Awards
2nd Bill Mitchell Design Award - 2000$
The HealthMet Team won the 2nd Innovation Bill Mitchell Design Award at "Design Driven Innovation and Its New Frontiers" Hackathon 2014. I worked as the team's Hardware Engineer on HealthMet prototype. I designed the architecture of the electronics and sensors, developing a smart bike helmet which is capable to prevent bike accidents caused by car-drivers. In addition, the Bluetooth + Wi-Fi embeded technology can help bikers to notify car-drivers about the approaching distance and prevent a potential accident. As an All-In-One bike helmet is also equiped with flash lights and break light system that notifies visually everyone about biker's action (deceleration, taking turns, etc). The project presented at Design Driven Innovation 2014 conference, which was organized by City Science Initiative group and MIT Mobile Experience Lab at the MIT Media Lab in October 2014 in honor of William J. Mitchell.
MIT Media Lab
The "MAKE ME++" Hackathon 2014
Batman team with the project Mighty Mom Utility Belt, won the 1st Innovation prize at the"Make the Breast Pump Not Suck" Hackathon 2014 at MIT Media Lab. I worked as one of the team's Hardware Engineers on Mighty Mom Utility Belt prototype in order to develop a silent and convinient breast pump. Collaborating with all the engineers of the team, we achieved to built an optical sensing system in order to recognise the milk fatness. Also, I worked on hacking the hardware of a commercial breast pump, adding Bluetooth capabilities and controlling it through a custom handmade liquid level sensor. The initial idea was to introduce a new way of silent breast pump in a wearable design of a belt. Moreover, the goals of the Batman team were set out to implement a comfortable and non-noticeable breat pump such as every woman can pump wherever she needs. Finally, the actual prizes of the Hackathon were 3000$ and a trip to Sillicon Valley and the opportunity to pitch the project idea in front of investors and venture capitals.
MIT Media Lab
The "Make the Breast Pump Not Suck" Hackathon 2014
"Mighty Mom" Project - video
SimplyID team with the project WristRF, won the prize of "The Most Disruptive Innovation 2014" at the MEDStart Innovation Competition 2014 of Tufts University School of Medicine. I worked as the team's Hardware Engineer on Sonic Notify prototype in order to minimize the size of the prototype and built a smaller and wearable version. Additionally, I achieved the initial goal to make this system possible to used for Hospital purposes. The initial idea, was to replace the existing wrist band and barcodes, with a Bluetooth LE enabled bracelet that could be associated with a unique patient ID. Hence, doctors and nurses can have their patients' information on their tablets/smartphones when they are standing in front of them and the patient profile pops-up without any complicated login procedure, need to touch them or scan their barcodes. Concluding, the idea of a transparent tracking patient's location service through that bracelet using proximity measurements was introduced.
MEDStart
Innovation Competition 2014
Awards video
Apptomics LLC is a digital health firm developing mobile applications and devices for neurological conditions. Apptomics LLC won the 1st prize earning 5000$ at the Business Plan Competition 2013 based on BradyGlove project as the best business plan. The competition had taken place at Enterprise Center of Salem State University. I have been working as the hardware engineer of the company developing the 2nd generation prototype, the BradyGlove 2, and as the hardware design consultant about mass production decision making.
Enterprise Center - Awards video
MIT Media Lab
Health and Wellness Innovation Event 2013
Parkinson's disease Project -
MIT Official video
Prize of "The Most Innovative Solution"
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Prize of "The Best Use of Resources"
The Aeon Health Team won the prize of "the Most Innovative Solution" and the prize of "the Best Use of Resource" at the Health and Wellness Innovation 2013 competition. The 2 week medical hackathon had taken place at MIT Media Lab in January 2013. The project concerned the developing hardware devices for monitoring patients who are diagnosed with Parkinson disease. I worked as the organizer of the project and the hardware engineer of the team, developing the BradyGlove prototype. I designed and implemented the hardware of the 1st BradyGlove prototype and the basic software too. That glove has the capability to track your hand movements in the space and the finger movements in order to make objective measurements tracking all the essential Parkinson assessments.
Aeon Health Team video
1st Innovation Prize - 5000$
The Asthma Management Team won the 1st Prize of the end of 2 weeks MIT Innovation Hackathon. Health and Wellness Innovation 2012 competition took place at MIT Media Lab in January 2012 and it organized by John Moore and Scott Gilroy from New Media Medicine Group. The Asthma Management Team developed the project "Chameleon", a smart spirometer designed for children who suffer from asthma. I was the Hadware engineer of the team working on desinging and developing the hardware of a smartphone-enabled Bluetooth spirometer which is able to monitor asthma symptoms and track medication usage related to the patient's location. The main purpose of Chameleon spirometer was to extinct the frustration of multiple devices that current asthma patients use, eliminate the cost of personal spirometers and make the spirometer an easy to use and children-friendly medical device.
MIT Media Lab
Health and Wellness Innovation Event 2012