Featured Projects

Whether it’s creating a design for lightweight recreational kayaks, devices to help golfers control the speed of their putts, or scale models of wind turbines to evaluate new concepts, any number of exciting projects take place in Sears think[box] on any given day. Get to know a few of the latest featured projects to take root in our facility.

  • Computed Tomography Anthropomorphic Phantom

    Researchers in the Biomedical Imaging Laboratory at CWRU created this phantom to test Computed Tomography (CT) machines. The phantom simulates the human body…
  • Rowing Prosthetic

    Students at the Cleveland Metropolitan School District's School of One at The Foundry took it upon themselves to build a hand prosthetic for one of their classmates…
  • Invisible Dental Aligners

    Students at the CWRU School of Dental Medicine utilize 3D scanning and printing technology in order produce these models which are used to create invisible…
  • Battle Toss

    Battle Toss by Dr Smiles joins classics like darts, cornhole, and bocce ball for a competitive game that can be fun for the whole family, indoors or…
  • Vaccine Carrier

    The Global Health Design Collaborative (GHDC) is a student organization that works with Makarere University in Uganda to improve health outcomes in Rural Uganda. In…
  • Design/Build/Fly Competition Entry

    Case's entry to the Design/Build/Fly student competition used wood sections that were laser cut at think[box]. Contact: Brian Guzek, bjg36@case.edu
  • Pro2Fit Inspiratory Muscle Trainer

    Inspiratory Muscle Training, or IMT for short, has been around for decades in the medical and sports environments. Pro2Fit is bringing IMT to the masses with a…
  • Electromechanical Clothing Prototype

    In this novel high-tech fashion experiment, featherweight servo motors and PCBs form the beginnings of re-configurable garments. Individual triangle-shaped units…