In "Give Me Five", a remarkable presentation by Maria Esquela, you will follow her journey of effort to apply emerging technology at various scales to help people with upper limb differences. Hear stories that illustrate the way key women - youth and adult - are leaders in STEM; matching recipients' requests to digital humanitarians which has grown to include managing a global distributed inventory. From young girls participating in hackathons and R&D, through educating with project based learning, these women have helped heal the world through Enable service learning projects. With innovation and sharing IP within the Open Source movement, the Enable Community has inspired many.See the results - what children around the world have done using their new hands. It's crowdsourcing, communication and STEM with heart.
Your attendance includes a one-year membership in Women in Technology of Central Maryland! Registration includes breakfast catered by Einstein Bros., featuring breakfast sandwiches, salmon and bagels, and greek yogurt parfaits. Maria and her youth groups began volunteering in the e-NABLE community last fall after researching e-NABLE and attending their first conference, "Printers Meet Prosthetists." With the help of Direct Dimensions, an Owings Mills, MD company, and their medical advisor, Johns Hopkins trauma surgeon and bionics expert Albert Chi, MD, her team took on a request for an inventory of devices for a hospital in the Middle East. In 48 days, they learned to 3D print and held 7 workshops, printed 3 arms, coordinated with 3D printers from around the world, and led assembly of over 100 hands. Maria now oversees the research and development, testing and educational programs of the Enable Community Foundation (ECF). Registration will close at 5 PM on Tuesday, Nov. 17. keywords: tech, mce, eda, htc, 3D