Teen redesigns his own wheelchair

"Actually, I wanted to make a wheelchair that flies and go under water," he said. "But my teacher said we need to start small and then go big."

The group used Autodesk Fusion 360 to work on the design, with the end goal of having open source designs that anybody can 3D print and use on their own wheelchairs.

After a series of 3D printed design iterations that incorporated the use of old bike parts, the team ended up with a design that was nearly 100% 3D printed at a cost of roughly $2 to $3 per part. To solve the problem of being able go in reverse, the team used a bicycle brake handle that enabled the chair to switch between forward and reverse.

"Before NuVu, I didn't do well in groups, because as a creative person you always push your own ideas," the boy explained. "Communication was sometimes a challenge, but now I've learned."

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