Abount need knower


Characteristics – Physical

    • Physical: Difficulty in walking, restricting physical movement. Having functional sitting balance,unable to change the position without support, difficulty in standing while maintaining balance, and struggles with imitating acts like standing with peers in academics and initiating tasks.

Key persons:

  • Mother, father, teachers, school peers, grand mother and grand father.

Speciality, Background, Interest, Strength, Social Role

    • Strength → Able to use paper or messy due to effectively using the left hand.
    • Interest → Activity changes frequently depending on the task.
    • Social Role → Involves in different activities with family members & peers.

Refinement of Targeted Activity


Targeted activity:

  • What, How
    • Grip the pencil in order to become independent during school activities and meet the pace of peers.
  • Where
    • School & home
  • When
    • During school activities & at home

Persons to be with during activity

Mother and Shadow Teacher

Why is the activity difficult now?

  • The muscles used to maintain tripod grip & due to stiffness of the hand, she is unable to maintain the grip.
  • Also, it results from the wrong drafting of the finger grip.

Importance of the activity for the Need Knower

  • For the education and writing school preparation.
  • Due to the child's personal interest.

Requirement gathering

For our project, we collected children's hand measurements to ensure accurate sizing and design. This data is essential for achieving the project's objectives.

Ideas & Designing


1st prototyping

  • The tapered cylindrical design appears to offer a natural grip.
  • It may help in stabilizing the fingers and improving pen control.
  • The slot may allow for slight flexibility or positioning adjustments.

2nd prototyping


How it can be done

This is the way to use this tool with the help of elastic strip

3rd prototype

  • The loop-based designs suggest better finger positioning and stability.
  • They may help in reducing muscle stiffness by guiding finger placement.
  • The multiple rings could ensure better adaptability for different users.

    • 3rd Prototype


    Final design


    Sketches


    Final Usage


    Before and After Comparision of Need Knower

    Youtube Video of How we have transforming the life of need knower: https://youtube.com/shorts/brGYH9gikVk?si=vDVcvbYYf7HSoob_

    Overview of Whole project

    Youtube link here: https://youtu.be/OdoPOdTHmMA?si=TPzKEI7bhKr9lTqK

    3D Printing File

    3d printing materials & other all sources