SwitchPoint 2017: Day 2

April 28, 2017Be informed. Tell stories. Stick together. And other lessons on how to keep doing good from SwitchPoint 2017.Psst. Did you miss day 1 of SwitchPoint?Here ' s a recap.It feels good to get out, doesn ’t it?Not just out into the sunshine, though that ’s nice too. But reallyout. Out of the office, out of the confines of our everyday tasks, out into a space where it ’s easier to see just how our life’s work fits into and connects with the wider world.“I call this space the blur,” said research scientist, rapper, and fashion designerDavid Moinina Sengeh during his keynote talk today atSwitchPoint 2017.Imagine a Venn diagram of your life and interests —that spot where all the disparate circles intersect is the blur. For Sengeh, his research and design work on prosthetics is driven by the blur of medical imaging, soft tissue modeling, and functional computer-aided design.“I’m from Sierra Leone,” he said. “Lots of amputees there. Lots of amputees everywhere.” And when we look at complex problems like this widespread need for new limbs, he said, “weknow they ’re complex, but we tend to say, ‘I want to just focus on one thing, one small part of the problem.’”But that doesn ’t really work. What about affordability? Transportation to and from fittings? Necessary ongoing care? Designing a comfortable prosthetic is only one part of the solution, Sengeh said.Maybe that ’s one of the nice things about the blur: You’re likely to run into pe...
Source: IntraHealth International - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Source Type: news