Make:able Design Challenge Winners Announced
The 2022 Make:able Design Challenge has come to a close, and the winners have created some incredible assistive devices using 3D printing.
MatterHackers has been a proud sponsor of the Make:able Design Challenge for past 2 years. This year, MatterHackers sponsored the Best Inspirational Story for the under 14 and 14-18 age categories. While all teams that submitted assistive devices that were truly inspiring and functional, only one team from each age group claimed the Pulse 3D printer prize.
A special thanks to PrintLab for coordinating this amazing design challenge - please be sure to sign up for the MatterHackers newsletter to learn about when the next Make:able Design Challenge will kick off!
Best Inspirational Story (Under 14)
The winners of 'Best Inspirational Story' for the under 14 age group is Luti's Learning Board from Westwood Elementary (USA), who will receive a Matterhackers Pulse 3D Printer. The team developed a series of sensory shape identifiers for Luti, who is blind and non-verbal. The shape identifiers attach to the lanyards of people Luti interacts with on a daily basis, allowing her to identify who she is interacting with by touching their tactile lanyards.
Watch the video about Luti's Learning Board here.
Best Inspirational Story (Ages 14-18)
The winners of 'Best Inspirational Story' for the 14-18 age group is Team Ribbitters from the Union University Outreach Program (USA), who will receive a Matterhackers Pulse 3D Printer. The team designed a device to help a 13 year old girl with cerebral palsy to control her music. The device is made up of large assistive buttons, a speaker and an Alexa device. It allows the user to push the large buttons to play, pause, skip songs and more.
Watch the video about Team Ribbitters submission here.
You can view all the categories of the Make:able Design Challenge here.
Congratulations to all the winners and participants!