm guard has been designed from first principles, based around a thorough understanding of how the arm behaves during a fall. ess all of these concerns, providing a carefully engineered solution that prevents the arm 'locking-out' during a fall, as well as providing wrist support and impact protection.

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Torsten

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Good to see young people get engaged in engineering, design and manufacturing activities!
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David Armano

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Good post. And just in time. I needed an example like this to make a point about creativity over at Logic+Emotion.

http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/2006/06/picture_of_the__2.html#comment-19134427

Thanks!

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