Makers Making Change
Website:www.makersmakingchange.com
Twitter:@MakerMakeChange
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Job role:Designer and manufacturer
Skills:We connect people with disabilities to makers who can build affordable Assistive Technology.
A program of Neil Squire, an organisation established when 21-year-old Neil Squire was left a brain-stem tetraplegic after a car crash. Seeing he was unable to speak or move his arms and legs, Neil’s family and a group of professionals in Vancouver created a ground-breaking device allowing him to communicate by using his breath to type Morse code.
Recent blog entries
The project is all over and we're happy with the final results. It was a fun journey, and I'm really happy to have had the chance to work with Summer and Jaxon on such a cool project.
Keep on Inventing!
After some more prototyping, testing and tweaking I'm happy to say that the Picker-Upper has come to life!
While I could keep working on a few of the finer points I'm happy with the results. It's also time to get them in the mail so they can arrive in time for the big event on May 30!
I hope Summer and Jaxon like the Picker-Upper!
(no pictures this time as I don't want to spoil the big reveal!)
After testing and making notes of what to improve, I've now completed the 3D model for Prototype #2. I think it's getting really close now, and if it works as well as I think it will I'll be able to move onto the final design stage...making it look Amazing! Summer gave me some great pointers and ideas for what it could look like. This is going to be fun, and I hope Summer and Jaxon like what I come up with.
Time to get version 2 on the printer so I can test it out this weekend.
