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The Power Trike

Designers: Michael J Brigandi and John S. Wiley

Designed for: a young boy from Methuen

 

The Powered Wheelchair: A Device that Provides Mobility enhancement for   People with Disabilities

Designers:  Brian Turcott and Nicholas A. Sabino

Designed for: A 40 year old woman with multiple sclerosis (MS)

 

The Snoozellan
Switch: 

audio/vibration
sensory device

Designer: Dana J. Greenlay

Designed for: the special  education department of
the Amesbury Elementary  
School in Amesbury,
Massachusetts
  
 

 

Add-On Touch screen

Designer: Senait L. Haileselassie

Designed for: Shore Educational Collaborative, Chelsea, MA

 

Automatic Page Turner

Designer: Elmer Lopez

Designed for: a five years old child with mobility problems in his arm

 

The Voice Activated Alarm Clock System

Designer:  Tan Pham

Designed for: Calvin A., Lowell High School, Lowell, MA

 

Motion Activated CD player:

Designer:  Amir T. Tabrizi

Designed for: Shore Educational Collaborative, Chelsea, MA

 

No Touch Switch: A devise that provides an easy used to record and play  messages with capacitive proximity sensors.  

Designer:  Victor M. Rodriguez

Designed for:  Henry Owens School at Shore Educational

 

Alarm System for an Autistic Child

Designer:  John P. Garvin

Designed for:  Nashua High School

 

Foot-Controllable Text Processor

Designer: Sean R. O’Melia

Designed for: a person with cerebral palsy

 

Joystick Controlled Tilting Mirror

Designer:  Alfredo I. Barriga

Designed for: the Kennedy Day School, Brighton, MA

 

Unidirectional Microphone System

Designer: Jerome Davis

Designed for: University of Massachusetts
at Lowell

 

Interactive Bubble Tube: A Snoezelen
Room Project

Designer:  Christopher A. Magnell

Designed for: the Shore Educational
Collaborative, Chelsea, MA

 

   

The Head Activated Wheelchair: A device that will help people control wheelchairs with their head.

Designer: Lewis R Perez

Designed for: a special need kid in Dracut, MA

 

Navigation Project for Independent living: a project that allows a blind man living alone the ability to perform a household chore unassisted

Designer: Daniel Volz

Designed for: Elderly Services Center

 

Stepping Pad Music and Light: A Devise for Snoezelen Room

Designer:  Chankorvith Khim

Designed forA special need student from Daley Middle School

 

A Pitching Machine

Designer: Will Krezewick

Designed for: a special need kid in Dracut, MA

 

The Transitional Timer: A Device that Aids Activity Transitioning for Children on the Autism Spectrum

Designer:  Noel A. Zenga

Designed for:  Janet Stafford, KidzPlay Therapy Center, Londonderry, NH

 

The Drop Foot Sock: A Device that Provides Feedback for a Student with a Nueromuscular Disorder

 

Designer:  Karl P. Metzemaekers

Designed for:  Nathan Plummer, Hudson, NH

 

The Perfect Workstation

Designer:  Jeremy Shean

Designed for:  The VA Hospital which is located in Bedford Massachusetts.

 

Wirelessly Controlled Heated Gloves and Socks: 

Designer:  John P. Garvin

Designed for: A patient of Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT), a form of Muscular     Dystrophy. 

 

Operate Electronic Devices 

Designer: Lawrence Poitier

Designed for: the Shore Educational Collaborative in Chelsea, Massachusetts. 

 

The Smart Pillbox

Designer Tejal R. Pat

Designed for: A woman who needs to manage medications for several conditions including ulcerative colitis, acid reflux and depression

 

Aroma Therapy Unit for Snoezelen Room

Designer:  Dawn C. Starbird

Designed for: Multiple Handicaps

 

Laser Pointer Communication Device and Associated Light Operated Switch

Designer:  Israel Poore

Designed For:  Children’s Hospital in Boston

 

Digital Voice Box: A Learning Device for Use by Children with Autism

Designer: John A. Roy

Designed For: children with autism to provide an effective method of communication

 

Voice Agents: A Device That Improves Children’s Speech disabilities and Motivate Them to Exercise Their Muscles

Designer:  Sarinya Duke

Designed for: The children at New England Pediatric Care Institution

 

Light and Sound Box: A multi-sensory Snoezelen Room Device

Designer:  Eric M. Bass

Designed For: Kennedy Day School (KDS) Program at Franciscan Children’s Hospital