Make:able

4 students around electronic switch board
Make:able client with 3d-printed water canon

What is make:able?

Make:able is an international assistive technology design challenge. Students (5th - 12th grades and university students) work in teams of 3-5 to get to know a person in our community who has a disability.

Through interviews and observation they identify how assistive technology could be useful to this individual. They then use the 3D design skills they already have, as well as some new ones they will learn along the way, to design a device to help improve this individual’s daily life. They then continue to test and improve upon their design until they have a final version, which they then give to that individual. The Make:able challenge season begins in October and concludes in May.

5 students with client and the headswitch device they created

Check Out Previous Make:able Projects

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  • Team Hayden

    Team Hayden

    See how 4 high school students used 3D printing, coding and electronics to make it possible for Hayden to control her own music.

  • Team Amory

    Team Amory

    See how 4 students use 3D printing to help Amory play.

  • Team Addy

    Team Addy

    Three elementary school girls use 3D printing to help Addy "blow" bubbles.

  • Team Dakota

    Team Dakota

    See how 4 middle school boys made it easier for Dakota to fish.