Quadriplegic Controller Project: Engineering for Social Good
I was honored to teach an elective class called "Engineering for Social Good" last semester. The final project was the design of computer controllers for people with quadriplegia. Students created prototypes, documented the engineering cycle in a shared Padlet shelf, and published construction steps through Instructables so others could recreate the devices.
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