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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
Independent Device for Feeding Tubes
Vanderbilt University
United States
A syringe pump and crank mechanism that can be easily manipulated, allowing one with a feeding tube as well as clubbed arms to independently feed themself with low force.
Nana's
Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts
Israel
A device to be worn over the palm that helps users cut food without moving their arm, armpits, or shoulders. This solution provides independence to individuals undergoing chemotherapy or radiation, recovering from surgery or experiencing other similar challenges.
New Step
Kazakhstan
The project will allow people with muscular dysfunction of the lower extremities and people diagnosed with cerebral palsy, moderate static diplegia, to move up stairs and uneven surfaces without assistance.
Big Easy Design
Tulane University
United States
A cheap, removable, and simple-to-produce 3D printed prosthetic limb for dogs. This solution will help promote hind leg mobility and readjust the dog's biomechanical gait to restore muscle function and prevent fatigue.
Hang Over
Hadassah Academic College
Israel
An accessory that neutralizes gravity which helps patients with partial mobility achieve better movement.
Theory of Perfections
National School of Applied Science
Morocco
Interpretive glasses that translates and displays sign language for deaf people
Indepen.Date
Ben Gurion University
Israel
A tool that reads and vocalizes the expiration date of dairy and other food products to blind and visually impaired people.
TOM Terps!
University of Maryland, College Park
United States
A 3-D printed ergonomic device that fits on the top of screwable lids so excessive force and a strong grip is not required for arthritis patients to open containers.
Reborn
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Kazakhstan
A device that picks up sound and uses vibration on the hand to help hearing-impaired individuals respond to a warning or when called by name.
Let it bass
Holon Institute of Technology
Israel
An electronic device that allows quadriplegic music enthusiasts to hit the bass part of a drum kit with minimum effort.
Uralsk Makers
Kazakhstan
Our device moves is aimed at helping blind people. Our device will move a hand of a person along the trajectory of his/her signature. After several repetitions the person will remember or keep his/her skill of putting a personal signature. In addition, this device can train to draw basic shapes.
Team Chicago
University of Illinois, Chicago
United States
A headband that transforms head movements into cursor movements to provide computer freedom for people unable to use their arms or hands due to paralysis, birth defects, or fine motor challenges.
Karin & Tomer
Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts
Israel
A remote control with just a few large buttons corresponding to basic functions to allow and empower individuals with cerebral palsy to operate a television with independence.
Fulfillers of Wishes
Shenkar College of Engineering,
Design and Art
Israel
Our mission is to enable independence and accessibility in daily activities for Nira. focusing in the act of dressing. Today she is using an assistant to get dressed, we want to help her
independence in the act of dressing.
The Memory Project
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
United States
A mechanical medicine dispenser that automatically dispenses medication for dementia patients daily. The device sends reminders to the patient until they have collected the medicine for that day.