The development of a minimum viable product to facilitate the venipuncture procedure

This report showcases the development of a product to aid the venipuncture procedure. Venipuncture is a procedure where intravenous access is obtained for several purposes. Finding a location and vein to insert the needle is the most important step of this procedure. Nearly 90% of hospitalised patients have to undergo the procedure. Despite...

How boredom helps me flourish

Our life is full of products that are designed to claim our attention. We learn to occupy every piece of time we have. We want to spend our time ‘useful’. We only have 24 hours each day and we even need to spend some of it on sleeping. This attitude of being occupied all the time seems to have a major downside. People are exposed to too much...

CatWall

In the pet product market a gap has been noticed in the Dutch field of domestic cat products. Variation in cat perching solutions (commonly referred to as cat trees or scratch posts) has been limited. Almost all products look the same: plush levels connected with sisal posts. To seize this opportunity a new product with an original appearance,...

Bringing the Library home

With overloaded bookshelves, CD racks and film collections containing items that you do not necessarily need to keep, but neither want to throw away, we can make other people happy. Everyone who participates in this project is asked to give away some of these books, CDs and DVDs, and will receive collections from others in return. You give these...