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“Medical emergency on the These assignments must not provided to the students upfront. They will be provided at the beginning of the student contest!
Assignment
International Space Station/Flight to Mars”
Imagine that there is a serious medical emergency in space. As mission control of the ISS-FTM you and your international team have to setup a bio-artificial implant or external prosthesis to safe the astronaut on board.
You know the materials which are on the space station, amongst them some sensors and electronics as well as a 3D printer from the scientific experiments of the mission.
Accept the challenge! Design a device with the available resources, write the code and create a 3D printed prototype to check the functionality on ground. If you succeed, the data will be immediately transmitted to the crew, which will immediately follow your design.
You have 4 days to complete this mission.
What are the limiting factors of your mission? (Requirements)
- The medical condition you need to solve is limiting the astronaut in his physical abilities. Meaning, one (or more) of the limbs/joints of the astronaut is impaired. For the Hackaton you can chose on disability!
- The implant/prosthesis needs to build with the materials aboard available List of resources and manufacturing technologies
- An electronic sensor + controller needs be used to enable monitoring from with the ISS/FTM ground control on the functionality of the device or on patient data.