Upworthy · 19 hours ago

A 13-year-old Boy Spent His Whole Summer 3d Printing a Custom Wheelchair for a Baby in Need

When a 13-year-old boy named Zac Waters stumbled across a YouTube video about 3D printing, he didn't just learn a new skill - he spent 300 hours of his summer designing, testing, and assembling a custom wheelchair for a baby girl whose family couldn't afford one. His story is part of something larger: MakeGood, a nonprofit whose founder Noam Platt believes "there is a huge opportunity for anyone to design assistive technology," has built a network of volunteer makers - parents, teenagers, ordinary people with printers and patience - who are quietly closing the gap between disability and mobility, one printed piece at a time. What the story reveals is less about technology than about the particular generosity of someone who sees a need, realizes they have the means to meet it, and simply begins.