8th Grade Students Create 3D Wheelchair for Special Needs Kitty

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  • When a cat-loving teacher heard about a friend's feline with mobility issues, she had an innovative idea to use 3-D printing to help get the kitten moving a little easier.

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  • Carrie Barron from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, adopted a loving and feisty 6-month-old Maine coon kitten named Ray from the Odd Cat Sanctuary in Salem, Massachusetts, despite his physical limitations.

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  • Teacher Bakkom assigned her eighth-graders to split into two teams and create a 3-D-printed design concept for a wheelchair for Ray.

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  • Today, Ray is on his third 3D-printed wheelchair, having outgrown the first two

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  • Thanks to those kind hearted students, Ray has a bright future

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