Beaver Works Assistive Technology
Community-driven engineering design courses from MIT for high school and college students.
Community-driven engineering design courses from MIT for high school and college students.
Learn about disability and product design, while working in teams to prototype a solution to help someone in your community with disability-related challenges.
Online course based on MIT's 6.811 Principles and Practice of Assistive Technology
A community of learners to help refine your ideas
Design reviews with technical experts
Funding for your project
Are you ready to CRE[AT]E change?
Registration for the 2025-2026 season is now open! See the Learn More page for more details.
Want to help out as a technical mentor? We're always looking for people with expertise in technology and disability/therapeutic support services. See our mentor page!
Beaver Works Assistive Technology has offered different courses under the MIT Lincoln Laboratory Beaver Works Summer Institute that teach engineering design to students through prototyping products that improve the lives of people with disabilities. We currently run the CRE[AT]E Challenge. Our previous offerings are also archived on this site.