The MAKE’N'ABLE Program Starts March or May 2024 (Two Different Team Schedules To Choose From). It's Free for CT Youth 14-18!

BY YOUTH - FOR YOUTH

The e-NABLE Community is an amazing group of individuals from all over the world who are using their 3D printers to create free 3D printed hands and arms for those in need of an upper limb assistive device. They are people who have come together and collaborate on ways to help improve

The open-source 3D printable designs for hands and arms for those who were born missing fingers or who have lost them due to war, disease or natural disaster.

The e-NABLE Community is made up of teachers, students, engineers, scientists, medical professionals, tinkerers, designers, parents, children, scout troops, artists, philanthropists, dreamers, coders, makers and every day people who just want to make a difference and help to “Give The World A Helping Hand.”

Click here to learn more about the e-NABLE Community

MAKE’N'ABLE is your chance to Get involved, learn new STEM skills and have fun!

WHY?

MakerspaceCT is a certified hub in the Hartford area to print, build, and deliver prosthetic hands to people in need.

This will improve the lives of amputees while concurrently teaching STEM skills to local students. Imagine the training these students will receive while building empathy by giving a prosthetic to a peer in need.

THE STUDENTS

HIGH SCHOOL ages 14 - 18 and from all demographics in the Hartford region.

THE CURRICULUM

Students will learn the process of additive manufacturing, CAD design, and post processing while engaging in a meaningful project intent on helping those in need.

SPACE IS LIMITED - YOU MUST SIGN UP BY MARCH 4, 2024

THIS IS A REAL project-based development program at the MakerspaceCT tech lab in downtown Hartford. Includes meals, materials, and take-home projects

SCHEDULE

Students meet 1 night a week for 3 hours (5:30p-8:30p) for 8 Weeks
24 hours of project-based development at the MakerspaceCT tech lab - downtown Hartford includes meals, materials, and take-home projects

TWO COHORTS, STARTING MARCH or MAY 2024

TEAM GREEN is Thursdays 5:30pm-8:30pm, March 7th through April 25th.

TEAM YELLOW is Thursdays 5:30pm-8:30pm, May 2nd through June 20th

Apply for the Team that best suits your schedule.

View the full calendar below.

Choose your cohort:

TEAM GREEN is Thursdays 5:30pm-8:30pm, March 7th through April 25th.

TEAM YELLOW is Thursdays 5:30pm-8:30pm, May 2nd through June 20th