They create sustainable technology: rugged devices that are cheap, green and clean….and improve people’s lives. The company established this June has four employees, all of them graduates form the Department of the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU. Their workplace is practically a lab littered with wires, welding and woodwork tools, an electronics and circuit building, pc stations for programming and visualization to conduct experiments and create new devices. One of the gadgets is a patient entry device for health clinics in Africa, that has the potential to help health workers to better diagnose their patients.The prototype is developed in partnership with UNICEF.
“The device allows the user to input child’s vital information such as name, weight, height, middle-upper arm circumference and child’s health complications in order to receive a prompt preliminary diagnosis of the child’s general heath and malnutrition level. The device uses auditory prompts as well as written prompts to guide the health care worker through the diagnosis questionnaire and guides him/her through both the registration process for a new patient and the check up on a previously registered patient.”
The team will meet next week with a UNICEF representative to showcase their first prototype.
GRND Lab is a complete consulting, design and fabrication resource. Located in Brooklyn, New York, GRND Lab consists of a collaborative studio/shop specializing in prototyping, hardware and software development, interaction design and specialty fabrication. Known for networking embedded devices with real time online visualization, GRND Lab is focused on creating innovative sustainable solutions for environmental, social and humanitarian challenges.
GRND Lab maintains a small but highly skilled workforce in order to be flexible to the demands of a variety of design challenges. This enables GRND Lab to address diverse problems sets and take concepts from start to finish, no matter how big or small the job or what the field of work. This flexibility creates a strong working relationship and constant dialogue with the clients, tailoring GRND Lab’s developmental process to research groups/organizations, non profits, creative start-ups and cross discipline endeavors.
The four principals are all graduates of the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU and have strong backgrounds in both technology and the arts. The team also has a combined fabrication experience of over 20 years from metal working/ machining to mold-making and mechanical design. In the 1500 sq ft of space GRND Lab offers a fully equipped wood-working, welding, plastics & fabrication shop, an electronics and circuit building lab, mac and pc stations for programming and visualization, large format printers and scanners, a hammock and a plant. Please see the services page for more detail.
As part of GRND Lab’s pledge to sustainability, all business cards are printed on tree-free paper, made from sterilized and naturally processed elephant poop, which helps protect elephants in Sri Lanka. Most of the lab’s electronic equipment runs on solar power thanks to a system of photovoltaic panels on the roof and all servers and email services are entirely wind powered.
You can see what we at GRND Lab are working on at the moment, by visiting our blog and by visiting our work page for a list of past and current projects. If you have any questions or would like to request a quote please feel free to contact us!GRND Lab is a complete consulting, design and fabrication resource. Located in Brooklyn, New York, GRND Lab consists of a collaborative studio/shop specializing in prototyping, hardware and software development, interaction design and specialty fabrication. Known for networking embedded devices with real time online visualization, GRND Lab is focused on creating innovative sustainable solutions for environmental, social and humanitarian challenges.
GRND Lab maintains a small but highly skilled workforce in order to be flexible to the demands of a variety of design challenges. This enables GRND Lab to address diverse problems sets and take concepts from start to finish, no matter how big or small the job or what the field of work. This flexibility creates a strong working relationship and constant dialogue with the clients, tailoring GRND Lab’s developmental process to research groups/organizations, non profits, creative start-ups and cross discipline endeavors.
The four principals are all graduates of the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU and have strong backgrounds in both technology and the arts. The team also has a combined fabrication experience of over 20 years from metal working/ machining to mold-making and mechanical design. In the 1500 sq ft of space GRND Lab offers a fully equipped wood-working, welding, plastics & fabrication shop, an electronics and circuit building lab, mac and pc stations for programming and visualization, large format printers and scanners, a hammock and a plant. Please see the services page for more detail.
As part of GRND Lab’s pledge to sustainability, all business cards are printed on tree-free paper, made from sterilized and naturally processed elephant poop, which helps protect elephants in Sri Lanka. Most of the lab’s electronic equipment runs on solar power thanks to a system of photovoltaic panels on the roof and all servers and email services are entirely wind powered.
You can see what we at GRND Lab are working on at the moment, by visiting our blog and by visiting our work page for a list of past and current projects. If you have any questions or would like to request a quote please feel free to contact us!
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