{"id":30195,"date":"2016-10-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-students-use-new-maker-spot-to-create-orthotic-for-stroke-patient\/"},"modified":"2022-05-10T08:31:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T14:31:25","slug":"tarleton-students-use-new-maker-spot-to-create-orthotic-for-stroke-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-students-use-new-maker-spot-to-create-orthotic-for-stroke-patient\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton students use new Maker Spot to create orthotic for stroke patient"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Students Create Specially Designed Brace<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, October 28, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas\u2014At Tarleton State University, you can print a prototype for a customized orthotic to help a stroke victim strengthen his hand. That\u2019s what one student did. The recipient\u2014Clarence Young\u2014got the real deal this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 3-D, poster-size printer in the new Maker Spot on the upper level of Tarleton\u2019s Dick Smith Library enabled Christina Tocquigny to fashion the specially designed brace. It will help stretch Clarence\u2019s fingers during personalized workouts at the university\u2019s Lab for Wellness and Motor Behavior (LWMB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tocquigny, a digital media studies graduate from Moran, Texas, volunteered to tackle the project as a hands-on learning experience after an appeal was made to her art class this past spring. She has a heart for individuals with physical disabilities and a mind that grasps the enduring relationship of art, science and technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThink Leonardo da Vinci,\u201d Tocquigny explained. \u201cAn artist and scientist, he studied physiology and anatomy to create convincing images of the human form. Combining my artistic and creative talents with what I\u2019ve learned in the classroom and the technology available in the Maker Spot brings the best of all worlds together to help someone in need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the Maker Spot went live earlier this year, library officials had a good idea that students, faculty, staff\u2014even community patrons\u2014would use the 3-D equipment, action cameras and invention kits to create everything from keychains to custom-made, alphabet-soup keyboards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No one figured on a well-fitted device to make life better for a longtime Stephenville plumber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clarence suffered a stroke about three years ago and shows up at Tarleton\u2019s wellness lab weekdays for a workout with kinesiology graduate students Bailee Mauldin from Haslet, Texas, and Elizabeth Cisneros from Kaufman, Texas. The duo worked with Christina to create the prototype for Clarence\u2019s customized orthotic brace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Maker Spot is much more than a print lab,\u201d said Chris Grantham, a technology support specialist at the Tarleton library. \u201cIt allows inventors to turn thoughts and ideas into useable products and prototypes. Maker Spot capability is limited strictly by imagination.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The larger of the 3-D printers produces \u201cplastic\u201d items up to 9 inches by 9 inches by 20 inches\u2014like a 14-inch propeller for a model airplane, or a device for a stroke patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cost to print a 3-D project in any of 16 available colors is 10 cents per gram of filament\u2014a plastic called ABS made from petroleum (like LEGO\u00ae<\/sup> sets). That means that Clarence\u2019s new brace will cost far less than it would from a medical supply shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A stationary 3-D scanner copies objects up to 8 inches, and a handheld scanner can replicate life-size models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A large-format paper printer is available to create posters\u2014everything from family photos to maps to personal artwork\u2014up to 3 feet wide. There is a minimal cost per square foot of paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tarleton Dick Smith Library Maker Spot also is home to electronic kits to turn bananas into a piano keyboard or set of bongo drums, as well as LEGO\u00ae <\/sup>sets to create robotics\u2014all available for checkout to reinforce classroom learning and empower students to create, build and produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile several Tarleton departments have equipment and technology similar to what\u2019s available in the Maker Spot, they\u2019re restricted to use by students enrolled in specific labs and classes,\u201d explained Systems Librarian Margie Maxfield. \u201cThe Maker Spot is open to the entire university as well as community patrons, like local scouting groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCommunity involvement is one of the best things about the Maker Spot,\u201d she said. \u201cThe Maker Spot is an ideal platform for participatory learning communities formed around passions and shared interests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Maxfield, libraries are evolving from reading rooms and computer labs to dynamic workshop spaces for creative multimedia learning and doing. Because of spaces like the Maker Spot, students are turning classroom knowledge into projects that make the world a better place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just ask Clarence Young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about the Dick Smith Maker Spot, visit www.tarleton.edu\/library\/makerspot.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tarleton, a member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven educational experience marked by academic innovation and exemplary service, and dedicated to transforming students into tomorrow\u2019s professional leaders. With campuses in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and online, Tarleton engages with its communities to provide real-world learning experiences and to address societal needs while maintaining its core values of integrity, leadership, tradition, civility, excellence and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contacts:
Margie Maxfield, Systems Librarian
254-968-1955
maxfield@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Joe Priest, Director of the Lab for Wellness and Motor Behavior
254-968-9521
priest@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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