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• General story ok; typo correction required AI 5 DUK; • Description of assignment for Automatic Dispenser AI 6 DUK make more clear that is a device close to the body or implanted • Description of assignment for measuring surface myography AI 7 VNTU • Description of assignment for exoskeleton AI 8 DUK • Description of assignment for monitoring system AI 9 DSEA • Device for passenger guidance AI 10 BIU • There is already a detailed description of the assignment, is that not enough?

Workflow

• Group selection

• Each team consists of students from 3 nationalities from UA, IL and one country from Europe • Detailed decision after the presentation of former work • SCE will organize two groups • UA and IL partners need to send 3 students, European partners need to send 2 students • Measures to avoid losing people during the online hackaton • Availability online with small response times of mentors • Presentation of intermediate results to measure progress and see if participants are in a dead-end • Present themselves to the labor market  judges/mentors from companies • “social events” like • cooking of a simple dish from other nation • Online gaming “Among Us” (game to solve sabotage and murder on a space ship; iOS+Android free) • Special talks with experts, e.g., co-developer of Sputnik satellite • Motivation of participants • Present themselves to the labor market  judges/mentors from companies • White Glove experience == possibility to meet people you normally cannot meet • Mentors tasks • Availability online with small response times (white glove experience) • Dedicated consultation hours at least every 2 days • Support channel

• Each group should fill in a list to priorities the assignments it likes best

• Assignments are given to the groups according to the ranking of the priority lists

TODO: make XLS for filling the priorities

General assignment for online contest

Commercial space flight isn't the luxury for billionares anymore. A roundtrip to moon and back becomes affordable for many persons, 10 space hotels are orbiting earth and interplanetary travel is on the brink of become real. Yet due to the increasing number of space tourists also medical emergencies increased in space - recently a space tourist even died, since he cannot receive treatment with a specialized medical device.

UN Space Regulation Agency, ESA and NASA are therefore demanding that tourist space ships and space complexes need to be equipped with a well defined set of materials and a small 3D-printer to create bio-artifical implants or external prothesis to safe passengers on board during this week trip through space.

SpaceX(c), Virgin Galactic(c) and more than 10 other commercial space operators are therefore inviting start-ups and university teams to attend a contest "10 minutes, 10 millions" to find clever ideas what medical devices to solve the following medical emergencies:

• Information and measuring system for monitoring the biometric indicators of a passenger
• Device for measuring surface electromyography of the hand and stimulation muscle tension
• Wearable or implantable automatic dispenser for drugs to provide drugs
• Exoskeleton for hurt elbow to allow the injured passenger to participate in the necessary routines.
• A device to guide a passanger with disabled vision through the space ship

A preliminary list of material is defined, yet you have the chance to place two extra specialized parts on the list. Mind that weight is crucial and small sized, light parts are preferred and give extra points in the evaluation.

Template:Red These assignments must not be provided to the students upfront. They will be provided at the beginning of the student contest!

Assignment 1: Information and measuring system for monitoring the biometric indicators of a passenger

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List of required materials that should be on the material list:
Main supervisor/mentor of this group:
TODO DSEA

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Assignment 2: Device for measuring surface electromyography of the hand and stimulation muscle tension

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List of required materials that should be on the material list:
Main supervisor/mentor of this group:

TODO VNTU

Assignment 3: Wearable or implantable automatic dispenser for drugs to provide drugs

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List of required materials that should be on the material list:
Main supervisor/mentor of this group:

TODO DUK

Assignment 4: Exoskeleton for hurt elbow to allow the injured passenger to participate in the necessary routines

A passenger got badly injured on the elbow and broke a bone in it. Since space travels take some time, a quick fix is necessary, as the nearest medical hospital can be days, weeks or even months away. As in space you mostly need your both hands to grasp things to navigate through the space-station or other spacecaft in a state of micro-gravity, it is important that the passenger gets an hardware aid to fix his broken elbow and still be able to move around with it. An exoskeleton will help to stabilize the arm and provide enough extra strength to the patient to put force on it to navigate in a controlled manner. A minimum requirement for moving the device is the possibility to rotate in the plane between upper and lower arm. The arm should be locked in place on the skeleton to avoid movement and ensure the bone is in place to grow together. Another requirement is to provide sensors (to trace and count movements, heartbeat.. ) of the patient via the exoskeleton so the medical team in the ground station can monitor the patient’s condition and can advise on extra measures and therapy.

