Maker Faire Yearbook 2023
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C-Eyes
Faire: Rome
Maker: IT Archimede
C-Eyes is an innovative assistive technology designed to empower visually impaired individuals. Through the use of artificial intelligence and computer vision, C-Eyes captures real-time images and converts them into detailed audio descriptions, essentially enabling users to 'see' through hearing. Our device comes in two models. The 'Pro' model integrates a personal AI assistant powered by OpenAI GPT-4, providing advanced functionality and interactive voice recognition. The 'Lite' model, an economical and lightweight alternative, focuses on core functions of scene recognition and audio synthesis. Both models serve our mission to enhance independence, safety, and quality of life for visually impaired individuals. C-Eyes demonstrates the transformative potential of AI technology in tackling societal challenges and promoting inclusivity.
Ago Intelligente per la Diagnosi del Tumore della Prostata
Faire: Rome
Maker: Università degli Studi del Sannio - Benevento
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in the male population and represents about 20% of all cancers diagnosed in men. Estimates in Italy speak of around 35,000 new cases a year, but the risk of the disease having an unfortunate outcome is low, especially if intervention is made in the initial stages.
The system that we intend to present at Maker Faire Rome 2023, developed as part of the project 'BARTOLO - Sviluppo ed applicazione di nuove tecnologie robotiche per la diagnosi bioptica del tumore prostatico’ finanziato dalla Regione Campania (POR CAMPANIA FESR 2014/2020), consists in a miniaturized probe, based on optical fiber technology and integrated inside a medical needle, capable of measuring the elastic consistency of biological tissues with high spatial resolution (the fiber sensor in fact has a diameter of less than a millimetre), for the diagnosis of prostate cancer.
CARRIOLA SALISCALE ELETTRICA BREVETTATA
Faire: Rome
Maker: ANDREA BELLI
A PROTOTYPE OF A PATENTED ELECTRIC STAIRCASE WHEELBARROW CAPABLE OF MOVING MANUALLY OR ELECTRICALLY AND CLIMBING STAIRS ENTIRELY HOME-BUILT WITH WOOD AND 3D PRINTED DETAILS
( SPECIAL WHEEL EUROPEAN PATENT EP3743290 U.S.A. US16961833 )
Exergaming in Realtà Mista per la Neuroriabilitazione Personalizzata di Pazienti Atassici Cerebellari
Faire: Rome
Maker: Sapienza Università di Roma
The proposed prototype is a mixed reality system, consisting of an optical viewer (HoloLens2) connected to the PC, specifically implemented based on suggestions from patients and neurologists for the neurorehabilitation of the upper limbs. The system will make it possible to customize virtual scenarios of occupational therapy rehabilitation exercises performed by the patient in real-time, allowing the doctor to remotely assist him during the exergaming. The exercise is implemented in the Unity and is a pointing exercise.
PADEL CLUB VILLA MERCEDE
Faire: Rome
Maker: PADEL CLUB VILLA MERCEDE
Adults academy
Club membership campaign
Clinic 2/3 days
ANTIBACTERIAL TABLEWARE
Faire: Rome
Maker: Ceramiche NOI S.c.a.r.l.
The "Antibacterial Plate" project stems from an important Research & Development phase that the company has already undertaken since 2020 during the pandemic. We wondered what could be needed in such a moment and what it could cope with in a market like ours to a pandemic but also to an improvement of catering and private environments.This is how the research and first prototyping phase of this project began, which saw the filing of a patent for a particular object which, due to its particularity, can reject up to 99% of the bacteria that deposit on it can be bacteria of various types and by imagining the various "passages" of dishes, for example in a restaurant or self-service restaurant or naval restaurant halls, we hypothesized that these objects could have an enormous plus compared to other identical but not antibacterial objects.We have therefore arrived at the laboratory certification of products both in single color and with antibacterial decorations and decals with a characteristic that resists the microwave oven and dishwasher for the entire life of the product without ever failing up to at its breakup. This product is extremely innovative as it can be used in many areas, both private and public, to increase hygiene and above all to counteract the spread of bacteria in the kitchen and in refreshment areas without considering that being reusable after washing it is also highly environmental impact and reduces the use of "single portions" which are extremely polluting today.
