For my AHS Capstone, I wanted to create a new fantasy world and explore some family and societal dynamics. I wanted to do it through something other than exposition, so I created a character, Ishya, a 25-year-old traveller, to explore the setting.
Olin students on the IBM SCOPE team will work to provide a next-generation retail store solution through the development of a cart based store imaging system. This platform will help determine product restocking schedules as well as report on the shopping experience for store owners and product vendors. The work will encompass a focused user study to identify features and functionality; integration of commercially-available vision, navigation, and networking technologies on a shopping cart; and development of custom software for inventory reporting.
The team focused on understanding the fundamental interactions between the physician and endoscopic instruments that result in successful surgeries. The primary objective was to make gaining and maintaining access to the biliary duct easier for the physician. To accomplish this objective, the team explored three key areas of ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography): equipment, procedures and training. The final concepts developed by the team show the feasibility of a new class of biliary access tools. They also produced scale-model, working prototypes for evaluation by physicians.