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Personally I think Miro can give them a run for their money and create a competitor on top of their existing product (if they choose too). Because the Miro collaboration is identical to figma with the only difference being Miro isn’t targeting product design. Their web app is just as smooth as figma and I could totally see them building out their offering to compete.
To consult on this project for example, we spoke to one of our our school’s athletic trainers who showed us a light therapy device the school already owns.
I’m an industrial design student who recently completed a senior capstone project (the largest and final project of our program).
Through individual research and consultation with professors and doctors employed at my school (Thomas Jefferson University), we developed a focus on light therapy. Our product evolved through the semesters to its final version, a readily deployable, hygienic light therapy device for assisting athletic trainers in treating knee trauma.
Our school was bought a few years ago by Thomas Jefferson University and the result has been an increased focus on the medical collaboration utilizing internal connections.
To the scientific plausibility of such a device: I can link to research we used specifically though there is plenty out there. The majority of this project was completed under the assumption that certain wavelengths of light can speed up recovery of tendons and muscles.
Our specific implementation targets the knee due to frequency of injury and the specificity helped guide the project along. Using medical grade silicone as a sort of shell, they sandwich a plastic substructure which supports the flex circuits containing an LED array. These LEDs are a combination of red and infrared each of a specific wavelength range. Powered through a removable battery pack which is also a controller. Sadly the focus is on industrial design so developing a gui and prototyping that further was a very low priority though I’d hope to sometime flesh out more in the future.
Ask any questions as i have loads of information not in the final presentation and can offer some context for those unfamiliar with the topic.
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Honestly most professionals probably don’t need that level of quality. I’d even go as far in saying if you need tools that reliable and expensive then likely they would almost never be for personal use. It comes down to consumers needing to understand the quality of the products they buy should only match their use expectations. Over-engineering an object is a waste of resources, and processes like injection molding aren’t nearly as bad for the environment as the public may think as long as the objects are useable to someone.