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Making Noise at AOTA

Harry and I ready to talk with occupational therapists and students, share where the maker movement can serve their profession, and get them signed up to review MMC projects.

AOTA ( The American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.) holds an annual conference and this year it was in New Orleans Louisiana. I was honored to be able to represent the Neil Squire Society Makers Making Change program alongside the venerable Harry Lew. We were on the corner of “Maker Alley” next to Bill & Lori Binko with AT Makers where I got to see a speech generating device that Bill has been developing which makes a great point and can make a positive impact for a user.

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Lipsync Build at Google

These are the parts that come with a Lipsync Kit. It took 2 hours to complete the build, calibrate, and test the unit. I made this one in Washington to prepare for the build event in California.

One of the first builds of the 2019 tour, was a lipsync build at the Google complex in Mountain View California. I joined Chad from Neil Squire Society and helped 20 googlers build lipsync devices. It was a great experience and the completed units were passed on to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center’s Spinal Cord Injury Unit. If you want to get a Lipsync Kit of your own, or want to find more open source assistive technology solutions, check out the Projects tab at Makers Making Change.