Innovative and customized solutions for the disabled

Today we introduce you to Sarah and her DistriGouttes project!

🤔 The need? A dispenser for eye drops when you have difficulty lifting your arms and little strength to press the bottle.

🛠️ The prototype: Two PVC tubes, a bicycle brake and a 3D-printed bottle holder!

✅ Test: Sarah has validated the 1st prototype for use with saline.

👐 Next steps: Model and 3D print other supports for other types of bottle. Sarah would also like to be able to slide the foot of the DistriGouttes to best adjust its position on her bust.

To be continued...

In Rennes, My Human Kit organized the Fabrikarium 2024 for 3 days. Guided by a disabled person who is an expert in his or her needs, and mixing creativity, digital fabrication and collective intelligence, 3 teams imagined and built several different solutions.

On the program: citizenship, reuse and learning for all, but also sharing and encounters!

 🧒 KIT EDUC: the team worked on 3 different sub-projects:

 ⛺ A sensory tent so that middle-schoolers in a school inclusion section who may have difficulty concentrating can refocus before returning to class for their lessons. The students chose sounds coming out of a loudspeaker and shades of light for the led garland installed on the tent's ceiling. The whole system is triggered by buttons whose evocative visuals were also chosen by the students (flame, fish, book...). Now it's time to assemble the tent. The tent will soon be installed on the college's premises.

🖌️ ✏️ A brush guide for Aboudou and a pencil guide for Dorian, who have limited fine motor skills, were modeled and then 3D printed to best suit their prehension abilities. They left with their prototypes.

 💬 A tablet holder for Antoine, who only communicates with it thanks to his one functional hand, was imagined. He'll be able to hold it against him when he's standing, use it when he passes someone he wants to talk to, and slide it behind his back when he's no longer using it. The prototype still needs to be finalized before it can be tested by Antoine.

 🫙 DISTRI VRAC: 2 different prototypes were made to meet Solène's need for a dry food dispenser, usable with just one hand, and made from recycled materials. They were then sent back to Solène's home to be tested in real-life conditions.