Submissions Archives - Makeable Challenge

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Young boy sitting beside a walker with a 3D printed orange tray and cup holder attached.

Innovaaxis developed a fully customized assistive system that enhanced Adam’s existing walker with seating, table extensions, fixation parts, and anti-slip components. Customised Walker 23rd October 2026 • Submissions

Young girl testing an interactive soundboard with assistance from a group of students.

Team Ella developed an adaptive musical soundboard to help Ella, a 5 year-old girl with Trisomy 15, stay focused during everyday activities. Musical Soundboard 23rd October 2026 • Submissions

Colourful assistive page-turning device positioned over an open children's book.

Team Liam developed a Micro:bit controlled page turner to help Liam, a young boy with Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome, interact with books more easily and independently. Page Turner 23rd October 2026 • Submissions

Colourful interactive wheel game with five sections featuring different shapes and symbols.

Team Chad created a customised interactive game system inspired by game shows such as Wheel of Fortune. Interactive Game System 23rd October 2026 • Submissions

Close-up of Choppie, a pink 3D printed assistive device with textured cylindrical components.

Team Choppie developed a peg-assisted chopping board to help Claire’s auntie, who has hemiplegia, prepare food more independently using one hand. Assisted Chopping Board 23rd October 2026 • Submissions

Purple and white 3D printed writing aid supporting a pencil on a person's hand.

Triple J developed a highly original gripping aid inspired by the iris mechanism found in camera shutters. Iris Gripping Aid 23rd October 2026 • Submissions

CAD model of a yellow and green electronic assistive device featuring a small display with a smiley face.

No Flux Given developed Smiley, a handheld offline translator designed to help Michael and other elderly users communicate more easily in non-native languages. Handheld Offline Translator 23rd October 2026 • Submissions

CAD rendering of an adjustable assistive device with a white platform mounted on a vertical support mechanism.

Shear Willpower developed a highly customized motorized laptop stand for Martha, who experiences chronic pain and limited range of motion due to osteoarthritis and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Motorised Laptop Stand 23rd October 2026 • Submissions

A girl with visual impairment holds the 3D-printed Touch Type braille keyboard, a compact tactile device designed to support accessible typing and communication.

Team 7 created Touch Type, a 3D-printed, 12-key braille keyboard designed to give a visually impaired user an affordable, customisable, and open-source alternative to commercial devices. Tactile Braille Keyboard 14th October 2025 • Submissions

A digital render of a colourful, 3D-printed bear-shaped device featuring built-in speakers and controls, designed to help children practise clear speech through interactive feedback.

Team TALKABOO designed a colourful, 3D-printed bear that uses AI and built-in audio components to transform unclear speech into clear pronunciation, making speech practice engaging and confidence-building for children with speech sound disorders. Interactive Speech Training Device 14th October 2025 • Submissions

A man with wrist arthritis plays an electric guitar using a 3D-printed strumming aid attached to his hand for support and comfort.

Team Tune Aid created a 3D-printed strumming aid that attaches to the hand with adjustable straps, enabling a guitarist with wrist arthritis to play comfortably without wrist or finger movement. Guitar Strumming Aid 14th October 2025 • Submissions

A person with visual impairment runs their fingers over a raised tactile map designed to help visitors navigate the La Nube STEAM Discovery Center.

Team Lucky Seven developed tactile maps and a cloud-shaped lanyard case to help visually impaired visitors safely navigate the La Nube STEAM Discovery Center in El Paso, Texas. Museum Tactile Map 14th October 2025 • Submissions

A young girl with hemiplegia smiles as she uses a rail-guided writing aid that supports her hand and helps her move a pen smoothly across the page.

Team Hope Builder created an adaptive writing aid with a stabilising pen holder and smooth linear rail system to help a 10-year-old with hemiplegia write more easily and confidently at school. Motion Rail Writing Aid 14th October 2025 • Submissions

A young man with cerebral palsy and blindness sits in the passenger seat of a go-kart, holding a tactile steering wheel designed to let him experience the feeling of driving.

Team Michael adapted a go-kart with safety netting and a tactile steering wheel to give a young man with cerebral palsy and blindness the thrill of outdoor driving in a safe, inclusive, and engaging way. Immersive Go-Kart Experience 14th October 2025 • Submissions

A person using a smart cane to navigate the outdoors.

Team VIVID created a smart cane for a blind user that combines obstacle detection with vibration feedback and built-in emergency alerts to enhance safety, confidence, and independence. Smart Cane 14th October 2025 • Submissions

A teacher playing the trombone using a 3D printed support stand.

GripTrom is a 3D-printed, hands-free trombone support device that enables musicians with arthritis to play comfortably by mounting the instrument securely to a cymbal stand for pain-free performance. Trombone Support Stand 14th October 2025 • Submissions

Flat lay image of a 3D printed bracelet maker station.

The Tie It Up Station enables a young entrepreneur with limited hand mobility to independently tie knots for her handmade bracelet business. Bracelet Maker Station 14th October 2025 • Submissions

A mother with partial arm loss using a 3D printed arm device to chop vegetables on a table.

Team Creovate designed a lightweight, multi-functional assistive device for Karima, a mother with partial arm loss, to support her in daily tasks like brushing her daughter Jouri’s hair and preparing meals. Modular Assistive Arm Device 14th October 2025 • Submissions

Rendered image of a 3D printable tactile art board with a house and tree design.

KIBO is a 3D-printed art board designed to make creative expression more accessible for visually impaired children. Tactile Art Board 14th October 2025 • Submissions

Person holding a pan with a 3D printed assistive gripping aid.

Maja, Gosia, Robert, Krzesimir and Piotr designed an adjustable gripper for Adam, which uses a mechanism ingeniously driven by wrist movement, offering him newfound independence. Wrist Flex Gripping Aid 11th October 2024 • Submissions

A student showing another student a 3D printed necklace device, which supports communication between deaf mothers and their children.

The "Necklace of Hope" is an innovation that supports communication between deaf mothers and their children. Necklace of Hope 11th October 2024 • Submissions

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