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Restarting after injury

Israeli NGO Restart’s project “Makers for Heroes” (reported here previously) has volunteer professionals build devices so wounded IDF veterans can restart their lives. Here, one of the injured soldiers tells how Restart helped him restore his musical skills after shrapnel … Continue reading

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Makers for Heroes

200 volunteers plus 19 wounded soldiers spent three days at the ReStart/TOM Make-a-thon in Tel Aviv.  They developed non-patented devices to alleviate injuries for specific individuals that can then be mass-produced to help millions globally with similar injuries. https://baltimorejewishlife.com/news/news-detail.php?SECTION_ID=37&ARTICLE_ID=118567 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS44og7uXZw … Continue reading

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Fashion neck brace for wounded IDF veteran

Israel’s Stratasys is part of “Restart’s Makers for Heroes”, an Israeli project to create innovative tech solutions that help injured soldiers overcome disabilities. They printed a comfortable, fashionable 3D neck brace for Moran Barash who still suffers 12 years after … Continue reading

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Innovative solutions for wounded veterans

200 Israeli tech innovators participated in a 3-day “make-a-thon” in Tel Aviv to address a variety of challenges faced by 12 wounded war veterans (7 Israelis, 6 Americans and one French). “Makers for Heroes” organized by non-profit RESTART, is the … Continue reading

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