When he was working towards a masters degree at Cambridge, Daniel Strange had to spend hours dipping bits of metal into mineral and protein solutions to create a bone-like material. It was important work that could lead to advances in medical implants, but it was mind-numbingly boring. So he automated the process by turning to an unlikely source.
"Lego has the whole package," says Strange, now a PhD student studying biomedical engineering under the supervision of Cambridge's Michelle Oyen. "It's got all the electronics, components, gears and motors that you need to build a prototype. And if a ten-year-old can use it, I hoped that I could."
By: Daniel Cossins, Edited by: Ian Steadman
Continue reading...Source: http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2012/07/start/playful-prototyping
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