at mfr 2021 the SIXth edition of the make to care contest!
Make To Care: an award to Makers that help overcoming disability.
Promoted by: Sanofi (Gold Partner MFR2021)
The contest: the award stems from the desire to bring out and facilitate the implementation, along with the dissemination, of innovative and useful solutions to meet the real needs of people who have any form of disability, as any sharp decrease in the quality of life due to diseases and/or traumatic events.
Participation: to participate you must submit your project to the Call for Makers for the “wellness and healthcare” topic.
Info and rules: https://www.maketocare.it/
Winners 2021
The winners of the sixth edition of Make to Care, the Sanofi contest that encourages, rewards and supports innovative solutions that challenge disability were Camera Libera Tutti from the FabLab of Parma, in collaboration with Hackability, and SwimAble from E-nable Italia (the Italian association for children and families with agenesis, amputation and limb malformations) and Energy Family Project.
- Camera Libera Tutti is a project that stems from the need to overcome the lack of sufficiently inclusive tourist facilities. For this reason, a design team worked on the development of furniture solutions, devices and systems to make the accommodation facilities more accessible for people with disabilities yet at the same time have an attractive design that also improves the facilities aesthetically. The result was the design of a Welcome Kit made up of ten indispensable items which, although apparently simple, significantly increase the quality of the stay, breaking down the differences between accommodation reserved for disabled people and that for tourists without a disability.
- SwimAble is an upper limb aid for children who are starting out in water sports and have an upper limb amputation below the elbow (transradial amputation). Its main objective is to encourage motor activities in water aimed at preserving residual muscle functions. The designed aid meets the physical and engineering characteristics necessary for buoyancy, but is fully integrated into the user’s outfit. In fact, it looks like a one-shoulder piece that fits perfectly into the costume, also thanks to the choice of colours and material. SwimAble is in fact made of Lycra, a fibre usually used in the manufacture of common swimming costumes. Easily worn by the child itself, this aid becomes part of normal swimming pool clothing.
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