PlanetART
Faire: Rome
Maker: FVA - New Media Research
PlanetART, organized by the EU-funded projects GenB and BlueMissionMed, raises public awareness on the green and blue circular economy. The stand is divided into:
1) Green economy: playful program to involve young people on the bioeconomy. Games, workshops, escape rooms, reading of the book "What’s Bioeconomy?" and exhibition of bio-based products. The stand hosts artworks by artists who use residues and biomaterials.
2) Blue economy: the public can interact with the cardboard wall "Our blue treasure", to express their connection with the sea and discover how to mitigate the pollution of seas and waters. The stand features artworks by artists who use recycled plastic collected from the sea.
LibraryMed
Faire: Rome
Maker: Epitomea
Clients & problems:
Healthcare professionals and students. Busy schedules, statistical illiteracy and information saturation make it difficult for them to stay up-to-date. “In the biomedical field alone, more than 1 million articles pour into the PubMed database each year […]” (Nature). The problems are known, but hard to quantify in net terms. Our clients difficulties lies in that periodic and in-depth professional updating activity is a work in itself. Sacrificing patient hours for studying is sometimes not possible. Among the most unpleasant consequences, the discovery that a patient has been treated with an outdated therapy. Such an eventuality would be preferable not to be turned turn into a "necessary evil", a painful trade-off between the number of patients who require treatment and the quality of the treatment that can be administered. In addition to the suffering on a strictly human level, another problem that is becoming more acute is that of lawsuits for "malpractice". Growing, they discourage doctors from riskier practices for patients, as well as young people from embarking on a medical career.
Our solution:
it can be described as a search engine which, because of an AI algorithm, is able to:
- Search for scientific articles related to a specific query and summarize their content;
- Classify the results on the basis of various parameters (e.g. methodological value, citations, impact factor), assigning them a qualitative value, thus identifying the most solid research;
- Aggregate the results based on the aforementioned parameters;
- Produce an output that can be consulted quickly, listing the sources on which the analysis was conducted to draw up an effective overview on which to plan an update;
- Assisting researcher in scientific writing & data production;
- Automatic meta-analysis.
Innovation:
First, we will move away from the DSS (Decision Support System) approach of our main competitor, Uptodate.com, to embrace a full AI paradigm. Then, we will find a niche in the scientific publication sector, by creating a set of tool for many scientists willing to publish high quality research. By doing to, our analytic efficiency will further increase. We already have a registered trademark and an industrial patent.
Light Wheel by Oz Officine Zero
Faire: Rome
Maker: Oz Officine Zero S.c.a.r.l.
We have created Light Wheel, an open-source board that repurposes components from discarded scooters, reducing environmental impact. Our project is a prototype application of Light Wheel on a manual wheelchair for individuals with disabilities, suitable for tight spaces like corridors and elevators. Motorization is achieved using a Light Wheel platform, 36V brushless motors, and repurposed scooter battery packs. The wheelchair, controlled by a joystick, offers optimal functionality and safety, including speed control, anti-tipping measures, audible and visual alerts, and provision for anti-collision sensors. This prototype focuses on autonomous mobility for people with disabilities, providing a low-cost and environmentally friendly solution. Light Wheel exhibits great versatility for various applications.
Sedia a rotelle elettrica per tetraplegici
Faire: Rome
Maker: IIS Tito Sarrocchi
In the 2022-2023 school year, the students of class IV and V of the Electronic Robotics specialization allowed tetraplegic people, i.e., person with inability to voluntarily move the upper and lower parts of the body, to move independently and using the residual mobility of the head.
An Arduino NANO 33 BLE and an inertial sensor present on board allow to intercept the movements of the head and, through the Bluetooth module, the information of the head movements is delivered to a self-built Master board and subsequently, through the DAC, the voltages are created to run the engines. Moreover, a set of sensors on the perimeter of the wheelchair avoids obstacles and a LIDAR sensor helps reconstruct the surrounding environment.
Archivio Chirurgico Digitale video e fotografico
Faire: Rome
Maker: Sapienza Università di Roma
Starting from a video and photographic archive - containing over 10,000 images and over 150 films made in the surgical field from 1960 to the present - the project aims to offer the possibility of consulting the iconographic material online for free to doctors, students and specialists in the medical/surgical sector. The sharing of surgical history, passed through the development of new techniques - from traditional open surgery to today's endoscopic surgery, as well as offering a source of study, will also be functional to the enhancement of the medicine developed at Sapienza.
