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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
Happiness
National school of applied sciences
Morocco
Team Happiness is led by an aeronautics engineering student who is a member of the chess club and clubs that support people with disabilities.
Team Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
United States
"Hearmuff Harmonics" is an affordable, warm, acoustically effective, over-the-ear wearable earmuff solution for individuals with hearing loss.
jeñis667
Nazarbayev University
Kazakhstan
We are third year Electrical and Computer Engineering students from Nazerbayev University
Aigolek
Satbayev University
Kazakhstan
An electric wheelchair which allows users to use the restroom independently.
Sküp
Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation
United Arab Emirates
A project to help design a personalized cutlery for their hero, Aysha (a CP challenged 16 years old student).
Big Red Makers
Cornell University
United States
This project is led by Angela Lau, our TOM Fellow at Cornell University.
BULAN
Nazarbayev University
Kazakhstan
A portable, universal electric wheelchair with a quick battery swapping system.
Tilda
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Israel
A smart towing arm allowing wheelchair users to pull full-size suitcases.
Swift Lift
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
United States
Wheelchair users who live in residential, multi-floor homes
need a safe and effective way to ascend and descend staircases independently.
As such, a device that obviates the need for seat transfers is needed.
Cal State Cougars
California State University San Marcos
United States
This project is led by Selena Aguilar, our TOM Fellow at California State University.
Team HAM
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
United States
An assistive chair designed for individuals with CP [or other physical challenges] to use during sexual intercourse.
The Uni-Tail
Tel Aviv University
Israel
A cheap, simple-to-manufacture product that enables individuals with one arm to independently tie their hair into a ponytail.
Roofing
Tel Aviv University
Israel
A project that aims to create an anti-rain awning for people with extensive disabilities who move around in a wheelchair.
Easy Feed
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
United States
A solution that will help reduce the cost and lack of availability of some of the products needed for tube feeding.
Maor & Matan
Ort Braude College of Engineering
Israel
A modular climbing wall which allows children with developmental disabilities improve their motor skills,