Good, better, breast: Building a sensing mastectomy prosthetic with open hardware
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A working prototype called SenseBreast embeds a Raspberry Pi 3B+ and a Sense HAT into a medical‑grade silicone mastectomy prosthetic, logging IMU, temperature, humidity and pressure to JSON every five minutes and visualized with D3; a later revision adds a BME680 gas sensor and LED board. Power testing yields seven to eight hours battery life; first molding fails, a plaster‑backed silicone mold succeeds and produces a wearable that matches weight and fit. Code is open on GitHub; data privacy and clinical uses like lymphedema monitoring remain open questions.
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