One of the potential obstacles of a spinal injury is a reduced ability to regulate one’s body temperature. Last semester, in combined effort with the MSU Center for Persons with Disabilities, a jacket was designed to control the temperature of an individual by heating or cooling water in a network of tubes throughout the jacket. Utilizing this research, the next step is making a design that is more convenient for the consumer. There are a few key ways this can be achieved, including changing the design of the jacket with attention to comfort, as well as adding to the settings of the device. An automatic setting can be added to control the temperature by monitoring ambient and body temperatures, and in increase in the manual options will provide a wider range of comfort. With these added features a more versatile user interface will be required to accommodate the series of options.

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