Innovative, customized solutions for the disabled
Action zones
Bretagne
The project
HandicapDiversity
My Human Kit supports people with disabilities in the self-fabrication of low-cost, opensource solutions to improve their independence and quality of life through collective, digital manufacturing.
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billiondo not have access to assistive technologies
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project notesshared freely online since 2014
102
beneficiarieswere supported by our activities in 2023
Solution
My Human Kit runs a place open to all called "the Humanlab". People with disabilities are accompanied by volunteers and employees in the self-fabrication of a solution adapted to their needs, financially accessible and whose remanufacturing plans are freely shared.
My Human Kit thus aims to defend and carry disability as a difference synonymous with richness and motivation, but also to promote the development of accessible solutions and develop the empowerment of people affected by disability.
My Human Kit thus aims to defend and carry disability as a difference synonymous with richness and motivation, but also to promote the development of accessible solutions and develop the empowerment of people affected by disability.
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🔘 🙂 ↔️ 🦼 Head switches so Christophe can control his electric wheelchair
As part of our partnership with Pôle Saint-Hélier, a rehabilitation center in Rennes, Christophe came to the Humanlab with his occupational therapist.
His need: contactors triggered by a movement of the head to control, on the one hand the on/off function of his wheelchair's joystick, and on the other hand the wheelchair's speed incrementally (each click increases speed by 1 and then returns to 0). The commercially available switch he was using was expensive and fragile, and the support arm used to attach it to the wheelchair was extremely large. So he was looking for a lighter, less expensive alternative!
After several meetings and the testing of a first prototype, Christophe left with the final version of his head contactors!
His need: contactors triggered by a movement of the head to control, on the one hand the on/off function of his wheelchair's joystick, and on the other hand the wheelchair's speed incrementally (each click increases speed by 1 and then returns to 0). The commercially available switch he was using was expensive and fragile, and the support arm used to attach it to the wheelchair was extremely large. So he was looking for a lighter, less expensive alternative!
After several meetings and the testing of a first prototype, Christophe left with the final version of his head contactors!
⛺ The sensory tent operational at Collège de la Guerche de Bretagne
This year we've set up a digital workshop with students and teachers from the ULIS (Unité localisée pour l'inclusion scolaire) section at Collège Des Fontaines in La Guerche de Bretagne.
One of the projects carried out within this framework is the sensory tent: a place in which students can come to isolate themselves if they have difficulty concentrating in order to recharge their batteries thanks to sounds 🎶 they have chosen and soothing light atmospheres 🌈
This project experienced a high point on the occasion of the Fabrikarium 2024, a hackathon during which students came to present their specifications to the prototype makers gathered for 3 days in our manufacturing workshop. The prototype was then finalized with the students, their teacher and volunteers from our association. The tent is now up and running at the school! Discover it on video!
One of the projects carried out within this framework is the sensory tent: a place in which students can come to isolate themselves if they have difficulty concentrating in order to recharge their batteries thanks to sounds 🎶 they have chosen and soothing light atmospheres 🌈
This project experienced a high point on the occasion of the Fabrikarium 2024, a hackathon during which students came to present their specifications to the prototype makers gathered for 3 days in our manufacturing workshop. The prototype was then finalized with the students, their teacher and volunteers from our association. The tent is now up and running at the school! Discover it on video!
The money will be used for
- Providing human accompaniment to our beneficiaries in the self-fabrication of their solution
- Buying tools and consumables to manufacture solutions with, for and by people with disabilities
- Organizing collective prototyping events to boost project development
- Documenting and sharing invented and manufactured projects online and in opensource
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kit-s of materials to start a project
already funded1273 difts
Action zones
Bretagne
Why we love it?
An ultra-dynamic team that takes an empowerment project to its roots, with a strong emphasis on sharing solutions, to ensure long-term impact.
My Human Kit enables us to move from the status of being handicapped and everyone coming to help us to I have desires, I can do and I will find ways to act.
Nicolas Huchet
Co-founder
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My Human Kit is a certified association meeting these six criteria:
Financial stability
Innovation
Ambition
Governance
Transparency
Systemic impact
Earned labels
Sustainable development goals
