Tag: Assistive Technology

  • Snow Much Love

    Snow Much Love

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    Snow Much Love Switch Adapted Toy Community Build Day Join the Upper St Clair High School Robotics Team TeraBridges for a community build day to learn how to adapt toys for children of varying abilities. All adapted toys will be donated to local families and community centers. Jan. 17 • 9am-12pm Upper St Clair High School LGI(inside the Arts Entrance)

  • Bridging Barriers – Showcasing assistive technologies at an Inclusion Conference

    Bridging Barriers – Showcasing assistive technologies at an Inclusion Conference

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    Ritu

    On November 15, 2025, our team had the amazing opportunity to attend TheInclusion Collective’s Includ(Ed): Early Childhood Disability Inclusion Conference, held at Temple Emanuel, Mt. Lebanon, and I’m still thinking about everything we experienced. Even though I’m just a 9th grader and attending this conference for the first time, I was amazed by how many…

  • Assistive Technology for Child’s Way

    Assistive Technology for Child’s Way

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    Rohan

    Today, TeraBridges went to Child’s Way daycare for medically fragile children and donated assistive technology. We had so much fun seeing the happy faces of the children and the staff! Specifically, our team customed two automatic bubble blower toys to be operated with the use of an assistive button. We rewired the internals to a…

  • Humotech Industry Visit

    Humotech Industry Visit

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    Ava

    This weekend on October 24th, our team had the opportunity to visit Humotech, a Pittsburgh-based company specializing in wearable robotics and assistive technology.  During our visit, the Humotech team introduced us to how their technology bridges human biomechanics and robotics. We learned that their systems are designed to simulate and study human movement in real…

  • HERL Industry Visit

    HERL Industry Visit

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    Ava

    This weekend on Sept 13th, our team had the opportunity to visit the Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL), a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Research Center of Excellence located in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh. HERL is also the national Center for Wheelchairs and Assistive Robotics Engineering, making it a hub for innovation that…

  • Go Baby Go Outreach

    Go Baby Go Outreach

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    Sid

    On May 3, 2025, Team Terabridges, in collaboration with the amazing Physical and Occupational Therapy students at the Chatham University Eastside Campus, had the joy of donating custom ride-on toy cars through the Go Baby Go program! Go Baby Go, a nationwide initiative that partners with families, clinicians, and communities, creates adaptive equipment for children…