StomyCraft
Faire: Rome
Maker: F.A.I.S. OdV
Stomy Craft is a project of FAIS OdV that uses Minecraft to inform and pediatric patients and family members. With gamification, stool bag handling is simulated and appropriate feeding is taught. StomyCraft is a phygital project; alongside the video game, there are physical components: a LEGO-compatible element that can transform a miniature into a character with an ostomy bag and a bag cover that can be customized with the image you prefer.
The goal of the project is to improve children's (and caregivers') acceptance of the condition to improve their quality of life.
I Can Feel My Legs
Faire: Rome
Maker: Gaetano Carlino
I Can Feel My Legs is a lower limb prosthesis whose purpose is to help people who have disabilities and/or difficulties in walking.
What we present is the first working prototype showing toe movement that is done through the use of a wearable sock, for the initial acquisition of movement that will then be implemented through a self-learning neural network in order to improve its efficiency and responsiveness, which will be able to simulate toe movement.
e-Nable Italia – Experiments
Faire: Rome
Maker: Energy Family Project APS (e-Nable Italia)
Our community is dedicated to developing and providing free assistive devices for children and adults with limb difference problems.
All of our projects are either open source derivatives or released by us (when original creations from our community) as open source.
After SwimAble (the device for swimming, 2021) and the Bike Adapter (the device for cycling, 2022), this year we present the new ideas developed by our volunteers: the low-cost robotic hand prototypes and the devices that can help children to practice sports and in their free time, including an evolution of the bike adapters to be able to practice archery, a device that allows children with limb difference problems to play the drums and a tool for makers without 3d engineering skills that dynamically generates custom STL models of assistive devices adapted to the physical and anatomical characteristics of the recipients, to broaden accessibility to these devices.
Approcci di Machine Learning per la classificazione di immagini dermoscopiche
Faire: Rome
Maker: Sapienza Università di Roma
Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world with a high mortality rate. Early identification and diagnosis of skin lesions is essential to determine the best treatment for the patient and to increase the survival rate in the case of cancerous lesions. Diagnosis of this disease is conducted manually by more or less experienced dermatologists, but it proves to be time consuming and difficult. Machine-learning and deep-learning approaches have been developed to overcome these issues and support dermatologists, in order to make this procedure much easier, faster, and more accurate.
Insetti, il Cibo del Futuro – Small Giants
Faire: Rome
Maker: Small Giants srl
Made with insect flour, our award-winning products are mega tasty and packed full with planet-positive protein, fibre and vitamins. We want to lead the transition to a new phase where eating insects is part of our daily eating habits. We are a young team highly motivated to break the edible insects taboo with unruly tasty snacks and make the weird wonderful!
Smart Dumbbells
Faire: Rome
Maker: Istituto Tecnico Economico e Tecnologico "M. Rapisardi - L. Da Vinci"
Our primary goal is to allow people to work out daily whenever and wherever they want, for the first time combining the world of fitness with that of fun and entertainment. The product consists of two smart gym dumbbells that interface with a videogame, in which there is a virtual avatar that has to be kept healthy and that can customized by the user through the execution of exercises and special daily missions.
Glut1fy: conoscere e comprendere le malattie rare attraverso le lenti della Realtà Virtuale
Faire: Rome
Maker: Sapienza Università di Roma
Meet GLUT1 Deficiency Syndrome, a rare and often misinterpreted genetic disease, at our booth! Immerse yourself in GLUTIFY, our virtual reality environment, where you'll actively explore our groundbreaking research. Engage with our team in the "Meet the Experts" virtual corner, discover the disease by watching a multimedia slideshow, and delve into the world of the GLUT1 protein at a molecular scale, where you will witness firsthand the temporal dynamics of the protein and the molecular consequences of genetic variants. Join us on a journey of understanding. Be part of the breakthrough!
Aghetto: the first syringe that can be used with only one hand.
Faire: Rome
Maker: Aghetto srl
Aghetto S.r.l is a start up.
Aghetto is a syringe that allows the operator to detach the cap from the needle and the needle from the syringe with just one hand and without the risk of accidental needle stick injuries.
Common syringes, however, require two hands and also involve the risk of accidental punctures (risk of contracting HIV; Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Malaria and others).
There are no similar syringes worldwide.
The Aghetto syringe is internationally patented.
There are no syringes similar to Aghetto worldwide.
www.aghetto.com
Massage On a Bottle
Faire: Rome
Maker: Massage on a Bottle
Can a plastic bottle be useful in a different way and teach us something before being recycled? In our opinion yes!
