A pilot biomedical engineering course in rapid prototyping for mobile health.
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2013-10-10
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Rapid prototyping of medically assistive mobile devices promises to fuel innovation and provides opportunity for hands on engineering training in biomedical engineering curricula This paper presents the design and outcomes of a course offered during a 16 week semester in Fall 2011 with 11 students enrolled The syllabus covered a mobile health design process from end to end including storyboarding non functional prototypes integrated circuit programming 3D modeling 3D printing cloud computing database programming and developing patient engagement through animated videos describing the benefits of a new device Most technologies presented in this class are open source and thus provide unlimited hackability They are also cost effective and easily transferrable to other departments