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Meet the Teams
Check out the teams and the life-changing projects they are working on.
Projects will be updated on this page as teams advance through the stages of development.
Competition phase:
Concept
Working Model
Prototype
Makers UP
Universidad Tecnológica del Uruguay
Uruguay
A low-cost, portable and compatible harness designed to fit on the back of a chair and reduce the load a caretaker/caregiver, or individual in a wheelchair themselves, must carry when transferring seats.
Adaptive Flute for One Hand
Vanderbilt University
United States
A flute-attachment system that enables individuals with one arm and/or fewer than 5 fingers on one hand to cover all instrument holes so they can play independently.
Innovation USFQ
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Ecuador
An affordable and intuitive mioelectrical transradial prosthesis designed to control a 3D printed hand. Offers a delicate and powerful grip.
9ariden
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P)
Morocco
An accessible application that solely uses visual icons and audio notes and is intended to serve as an intermediary between banks and users to assist illiterate individuals with financial literacy.
Luxonic. Portable signaling system.
Kazakhstan
The planned device will show the direction of sharp or loud sounds for not hearing enough person to react to a danger in city streets faster.
Power Team
Shenkar College of Engineering,
Design and Art
Israel
A simple, compact device that allows one to change a baby diaper with only one hand.
FlipPad
University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien
Austria
A low-cost, custom tailored, freely configurable input device that enables users to perform a wide variety of actions using just slight fingertip movements (in the range of a few millimeters).
Solu Makers
Bolivia
A completely mechanical exo-esqueleton that can transfer
arm movements to leg movements. It will be a way to make physical therapy by your own, like riding a bike but focused on a walking experience.
Re-Play
Ben Gurion University
Israel
A device that fits around the arm and connects to a guitar pick at the end. This solution will enable individuals with chronic pain or a lack of control in their hand, arm or shoulder to play a guitar independently without requiring a lot of motion which could cause discomfort.
AIC - "Hey, I see!"
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Israel
A speech-generating device (SGD) producing a matching voice output of objects (i.e. wires of different colors) through visual detection.
For helping the visually impaired and the blind work independently in electronic factories.
SocialProjectPavlodar
Innovation University of Eurasia
Kazakhstan
A simple, affordable system for attaching a leg prosthesis to the torso.
Scalewill
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Israel
A simple adjustable and easily adaptable at-home scale extension device that enables individuals in wheelchairs to weigh themselves.
GEEK - Very Important Prosthesis
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Israel
This “digital-office arm” is an affordable prosthesis that helps reduce load from an amputee’s dominant hand while performing standard office functions.
Grabbing Goals
The Leffell School
United States
A custom-fit 3D printed handle connected to a magnetic mechanism that secures any tool to the user’s hand, enabling them to control the tools and mimic the fine motor skills necessary for daily chores and hobbies.
Wamda 2nd Edition
Omdurman National University
Sudan
An assistant application for people with visual disabilities of all kinds (total blindness, partial blindness, color blindness, opacity, ophthalmia problems).