A group of Case School of Engineering students recently completed a project that’s helping a local man chase his passion for photography—and their efforts were recognized by NBC Nightly News because of it.
Myles Smith, Amanda Duban, Maxwell Rollins and Grant Boone were among the students who used the resources in the Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box]—a 50,000-square-foot makerspace at Case Western Reserve University—to craft a device to help photographer Aurelian Barber overcome arthrogryposis. The condition limits the muscles and joints in Barber’s limbs, making it difficult for him to stabilize and position his camera.
After noticing him using think[box] equipment to 3D print items to customize his wheelchair, think[box] staff learned Barber’s end goal was to create an attachment that would help him expand his reach.
Luckily, help was in the…
