Bayarea Makeathon for Assistive Technology articles and videos


72 Hours to Shift the Lives of the Disabled

An array of promising technologies to help the disabled were on display at
the most-recent makeathon hosted by the nonprofit TOM and Makerbot.

Read the entire article and view a video (0:05) at:
http://www.qmed.com/mpmn/medtechpulse/72-hours-shift-lives-disabled

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5 Life-Changing Accessibility Inventions Made in 72 Hours

Over three days this weekend, participants in the Tikkun Olam Makers tackled
real problems faced by people with special needs in an effort to create tools
and devices that will help improve mobility, independence, comfort, and more.
The event teamed "need knowers" - those who would use the devices - with
Makers, rolling design, prototyping, and testing of inventions into one
72-hour event.

Read the entire article at:
http://makezine.com/2015/09/14/5-life-changing-accessibility-inventions-made-72-hours

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Bay Area Makeathon, 72 Hours to Build New Assistive Technology

Google was proud to host the Bay Area Makeathon on September 11-13, a weekend
to design a more accessible world. This 72-hour event brought those who
understand the needs of people with disabilities together with technologists,
designers and makers. They exchanged ideas, designed prototypes and wrote
code to answer the challenges of people with disabilities. Each innovation
was judged by a diverse panel that included Anupam Pathak (Google Life
Sciences), Dale Dougherty (MAKE Media) and Margaret Farman (United Cerebral
Palsy of the North Bay).

View the video (3:18) at:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=mk85ENE6Vkc

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72 hours of collaboration. 19 advancements in accessibility

View descriptions and videos of each project at:
https://www.google.org/impactchallenge/disabilities/makeathon.html