PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Fifteen student teams are preparing to demonstrate products on Saturday that they've developed in a joint Rhode Island School of Design and Massachusetts Institute of Technology class.
They've created an avalanche-detection system, a helmet-cooling system, an improved dust mask and windshield wipers.
RISD student Phillipe Lee says bringing together engineers, designers and business majors from the two most influential design schools was the perfect fit.
"By incorporating all those three different majors into one classroom, I think it was an amazing experience," said Lee, who hopes to focus on designing medical equipment when he graduates.
The final presentations by the Product Design and Development class will be held Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at RISD's Metcalf Auditorium in the Chace Center, 20 N. Main St., Providence.