Current Projects
Here we present some of the current projects I am involved in, followed some selected past ones. The common theme relates to one of my favorite courses during my university studies which was called Design and Innovation in Context. It describes quite well what I enjoy doing. Innovation is making something novel available and useful to people, and we do that through design and a deep exploration of the context. As an engineer I like to go rather deep to figure out the fundamentals of a particular area, but I even more like to explore different use-cases, collaborate with or lead other designers, researchers, developers and various stake-holders to make the innovations a reality.
Infrastructure for public home-charging of electric vehicles
In this project we are aiming to accelerate the transition to an electric car fleet by improving the condition for those who have to rely on public charging for the cars they drive, in particular people living in apartments without dedicated parking. We do this by exploring innovative ways to lowering the capital costs and lead times to establish new electric vehicle charging stations, following a research-through-design approach, in context, where we set up a complete charge point operator and build charging stations. Findings include that the largest costs today are related to digging in city property and accessing the power grid. We address those issues by building many outlets (and thus lowering the cost per outlet) and building most infrastructure – if not all – above ground.
The first report of the project (in Swedish, 2024-10-15) is available under Publications. The charge point operator company is named Kvartersel AB and can be found on www.kvartersel.se.
New technology for drying of vaccines to mitigate the distribution cold-chain
The largest costs to vaccinate people, especially children, in remote locations is related to maintaining the cold chain, that is, to keep the vaccines refrigerated in an uninterrupted chain from factory to injection. In this innovation project we work with the inventor of a new drying technology for sensitive biological substances and apply it to drying vaccines, such as the oral cholera vaccine used world-wide. By creating a dry powder that could be easily transported in high temperatures and diluted on-site or be used in a pill we can avoid the cold-chain altogether. The goal of the project is to show that the experimental drying process works, that the vaccines maintain its activity and that the production can potentially be scaled up in a cost effective way. As an innovation project we work in parallel with prototype development, validation studies and finding a market (or research) fit.
Read more about the company behind the invention Celeventus AB at www.celeventus.com.
Previous Projects
3D Haptic Devices
The Polhem the WoodenHaptics device are two 3D haptic devices we have led the development of 2012-2023. The WoodenHaptics was initially conceived during my research at Stanford University and is completely open source and as the name suggest built primarily out of laser-cut wood. The Polhem is a professional-grade 3D haptic device in machined aluminium and has additional magnetic encoder-based stylus orientation sensing.
Both devices are available from the spinn-off Haptikfabriken AB at www.haptikfabriken.com.
Open Source-based Oral Surgery Simulator
The Kobra Oral Surgery Simulator was developed mainly 2009-2016 with some updates 2019-2023 to include the new Polhem Haptic Device. It was initially based on my MSc thesis in 2008, and partly the topic of my PhD thesis, and eventually sold to several countries.
Kobra Simulator is available from www.haptikfabriken.com.
Software Engineering Lead and Research Consultancy
In addition I have consulted on several projects which are described more in my consultancy profile.