What would the effect of a Lego with rubber edges do to the amount of foot injuries?
Purpose: The experiment is to find a way to make Legos safer for children and parents to step on when the Legos are not put away and to prevent injury such as cuts, scrapes, and fractures. “The foot fracture was early diagnosed in 26 (55.3%) patients, but delayed in 21 (44.7%). There were no significant differences in the mean stay in the hospital or in the ICU. The fractures that were most often missed were those of the cuboid or the metarsalia. The highest risk factor for a delayed diagnosis was a fracture already diagnosed on the same foot. In 52.4% of the delayed diagnosed fractures, an operative therapy was necessary. There were no significant differences between the two groups in the clinical results.” (Ahrnerh et al.)The idea is to find a way to dull or eliminate the pain that a Lego would cause preventing injury to a person’s foot. “From an
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Next use the tea spoon to move the melted rubber and fill the two custom plastic molds with a total of 800 rubber ends. After, 50 Legos will be put in one of the molds while cooling to have the rubber cool on the Lego while another batch of ends are cooling with a total of 50 Lego with all eight edges covered in rubber. While the second batch of rubber ends begin to harden and take shape, with the sander grind all eight edges an eighth of an inch at a 45 degree angle with a total of 50 Legos with the ends sanded off. Once the second batch of ends had hardened, take the gorilla glue and glue where the edges have been sanded off and place the second batch of cooled ends where the ends have been sanded off. When all ends have been glued on there should be a total of 50 Legos with 400 rubber tips attached to all the ends. Wait for all ends to be secured on both Legos and glue to have