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Create a world where co-design and innovation empower everyone to thrive.

TOM Melbourne helps to bring people with disabilities and volunteers together to co-design assistive technology for unmet needs.

Create a world where co-design and innovation empower everyone to thrive.

TOM Melbourne helps to bring people with disabilities and volunteers together to co-design assistive technology for unmet needs.

WHAT WE DO

We work with people with a disability who have a specific need and connect them with a diverse group of Volunteers  (engineers, industrial designers, health professionals, tradespeople and tinkerers).

Together, the team designs and builds prototypes that solve specific challenges and improve the everyday life of the Need-Knower.

Prototype designs are shared open-source on our website under Projects. This allows anyone from around the world to replicate or enhance the design within their community.

Testing a design solution - 2019 Makeathon
WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU

Join us in shaping a more inclusive future.

Whether you’re a person with a disability, a carer, a volunteer or a supporter, we would love to connect. Reach out to discuss how we can turn challenges and ideas into impactful solutions.

Get Involved

At TOM Melbourne, we believe that together, we can make a meaningful impact. Whether you’re someone living with a disability who needs help solving a daily challenge, or someone who wants to use your skills to create innovative solutions, we invite you to join our community.

Share a challenge

Do you or someone you care about face daily challenges due to a disability? We co-design assistive technology to enhance hobbies, art, cooking, communication, gardening, and more—tailored to you.

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Volunteer with us

Do you like problem solving, innovating and thinking outside the box? We are looking for engineers, designers, software and hardware developers, health professionals, hobbyists and anyone with a passion for social change!

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Projects

Discover the challenges we’ve tackled and the solutions we’ve developed, each at varying stages of completion. Access detailed build instructions to recreate our solutions on your own.
Oscar

“Being able to help someone with a disability by making life a little easier for them & working with expert professionals all with the same goal has been amazing”

Oscar
Maker
Sally

“TOM personifies inclusive, creating and collaborative skill sharing… these philosophies weave together seamlessly at the Makeathon”

Sally
Maker
Mary

“TOM makes sense! It is a win, win, win. There are no losers. It is a win for people with disabilities, it is a win for the Makers and it is a win for the institutions”

Mary
Need-Knower
Sarah

“It’s a way to use my engineering skills to actually make a difference.”

Sarah
Maker

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