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Trying to improve on a design I came across that didn't print well without soluble supports. This still needs supports but cleanup is pretty simple.

Provided STLs have a 26mm finger ring ID and 12mm pen ring ID.

SCAD file is easily modified for the diameters of the sleeves and angle of the pen sleeve, note that you need 2016+ version of OpenSCAD to support some functions or your sleeves won't have a split in them.

Also available at https://github.com/randyrue/3DP-designs/tree/master/AT, if you make any improvements feel free to fork/request a pull, I'd love to see them as I'm sharing this with a non-profit that provides these items to folks that need them

Free version of this pattern is available on our website. The PDF pattern has a breakdown of each row / round and extra photos.

Juggling work, kids, and everything in between? This Fidget Bead Lanyard crochet pattern is here to save the day! The design combines a handy lanyard with a fidget toy, perfect for teachers, medical staff, parents, or anyone who needs a little stress relief. Using colourful pony beads that roll between your fingers, this lanyard keeps your ID or keys close at hand while offering a fun and discreet way to fidget and refocus.

This crochet pattern is written for beginners and neurodiverse crafters. The abbreviated instructions are followed by a breakdown in italics making it easier to understand what you need to do in each row. If you’ve had trouble reading patterns in the past, we hope that you’ll give our patterns a try!

Materials Worsted weight yarn (KnitPicks Dishie Cotton)

• Silver 3.5mm crochet hook Lanyard Clip Pony Beads – 9mm (40 beads) Scissors Tapestry needle

Goal of the toolkit:

As shown in the pictures, this Toolkit can be attached to a Prosthetic Work-Arm to allow persons with an arm amputation to attach 'low-tech' tools to their prosthesis. Its goal is to give these persons the ability to test and prototype prosthetic arm extensions and search for the right dimensions and positioning. All of the toolkit's components were designed to be 3D printed, laser cut or are off-the-shelf available. In this way, a tailored and custom-made Assistive Tool can be achieved.

The Toolkit is extremely useful in a rehabilitation environment, as it allows the occupational therapists, patients and other thirds to co-create custom-made DIY-Assistive Technology, perfectly fitting the needs of one patient. Once the person knows what position, dimensioning and adjustability is comfortable, the tool kan be reproduced easily in steel or other more durable materials. So, the Toolkit mainly functions as a prototyping and testing step before an Assistive Tool is immediately made out of steel.

The kit was designed for Digital Production, existing of 3D printed and laser cut components. As an example, some pictures were added of a the prototyping phase for a wrench-aid. Feel free to design & share new components for other applications, it can help a lot of people worldwide!

More information can be found on the instructables page:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Prototyping-Toolkit-for-Low-Tech-Extensions-of-a-P/

I was quite surprised to find out how expensive assistive technology is. A mechanical braille embosser cost over a 1000$USD and an electronic goes from 3000$ up to 5000$. I tough about making one for a friend but I couldn't find a DIY version, so I decided to make one myself. This isn’t, by any means, a finish product. By making the machine an open source project, I am hoping others will improve the design. In a near future, with the help of others makers, OpenBraille will reduce the cost of these printers and it will allow anyone with a visual imparity to read and write. So, if you know someone, if you are a maker, if you are curious or if you want to help out, please feel free to follow this tutorial and help me built a community around OpenBraille. The encoder is pretty much the heart of the embosser. Most of the commercial machines emboss the dots by impacting the sheet. Because it’s harder to build a precise machine out of 3D printed parts, I designed a different system. Instead of impacting and applying all the energy in a single hit, OpenBraille uses a physical encoder and a roller. This way, the embossing is gradually done and the parts can be easily printed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocXuGkUpLOI&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmcVlPqy9-o

Follow the instructions at : https://www.instructables.com/id/OpenBraille-a-DIY-Braille-Embosser

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/OpenBraille-Braille-printer-in-OpenSource-109726986377498/

What

This is a low cost, printable AT button. It interfaces with any standard 3.5mm mono jack system, commonly found in support situations for people living with physical disabilities.

AT buttons are a way for someone with a limited range of motion to control his or her environment at the same level as anyone else. These buttons can be used to adapt toys and home appliances such that they can be actuated with ease. Most AT buttons available are quite expensive, and are engineered to be used in serious -- 100% reliability -- situations. As a result there are a lot of DIY projects to make buttons meant for more relaxed use cases. We wanted to make a button that can be used for toy adapting and similar functions, while also providing a clean and durable design.

Why

This button was created as part of a team-based senior design course. We worked with a local organization, UCP and TASC of Huntsville, to design and construct an AT keyboard and AT button.

How

Making one button takes me about 8 hours of printing and 1 hour of assembly.

Materials

• Cherry MX Switch
• 3.5mm Mono Port
• 6" or so of wire
• Optional: Compression spring for adjusting the button's actuation force.
• Optional: 3.5mm Mono cable to connect the button to things
• Optional: drawer/shelf/toolbox liner or dual-lock or velcro as a grip base

Assembly

• Print the button base, button hatch, and and key cap.
• Solder the MX switch to the mono port with two pieces of wire, about 3 inches each.
• Install the MX switch in the middle of the button base, and then run the mono jack to the port on the flat side. Screw the mono port's threads into the hole in the side of the button.
• Jam the key cap onto the cherry MX switch. This can optionally be done with a light spring over the switch stem to adjust the force of the button.
• Optionally glue or bolt (M3 bolts) the shelf liner to the bottom of the button to make a no-slip base!

Can also optionally have superglue to hold things together.

Doing Things With AT Button

Here I'm just running through some small use cases that I've personally found for this button.

Control a computer via an Arduino

You can use a small firmware on an arduino along with a shell script to automate tasks on your computer. In the example code the shell script uses xdotool to generate a Right arrow key press, which allows me to use the button to advance slides in a power point.

Control a computer via microphone input

You can also wire the button directly to a computer's microphone and detect button presses. This is still something we're looking into, and hope to return with more robust code.