Hello everyone,
Today, I found a wonderful story
while searching the web that I thought I would share with you. A team of Rice University engineering
students won their George R. Brown School of Engineering Design and Showcase
Competition last April for their design that assisted a young man gain his
freedom back. The students
came across a young man with a rare disease called osteogenesis imperfecta,
which makes a person’s bones extremely brittle. The young man uses a power wheelchair,
and he often times has trouble grabbing for items that are not in his
reach. This team of engineers
decided to make it their mission to help the young man gain independence. They called it the R-ARM, a robotic
arm which attaches to the back of his power chair. The arm is operated by a simple game
controller which allows the young man to grab just about anything with a touch
of a button. The students
are glad they could help the young man, and in the future they hope to make
improvements to the device over the years. Eventually, the group wants to start a
business plan and begin marketing the product. I am glad to see that there is technology
out there which provides a great deal of assistance. This story is very personal to me because I
have a disability. At times in my life,
I have struggled to gain my independence, but with the use of technology I am
now able to be fully independent. Thanks
to a group of engineering students, a young man’s life will never be the same
again. Well, that’s all for
now folks. Stay kind and
kindness will return!
Dallas Hathaway
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