In this project we use a plastic bottle of mineral water to simulate the resistance that the abdomen of the human body opposes during compressions in emergency cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (ETC). For the training of people in this type of maneuvers, are generally used specialized dummies that, while reproducing in an exact manner the human anatomy, are on the other hand very expensive, limiting in fact the number of people who can try at least once the experience of simulation.
This idea was born from the observations of one of the two members of the project team (Luigi) who has been working for many years as a volunteer and is engaged as a trainer for resuscitation maneuvers in emergency.
In order to make this kind of experience accessible to anyone, from the collaboration with the other team member (Pierluigi, Electronic Technician and Maker), this project was developed on two different levels:
the first, conceived to be extremely simple, which in addition to the bottle uses a small mechanical device capable of rendering both visual and sound feedback when the right level of compression is reached.
the second, which integrates the first, with a Smartphone app capable of detecting from the device the rhythm of the compressions performed and confirming the correct execution of the maneuver. The app, moreover, provides useful indications on how to perform the operations and allows to share the experience and spread the use of the device and the app. All this is done both in a training setting and in complete autonomy.
This project aims to increase as much as possible the number of people who, at least once in their lives, have tried the practice of external chest compressions for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In this way, in fact, it increases the number of individuals potentially able to save a life.
From the moment a person goes into cardiac arrest, the time available to intervene is very limited and spread the culture of how to perform a maneuver of this type can, in some cases, make the difference between life and death.
Our presence at the fair will allow us to have visitors try out external chest compression maneuvers, effectively creating a training environment.
SEDIA ROTELLE SALISCALE PIEGHEVOLE ELETTR. BREVET.
Faire: Rome
Maker: ANDREA BELLI
A PROTOTYPE OF A FOLDING ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR EQUIPPED WITH A WHEEL
( PATENT EUROPEAN EP 3743290 U.S.A. US16961833 )
WHICH TRANSFORMS INTO A GEAR WHEN CLIMBING THE STAIRS, THE ADDRESSES ARE PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY PROBLEMS AND PEOPLE THAT HELP THEM, A SMALL AND FOLDABLE WHEELCHAIR THAT CAN BE EASILY FOLDED AND TRANSPORTED IN THE LUGGAGE RACK OF A CAR, EVEN WITH A SMALL ENGINE CAPACITY
Un sistema wearable rivoluzionario e non invasivo per la misura degli stati mentali in tempo reale e nella vita di tutti i giorni
Faire: Rome
Maker: Sapienza Università di Roma
Mindtooth allows the neurophysiological evaluation of people in a wide range of situations, giving access to neurophysiological indicators related to different processes such as mental workload, stress, and vigilance. The Mindtooth system will provide a channel of communication between people and their surrounding environment, generating invaluable benefits in a huge set of current Social Challenges, such as smart and connected cities, connected and automated vehicles, cybersecurity, health, safety and 4.0 Industry.
uAir – A personal CO2 Monitor
Faire: Rome
Maker: Xuelai Wei
uAir is a portable CO2 monitor for health-conscious individuals. It’s designed and engineered to be an on-bag product. It accurately senses carbon dioxide level and give information on temperature and humidity on an e-paper screen, for users to take action
CARRELLO SALISCALE ELETTRICO BREVETTATO
Faire: Rome
Maker: ANDREA BELLI
A PATENTED PROTOTYPE ELECTRIC STAIR CLIMBER CAPABLE OF MANUALLY OR ELECTRICLY ADVANCING AND ELECTRICALLY CLIMBING STAIRS
THIS TROLLEY IS EQUIPPED WITH A PATENTED WHEEL CAPABLE OF CLIMB STAIRS
(EUROPEAN PATENT EP3743290, U.S.A. US169621833)
KEEPING THE POSSIBILITY OF CLIMBING THE STAIRS ELECTRICALLY
THIS TROLLEY IS INTENDED FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO USE TROLLEYS FOR WORK AND WHO NEED TO HAVE A DEVICE THAT CARRIES HEAVY OBJECTS AND HAS TO CLIMB STAIRS
IMAGINE YOU HAVE TO CLIMB A RAMP UP AND THEN ALSO STEPS FORWARD OR BACK
THIS CARRIAGE CAN DO ALL OF THEM, IT CAN WALK FORWARD OR BACK ELECTRICALLY OR MANUALLY
AND CAN CLIMB THE STAIRS ELECTRICALLY