List of required materials that should be on the material list:
Main supervisor/mentor of this group:

TODO KUL

Assignment 5: A device to guide a passanger with disabled vision through the space ship

During a maintenance job in the spacecraft an astronauts’ eyes got sprayed with a greasing fluid. The effect is that the astronaut is left temporarily without a clear vision. The astronaut can still detect color and light but has no detailed view of the surroundings. As the team cannot afford to lose a valuable collaborator because of all the tasks which need to be performed, they work on a device to help their colleague regain a way to navigate through the spacecraft. A wearable aid for the colleague that helps detect objects and generates visual feedback on movement in a way of colored mapped dots to control navigation in the known surroundings on the inner part of the spacecraft could be a solution.

List of required materials that should be on the material list
Main supervisor/mentor of this group:
TODO BIU

Your engagement!

“Medical emergency on the Flight to Mars”

10 astronauts are on their long journey to Mars. The international crew prepares for the last phase before entering the orbit of Mars. All are excited and it is plenty to do so no crew member can be missed in this important work. Suddenly there is a serious medical emergency on the space craft. The medical officer is able to diagnose the emergency, but can onyl stabilize the patient(s) and cannot help the patient(s) without a bio-artifical implant or external prothesis to safe the astronaut on board. The hole mission is at danger, since it cannot be completed without this crew member.

Due to the sparse materials available at the space ship, the SOP (Standard Operation Procedure) demands to call ground control for assistance. After waiting endless 32 endless minutes mission control informs the crew that they will setup an international team having to setup a bio-artificial implant or external prosthesis to safe the astronaut on board. Work needs to be done before the space craft enters the orbit, not to endanger the astronauts life and a safe arrival at Mars.

A few minutes later your telphone ring and you are linked to the team of experts. A list of materials which are on the space ship, amongst them some sensors and electronics as well as a 3D printer from the scientific experiments of the mission appears on your display.

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.

subtasks for groups

Automatic dispenser for drugs to cope with a virus spreading across the space ship

Dispite all medical checks before start austronauts suffer from a COVID-like desease and will not be able to descent to Mars if not cured properly. Doctors found out that a medicine on board can relieve symptoms but need to be given every 5 minutes in very small dosis. You need to design an automatic dispenser pumping the medicine in the cardio-vascular system depending on the body temperature of the astronaut. Design an automatic synringe set, a bracelet and a tool for remote supervison.

Exoskeleton for hurt elbow

During a shower of small astroids one particile hurt an astronaut during a repair work outside the space craft. The elbow got seriously hurt. Although healing an external support is required to allow the austronaut to perform his tasks when setting up the habitat on Mars. Build an exoskeleton supporting the elbow, which can be controlled by the muscle tension.

What are the limiting factors of your mission? (Requirements)

• The medical condition you need to solve is limiting the astronaut in his physical abilities. Many things can happend, e.g., one (or more) of the limbs/joints of the astronaut is impaired, the astronauts cardio-vascular system has problems or he needs an automatic suspension of medicine. For the Hackaton you can chose one disability for your creative solution!

• The implant/prosthesis needs to build with the materials available on board List of resources and manufacturing technologies

• An electronic sensor + controller needs be used to enable monitoring the functionality of the device or on patient data.

• Functionality is the primary goal, but also think about the astronaut to wear this device. I needs to be comfortable and also design should not be neglected. Do you want to be call a disgusting BORG or a cool looking superman? All disciplines need to work together to achieve a device that helps the astronaut and which is proudly worn by him. Your team therefore consists of experts from mechanical and electrical engineering, programming, medical experts and other specialities.