Using 3D Printing to Adapt Accessibility Tools to Users

Learn how JIB and Sculpteo overcame the challenges of developing a device that integrates eye-tracking technology with varying tablet types. Because many users employ different tablets, a flexible casing that could adapt to the dimensions and configurations unique to each model was required.

Sharon Spielman

Jan. 9, 2025

In this second of a two-part interview that Machine Design had with JIB’s co-founder Thomas Groell and Sculpteo’s CEO Alexandre D’Orsetti, we hear about the workflow and processes that make this assistive device possible for individuals with neurogenerative diseases or severe motor disabilities.

The hardware integration of the eye tracker and tablet effectively allows for real-time communication. The eye tracker, located beneath the tablet and enclosed within the casing, connects to the tablet through a hub that facilitates peripheral connections, ensuring that user experience remains seamless, allowing individuals with disabilities to interact with the device intuitively.

Watch additional parts of this interview series with Thomas Groell and Alexandre D’Orsetti:

Part 1: Designing for Accessibility: A Collaboration that Pushes the Boundaries of Assistive Technologies

About the Author

Sharon Spielman

Technical Editor, Machine Design

As Machine Design’s technical editor, Sharon Spielman produces content for the brand’s focus audience—design and multidisciplinary engineers. Her beat includes 3D printing/CAD; mechanical and motion systems, with an emphasis on pneumatics and linear motion; automation; robotics; and CNC machining.

Spielman has more than three decades of experience as a writer and editor for a range of B2B brands, including those that cover machine design; electrical design and manufacturing; interconnection technology; food and beverage manufacturing; process heating and cooling; finishing; and package converting.

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