Project Lead, Afiyah Prosthetics
Led a 4-person team to prototype a myoelectric below-elbow prosthetic arm at £72 per unit, around 95% cheaper than commercial alternatives, in a 24-hour hackathon.
At Haqqathon 2026 at Imperial College London, a four-person multidisciplinary team I led built a myoelectric below-elbow prosthetic arm, aimed at amputees in conflict-affected and low-income communities.
We organised the whole project around one constraint: unit cost. We got to £72 per unit, roughly 95% cheaper than commercial alternatives. That number mattered to me, because a prosthetic the person who needs it can't afford hasn't solved anything.
I designed the full hand assembly in Fusion 360: a modular five-finger mechanism in ABS, parametrically fitted to stump geometry, with bolt-level replaceability throughout. When one finger fails, the user can replace just the finger.
We pitched to a judging panel at the end of the 24 hours and reached near-finalist stage. The feedback was about scaling logistics and print-time transparency. It was fair, and it named the real gap between a working prototype and something you can actually distribute at volume.