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e-NABLE Newsletter
Winter 2020
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e-NABLE is a global network of volunteers
exploring assistive technology, open source collaboration, and adaptability.
Every quarter, we share the news from our expanding community across the world.
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 HEROES
Featured community members, beneficiaries, partners, and chapters |
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Throughout 2019, Nate Munro has been one of e-NABLE’s busiest volunteers. He coordinates an international team of 35 people across chapters and continents to form the ‘No-Insurance Optimized Prosthetic’ (NIOP) team. They have developed a system of modular devices that support a wide range of limb differences from wrist to shoulder.
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This summer, the e-NABLE community unanimously approved a proposal for the team to develop 12 new devices using our EnableFund voting system. Nate presented the impressive results at the December 5th Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) meeting. The modular NIOP system is already undergoing clinical testing with e-NABLE Brasil and awaiting approval for Brazil's national health care system. Bob Rieger of the SPC has proposed a further NIOP collaboration: a video series to help global volunteers adopt the system. Funding was recently approved and the project should be ready by Summer 2020 with video captions available in a number of different languages.
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Nate is as passionate about community development as he is about devices. As an experienced 3D designer with a limb difference, his drive and leadership is at the center of a whirlwind collaborations. In a 5-part interview, Nate shared his experiences with the healthcare industry, e-NABLE community inspiration, social empowerment using prosthetics, and the important role of music in his creative process. Stay tuned to the NIOP Hub Space for video resources coming soon! |
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 STORIES
A collection of recent stories covering new growth and progress around the world |
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Chapter Spotlight
Brasil
with Everton Lins
e-NABLE Brasil is centered in Recife, Brasil but connects a network of over 70 volunteers and almost 60 3D printers across the country.
With clinical testing underway for the new batch of NIOP devices,
the chapter has developed a protocol for Brasil's public healthcare system that uses a secure smartphone app to connect medical professionals with recipients.
This article is part of our ongoing Chapter Spotlight Project; an effort to survey chapters across the world regarding 8 common themes. We have released the Spotlight template on the Hub for chapters to complete. You can help us continue the project by nominating a chapter to participate! Explore more than 150 registered chapters on our Chapter’s Map. Which one would you like to learn about next?
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e-NABLE The Future of STEM School Contest
With Jen Owen
Are you a teacher or student interested in bringing 3D printing and humanitarian projects into your classroom? Do you know a school district that would benefit from new equipment and an e-NABLE collaboration?
Jen Owen of 3D Universe and EnablingtheFuture (ETF) has unveiled a contest for schools to win a new Ultimaker 2+ and other prizes by sharing videos explaining how they would use 3D printing to make the world a better place.
Think local. Think Global.
THINK BIG! Create a 1-3 minute video, share it on social media, add the contest hashtags, and fill out the contest entry form by February 29th, 2020 at 11:59 PM Pacific time. The contest will be judged by Jen Owen and Jeremy Simon at 3D Universe as well as Mat Griffin from Ultimaker. Winners will be announced on March 9th, 2020.
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e-NABLE Internship in East Africa
with Kyle Reeser
This summer, Kyle Reeser set out for Africa on an e-NABLE funded 6-week internship to partner with organizations in Rwanda and Tanzania who work with 3D printed prosthetics independent of e-NABLE's online community. Using a variety of donated and recycled materials, Kyle contributed to the services provided by the local organizations while collecting notes for the design of a mobile e-NABLE Lab.
Kyle is now back in the Rochester Enable Lab and has written an extraordinary 9-part series of articles and media albums. Each article documents the physical, social, and economic challenges of disabled communities in East Africa. It's a wonderful resource for anyone interested in supporting local efforts. To learn more, visit Kyle’s e-NABLE Hub project wiki for his detailed series and stay tuned for an upcoming ETF article.
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 COMMUNITY
e-NABLE is a rich ecology; here are some guide posts. Happy exploring! |
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 HANDS ON DECK
Volunteer quarterly call to action for community campaigns |
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 CONTRIBUTE
Contribute and make a difference! |
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As a volunteer organization, our community projects are funded through contributions.
We would like to awknowlege our 2019 contributors, which we have also mapped on Kumu:
Individual Contributors
- Shawn Travis
- Eric Montalvo
- Kathryn McFarland
- Anonymous
- Pelin Elke
Corporate Contributions
- Dell Computer
- Comcast
- IBM / Red Hat (pending)
- Howard and Abby Milstein Foundation
- Rochester Enable Limited
Join in!
Check out our Ability Beyond Giving Campaign to celebrate the acomplishments of several of our chapters around the world.
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 ABOUT
Meet the Newsletter and Editor |
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Greetings humans of the e-NABLE universe!
I'm Ben Rubin, your new newsletter editor. Aside from curating online content every quarter, I report from the frontlines of e-NABLE’s international chapters and work behind the scenes on the Media Coordination Project. My goal is to help share some of the incredible work from our volunteers and organize our expanding constellation of digital media.
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