V-LINC - Providing Independence through Technology -

Student VME volunteers from Johns Hopkins University recently won first place at the JHU Mechanical Engineering Department’s annual Senior Design Day for their project for 18-year-old Christine Shultz. Over the course of the school year, the team of Tristan Arbus, Diana Sandy and Adam Sierakowski built a mechanical arm that allows Christine to access her backpack while in her wheelchair with the push of a button. The project was featured in The JHU Gazette and The Annapolis Capital.

Watch Christine use the arm for the first time.