Prevention of Falls in Older People: Focus on Illumination

One of the largest challenges in current society is the ageing population (Delft University of Technology, 2016). An important issue that comes with this challenge is the injuries elderly people sustain due to falling. A fall could have serious consequences for people over 65 years old. It could reduce their functionality or even cause death ...

Development of a low-cost 3D foot scanner

As 3D-design and production tools are becoming increasingly important in the development of new products, the urge to 3D-digitize complex objects rises. A solution is found in a reverse engineering tool that allows real life objects to be converted into a digital representation. Those so called 3D-scanners are the subject of this graduation...

Design of a compact bicycle for the urban commuter

Even in a bicycle friendly infrastructure as the Netherlands, lack of space is a continually rising problem. Re-urbanization describes the increasing population of especially young adults in the urban environments of conurbation ‘de Randstad’. These young adults have a changing perception on mobility and shift away from car usage in favor of...

Drones for Good

Each year nearly a million people in Europe suffer from a cardiac arrest. A mere 8% survives due to slow response times of emergency services. Our vision is to improve existing emergency infrastructure with a network of drones capable of saving lives. At over 100km/h it can be on your location within 1 minute, which increases your chance of...

The design of a cordless kitchen appliance for the European kitchen of 2020

This thesis describes my graduation project at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering in Delft, which has been conducted for the Product Design Group of Philips Research in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The goal was to create a feasible and meaningful product proposal that makes use of the wireless power technology. As a result, a concept...

Design of a sustainable Air Conditioning System for a Start Up Company.

The design process that created a vision on the brand and the products associated with the technology of an absorption cooler developed by company Purix.

Applying Design Thinking to Urban Development & Retail in the Rotterdam Central District

My research focusses on developments in the retail industry and urban development (in Rotterdam) and I make a number of statements with regard to the future of both worlds. I then present my suggested model for applying design thinking in urban development and apply it as a test case to design a temporary retail centre for the Rotterdam Central...

Design of a new retail format serving fish to be introduced for Dutch railway stations and exploited by Servex

The graduation assignment for Servex was to design a new food format which serves fish at the Dutch railway station. This format should attract travellers to eat fish at the railway station and function well within the retail environment. Therefore it is important to consider the unique context and the expectations of a fish format according to...

Design of the Marine Toilet

This report describes the development of the new Vetus marine toilet concept proposal, the Fix&GO, for the Dutch aftermarket of do-it-yourself small cabin motor yacht owners. The Fix&GO marine toilet combines comfort, cleanability and serviceability in a unique way. It brings comfort into the limited marine lavatory while also providing ease and...

Smart-Tip: An interactive add-on device that monitors rehabilitation with crutches

Executive Summary Current walking aids are very limited in functionality. Although the recovery of temporary injuries is a dynamic process, the present walking aids stay static. It is up to the gut feeling of patients and verbal feedback of therapists to determine what partial weight bearing should be applied on the injured leg. This graduation...

Visuo-spatial ability in colonoscopy simulator training

Visuo-spatial ability is associated with a quality of performance in a variety of surgical and medical skills. However, visuo-spatial ability is typically assessed using Visualization tests only, which led to an incomplete understanding of the involvement of visuo-spatial ability in these skills. To remedy this situation, the current study...

A newly designed ergonomic body support for surgeons

Background: One of the main ergonomic problems during surgical procedures is the surgeon's awkward body posture, often accompanied by repetitive movements of the upper extremities, increased muscle activity, and prolonged static head and back postures. In addition, surgeons perform surgery so concentrated that they tend to neglect their posture....