Hear from our interns
The Lion, Switch, and the Electrode
Our Weekend Adventure On Saturday, we visited Karura Forest for Cinema in Nature’s Sounds of Freedom, a guided tour and audio narration tracing the footsteps of the Mau Mau...
From Studio Tables to Open Skies
It’s hard to believe that I’ve already hit the halfway point of my time in Nairobi. The rustle of fig leaves in Karura Forest. The sound of a heartbeat through a Pinard horn. The...
Prototyping, Pitches, and Pinard Horns
Hi everyone, Welcome back! This past couple of weeks, we wrapped up our summer workshop and started prototyping our project. The final week of the summer workshop consisted of...
Last Bootstrap Week (3)
Wrapping Up the MDI ProgramIt’s time to say goodbye to our peers from the Centre for Design Innovation & Engineering’s (CDIE) Medical Device Innovation (MDI) Summer Program....
Workshop to Clinics
Welcome to my first blog! My first week was filled with 3 hands-on projects: a 3D-printed phone holder, a foot stand, and an ultrasonic sensor. Click below to read more about...
Notes from the Field (and the Food Stall)
Hello again from the City Under the Sun!! The days in Nairobi start early. They welcome you with warm skies, a clear breeze, and the faint spice of something sizzling in the...
Workshop Week (1)
Wow, what a week! We’ve been working with a group of 16 undergraduate and graduate students from Kenya and Uganda, spending all day sawing, hacking, welding, grinding,...
Karibu Kenya! 🇰🇪
A few weeks ago, I was knee-deep in the OEDK, 3D printing molds, fiddling with adhesives, and sketching prototypes on whiteboards late into the night. Now, I’m writing this from...