PROJECTS //

THE PARTY BUTTON

‘The Party Button’ project is an interactive artwork, designed to surprise and delight the public through subverting expectations.  Inspired by crosswalk traffic interfaces, it is made up of a ‘walking man’ traffic light and a traffic light button.  When the button is pressed, the standard crosswalk ‘slow beep/fast beep’ combo is played, transitioning into one of twenty party tracks.  The lights switch on, showing the traffic light characters dancing in a rainbow of LED colours.  For more information, see the project page here. 

DARLING DOWNS PPE

This type of PPE is a full face protection against patients coughing/sneezing for frontline healthcare workers.  It is made up of 3D printed and laser cut parts, and is designed by PRUSA Research.  A collaboration of local businesses came together to lead the project in the Darling Downs area.  Located out in regional Queensland, this project demonstrates our ability to bring together local manufacturers and expertise to respond to a supply chain need.  The project provided 370 face shields for our local healthcare workers, including Darling downs health, Oakey Hospital, Aged Care and GP's in Dalby and wider areas.  

3D PRINTED CASTS FOR BROKEN BONES

Steph Piper has designed and 3D printed casts for broken bones.  In collaboration with the Toowoomba Base Hospital, she 3D scanned her own arm and designed a cast to be breathable and strong for broken bones.  After the proof of concept was completed, it was made into an open-source project on instructables.com for others to build on and use as a starting point for developing 3D printed casts.  For more information, see project page here.

3D PRINTABLE FURNITURE

Steph Piper designed a 3D printable stool using printed and timber parts.  The stool has a modern, sleek designed and is fully functional for usage at home or work.  This project is a future look at what we can expect in the way we consume homewares.  By printing things at home or locally, we can build a ‘decentralised economy’, cutting down on the environmental impact of international shipping.  Parts can be recycled into new things after their lifecycle is complete.  For more information, see project page here.

POLARGRAPH DRAWING MACHINE

This is an Arduino based mechanical drawing machine that can sketch any image desired through software.  Based on the popular open source project, this drawing machine has been on display at events to ‘sketch’ participants, where they can take home the result.  For more information, see project page here.