ISPARK Mobile Maker Cart
ISPARK team:
Lead Designer – William Nickley, Assistant Professor, Design, Ohio State
Lead Fabricator – Zachary Sanderson, Manager, Innovation Studio
Project Lead – Susan O'Hara, Assistant Clinical Professor, Nursing, Ohio State
Designer & Fabricator – Catalina Munoz-Arias, MFA Candidate, Design, Ohio State
Designer – Heloisa Rocha Rincon, MFA Candidate, Design, Ohio State
Michael Ackerman, Clinical Professor, Masters of Healthcare Innovation, Ohio State
ISPARK
Mobile Maker Cart
Process
Design two mobile innovation carts to improve the culture of innovation and, ultimately, the well-being of healthcare spaces. We argue that extending the “maker space” into mobile “ISPARK Carts” is an effective means of recruiting/soliciting nurse engagement in innovation activities associated with maker spaces.
Introducing the
ISPARK
Mobile Maker Cart
Connecting the Bedside with Innovation Infrastructure at The Ohio State University
ISPARK
Mobile Maker Cart
During the first half of 2024, the cart lived in Innovation Studio's Heminger Hall location. Wexner Medical Center has an official launch planned for Autumn 2024, after which two ISPARK carts will be on-unit with two different ICUs. The College of Nursing at Ohio State also published about it: Sparking Innovation
