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Garrett Blosen
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Garrett Blosen
Mechanical EECS Engineering Student at MIT

MakeMIT 2023: Amplify
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Hand Motion Amplification Device
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Award: Best Use of Sensors

Collaborators: Aileen Liao, Andrew Woo, Ethan Chang, and Oliver Trevor

Over 3 million people suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome, a condition causing tingling and numbness in the hands and arms that impairs daily activities. Our team includes someone who experiences this and cannot perform high-torque motions with their hand. In just 24 hours, we engineered a grasping system to restore function. The interface sleeve detects hand motions and actuates a robotic claw to grab, bend, and twist objects, offloading work from the tender wrist. This assistive device is a start to granting people with carpal tunnel more mobility and independence.

MakeMIT 2022: Chord-inate
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IoT-Enabled Self-Playing Guitar
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Award: First Place

Collaborators: Aileen Liao, Ethan Chang, Gregory Pylyvoch, and Oliver Trevor

The COVID-19 pandemic halted live music, so we created a solenoid-actuated IoT system to enable remote guitar playing. In just 24 hours, we developed hardware that straps onto any guitar and links it to a website. This allows individual users to access and play a guitar remotely. It also provides a way for multiple users to play music together virtually.