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UCL Plastic Waste Innovation Hub

The UCL Plastic Waste Innovation Hub is a multidisciplinary team of researchers, including scientists, engineers, designers, and social scientists, taking a design-led approach to the issues of plastic waste.

Comfort Loop

Comfort Loop

This project takes a multidisciplinary approach to designing sustainable systems for nappies, incontinence pads, and period products, working with industry, recycling sectors, policymakers, NHS, charities, local government, and the public.

Fit-for-purpose, affordable body-powered prostheses

This three-year project is designing upper-limb prostheses that are both low cost and fit for their purpose and circumstance. Based at the University of Salford, this project is also working with researchers at UCL, Southampton University, Portsmouth University, the University of Jordon and Makere University in Uganda.

Sensory Preference in Prosthetics Study

This project explores material and sensory preference in prosthetic limbs.

Nature Inspired 4D printing for biomedical applications

Inspired by actuating pores in plants, this research investigates whether temperatures and moisture can be regulated in prosthetics using 4D printing.

Developing bespoke flexible sensors for prosthetic and orthotic liners.

There is a considerable engineering challenge to create a prosthetic liner that ensure mechanical transmission of forces while ensuring comfort and preventing skin damage. This project combines existing stretchable sensors with realtime computation to create a system that adapts to the prosthetic user.

Hands of X

Exploring materials and prosthetic hands with amputees, designers and makers.

Material Anxieties

A research project that follows both new and familiar materials being developed for healthcare applications.

Wearable Assistive Materials

The Institute of Making are involved in an EPSRC-funded project that aims to develop the materials for a wearable exoskeleton that can act as a walking support system.

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