e-NABLE Web Central is a web based application designed to help match e-NABLE volunteers with people seeking devices. The platform has been developed and is maintained by 3D Universe.

  • Project Manager: Jeremy Simon (March, 2017 – Present)
  • Lead Developer: Aleks Jones (March, 2017 – April, 2019)
  • Programmer: Guillermo Oramas (August, 2018 – Present)
  • Programmer: Oleg Solonynka (July, 2019 – Present)

If you would like to request new features or report issues please email ewcsupport@e-nable.org, or you can use the support widget built into e-NABLE Web Central to contact us.

The latest updates and a list of upcoming features can be found here.

We are aware of the fact that there are not many cases currently available for volunteers in e-NABLE Web Central, and we are working hard to correct that. We are working on several significant improvements that will make the platform easier to use, and we will then be working to publicize the platform so people know they can request devices there.

For now, there are a few things you can do to find a recipient to work with:

  1. Log in to e-NABLE Web Central from time to time to check for new cases. You can also go to your profile screen (by clicking on your name in the upper right corner after logging into EWC) and go to Edit Email Settings. There, you can choose to receive email notifications whenever new cases are added within a certain number of miles of where you live.
  2. Reach out to e-NABLE chapters in your area to see if they have recipients you can work with. There’s a searchable map of e-NABLE chapters here.

Other Ways to Help

If you are unable to find a recipient near you or through e-NABLE web central, please consider reaching out to your local community to see how you may use 3D printing to help others!

1. Connect with retirement and senior centers who may have residents and patients who have suffered stroke or loss of function in their hands and may be interested in having you help design task-specific tools they can use to accomplish those activities.

From designing easier to pick up bingo chips to faucet handles, there are many ways in which you can use your design skills to make a difference.

2. Reach out to your local zoo or veterinarian and see if there are any animals that may need prosthetics.

3. Connect with local schools to see if there are any limb different students who may need assistance, students in wheelchairs who may be excited to have you design a custom attachment for them or visually impaired students who may appreciate some tactile learning examples so they can hold and feel something that they are unable to see.