Using different techniques utilized in occupational hand therapy, the patient applies pressure to a rubber ball which triggers varying visual and audio outputs to a computer monitor and speakers. The program provides visual feedback as well as numerical data that will track a patient\’s progress.

Gnelly is an object made up of a cobox, RFID, and various sensors and lights. Gnelly\’s focus is on providing emotional comfort and communication between two to four people. Gnelly is given to a person who requires extra attention, say a hospital patient or someone who is home-ridden or otherwise isolated from people. Gnelly can be communicated to by a text message, at which point it will light up and prompt the owner to respond. Gnelly will respond to the text message if it is shook, squeezed hard, thrown, or touched in a certain spot. Only people with permission who are close with the owner are able to communicate with Gnelly, and therefore communicate with the owner.

The project is an interactive mirror display, which will be used by children with various kinds of disabilities. The interactive display entices the young audience with its flavorful array of colors and textures. The main aim is to get children to extend and reach to build upper body flexibility and strength, while also encouraging them to touch various textures that they wouldn\’t normally care to due to aversion to tactile material. Additionally, there will be physical objects, like doorknobs and bells, that will assist in building various muscular strength in less acknowledged places (like the wrist and palm) by encouraging the children to pinch, turn and perform other underutilized functions.