Enabling Engineering, a student group at Northeastern University, has evolved from a student’s capstone project into a student organization that develops products to help make the lives of Massachusetts residents with disabilities easier.
The team meets weekly to discuss, investigate and develop low-cost solutions to help provide independence to individuals with disabilities and elderly individuals to improve their quality of life. One project currently under development is a speech-assisting computer made from consumer products to help individuals who are bound to a wheelchair. Another project that was created by the team is a hospital sleep tracker that monitors sleep patterns and assists nurses to know when to give medication or take vital signs.
