In 2013, Natasha was injured in a hit-and-run accident and lost part of her left leg below the knee. She wasn’t happy with her prosthesis visual.

“I wanted my symmetry back, I wanted something that flowed the design of my body and my natural design,” said Simpson. Rather than seeing her amputation has a disability, she chose to see it as a “negative space” that was now a part of her body, and that through her artistic vision, she could actively re-design. “It was very therapeutic for me.”

Made up from several 3D printed parts, the iEat costs much less to produce than other feeding devices, and helps restore a much-needed sense of independence.

This device was built and presented at Makeathon, an event where makers from Thingiverse worked directly with people with disabilities, who often can’t afford assistive devices, or can’t find ones design to suit their individual needs.

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This invention was made to help Paul Herzlich, who has a neuromuscular condition, and due to his disability, he sits in her wheelchair 14–16 hours every day. Sitting in the same position for too long can lead to a list of dangerous health issues, which are magnified by people who have no sensation in their lower body.

“We know that sometimes, helping people do the simplest tasks can have a tremendous impact, that's why our team created the Carry Crutches" said Tomas Garces, a design engineer at General Electric Firstbuild and member of Team Carry Crutches. "To have a person on the team who has a need for the device was integral to our design process and we look forward to seeing how people on Thingiverse improve upon it.”

Lathrop said that she is excited by the possibilities of the Grabber: “This device helps me do things myself, which is a basic human desire. There are so many things I’ll be able to do now, like setting a table for guests.” The Grabber team went through multiple iterations prototyped on a MakerBot Replicator Desktop 3D Printer and the final 3D design files for the Grabber are available on Thingiverse.

The stick won the first place at MakerBot Award for Rapid Prototyping at the Bay Area Makeathon.

In 1993, he was riding his motorbike when he had an accident. When he was at the hospital, he had a CT scan that uncovered a brain tumor. The neurosurgeon said he needed an operation immediately as it might be malignant. Because of the tumor's position in the part of the brain that controls movement and conscious thought, Yaron knew he would probably survive the surgery but would suffer some cognitive dysfunction, develop epilepsy and could see half of his body become paralyzed.

Montreal’s visually impaired hockey team “Les Hiboux de Montreal” (translated as the Owls of Montreal), have been finding ways to accommodate the sport to their needs, playing with a can filled with marbles for instance, but they still hope to one day play hockey with a proper hockey puck.

Ouellet says, “We discussed with the vice-rector at the university about our project and how we wanted to develop a real electronic puck that would make sound whether it’s in the air or immobile.”

“Rowheels Inc. was founded in 2011 with the goal of developing the reverse propulsion wheel concept into a commercially viable product that could help users suffering from repetitive stress injuries of the shoulder. Current and in-development products are being designed to improve the quality of life of wheelchair users by keeping them healthy, active and independent.

The folding wheel was originally conceptualised as a folding bicycle wheel by Duncan when he was a graduate student at the Royal College of Art in London. But then he started getting emails from the wheelchair community telling him that this concept would be invaluable to wheelchair users, so he redesigned it as a wheelchair wheel.

The Morph Wheel allows users to fold their wheelchair up into a much smaller, neater package, so it can fit into the overhead locker of an airplane, for example, or the trunk of a car.

The system, called iOM, captures the head’s movements while the user moves the arrow to access the web pages. The eye blinking functions as the click.

“Basically there’s an infra red transmitter that serves to detect the eye blinking. And inside a little box, there’s a sensor for the head movements. That information is transmitted through a wire to the controller that interpreters that signal”, said the student Cleber Luiz Quadros.

The wires in the bands would connect to sensors on the chest which, when fired by the brain, contract the muscles and contract the band associated with that muscle.

The Robotic Arm is intended for use by sufferers of muscular and neural problems including muscular dystrophy, Parkinson’s disease, ALS and more.

The app, available for iOs and Android, allows users to check upcoming appointments, to help remember their primary caregivers and to guide their administration of multitudinous pills. It also allows patients to track other records like when they experience epileptic seizure and to communicate to the physicians without visiting the hospital.

The prostheses that some breast cancer survivors wear are detected by airport Transportation Security Administration body scanners when previously-used metal detectors did not.
The cards are similar to those ID cards used for pacemakers and other prosthesis, but are meant specifically for breast cancer prosthesis and to provide a discreet explanation to the security officials.

Brenda Jones started Hug Wraps when she began radiation treatment for breast cancer in January 2009. And the stiff, over-sized gowns being offered to patients was what motivated her.

"I opened that door and literally when I saw those stacks of those hospital gowns, that's when I lost it," she says. "I just stood there crying. In my head I'm screaming, 'I'm not wearing those things!'

At the same time, an idea popped into her head of what she would like to wear.

When she returned for treatment in her robe, other patients began asking her if she could make them one.

Shalini’s grandfather, who loved spending time on his terrace garden, became dependent on a walking aid when he had an accident, in 2011. Unable to walk without a support, he was restricted to the ground floor and could not go for a daily walk in his beautiful garden.

“The walker he used could not be used on stairs and he had to stay on the ground floor only. I felt really bad when I saw this and I wondered if I could adjust the walker in a way that it could be used on the stairs as well,” the teen explained.

Ellen developed these caps because her niece said the caps she was wearing were so uncomfortable it made her head sore.

"At that time, they had nothing that was attractive. It hurt. There was nothing good about what they had out there for the gals," Persik said.

The prognosis was good, but after waking up from surgery Haley felt horrible.

"When I woke up and opened my eyes, the first thing I did was look down and reach for my chest. I saw and felt this awful suit of armor they had strapped and zippered me into! Couldn’t you find something pretty to put me into?” So my sweet, dedicated surgeon smiled and acknowledged my words of wisdom and said, “Okay Kim, so your next challenge is to make something prettier for women post-op”, Kim explained.

Conn’s form of cancer was so rare that the data available for the behaviour (and reaction to standard treatments) of the cancer was very hard to find.

That’s why he decided to create a digital platform and app, so that people can have more information on cancer.

After undergoing chemotherapy and a double cord blood transplant, his fragile immune system required him to be isolated in a sterile environment for 100 days. To cope with the isolation, Gonzalez began mastering video games, such as “iMovie” and “Maya,” and ultimately created his own called, “Play Against Cancer.” He also developed a social network for gaming called “The Survivor Games”, geared towards 6th through 12th graders.

"Last fall I found out that the daughter of one of my friends from nursing school was diagnosed with cancer," she told the news station. "Having been a cancer nurse I knew what she was about to go through."

Seeing how much her own children enjoyed the wig, she thought sending one to her friend’s child might help cheer her up.

Holly uses yarn because its texture is more comfortable on the head of a child who lost their hair due to chemotherapy than a traditional wig.