Clean Access Challenge 5: Contact Free Cash
Problem Money, in the form of both notes and coins, provides contact surfaces that can be shared by many people in a […]
Clean Access Challenge 6: Shared Toilets
Problem As our schools, universities, offices and workplaces are adapted to life with coronavirus, facilities such as bathrooms will also need to […]
Design 2020 Papers Published
The DMF lab has had three papers published today in the proceedings of Design 2020. Though the conference has been delayed due […]
CAD Variability: an overview.
I have been working on justifying the need for refactoring in CAD models. The results of this analysis will be presented at […]
New journal paper: Model-Based Information Navigation for Engineering Documents
I’ve finally gotten around to publishing my PhD work in the Computers in Industry journal: https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0166361520304887 Model-based information navigation provides a three-dimensional […]
Project Clean Access Launches
Project Clean Access has offcially launched on the DMF website. Please head over to the Project Clean Access page on our site […]
Clean Access Challenge 4: Hackspaces
Problem The Hackspace, once exclusively synonymous with electronics and model airplane enthusiasts, has grown to become a globally acknowledged hub for social […]
Clean Access Challenge 2: Rural Gates and Stiles
Problem A well-known piece of countryside etiquette is to take nothing but photos and leave nothing but footprints. With the coronavirus outbreak […]
Project Clean Access
Project Clean Access PCA Toolkit Initiatives Project Clean Access is a platform for understanding the global challenges we face in transitioning from […]
The T-Pen
The T-Pen design features a dongle with a “T” shaped head that allows the user to apply force in 3 axes to an adapter. The concept is for each person to have a T-Pen that is capable of working in adapters placed around a workplace, home, shop etc.. This would allow people to open doors and operate mechanisms without touching a surface someone else may have come into contact with – breaking the COVID-19 transmission path. A lid is also provided to allow the pen to be covered when not in use.