• Building mobility trainers for toddlers Charlotte Posthumus, 4, tries out her new Toddler Mobility Trainer (TMT) while a volunteer looks on during a TMT build party at UC Berkeley’s Jacobs Hall in Berkeley, Calif. • (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering) Charlotte Posthumus, 4, tries out her new Toddler Mobility Trainer (TMT) while a volunteer looks on during a TMT build party at UC Berkeley’s Jacobs Hall in Berkeley, Calif. • (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering) Charlotte Posthumus, 4, tries out her new Toddler Mobility Trainer (TMT) with help from her mother Jamie Posthumus, left, and Dana Yichye Shwachman, right, during a TMT build party at UC Berkeley’s Jacobs Hall in Berkeley, Calif. • (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering) Charlotte Posthumus, 4, tries out her new Toddler Mobility Trainer (TMT) with help from her mother Jamie Posthumus, left, and Dana Yichye Shwachman, right, during a TMT build party at UC Berkeley’s Jacobs Hall in Berkeley, Calif. • (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering) MDes students Congruo Guan, Ruo-Lin Wang, and Jacob Sheiner from left, assemble a Toddler Mobility Trainer (TMT) during a TMT build party at UC Berkeley’s Jacobs Hall in Berkeley, Calif. • (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering) Ria Deshpande, Dana Yichye Shwachman, Emma Humphries, and Shreya Walavalkar, from left, assemble a new Toddler Mobility Trainer during a TMT build party at UC Berkeley’s Jacobs Hall in Berkeley, Calif.

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  • Building mobility trainers for toddlers On February 13, 15 UC Berkeley students gathered at the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, ready to roll up their sleeves. They were there to assemble Toddler Mobility Trainers (TMTs), assistive devices designed for toddlers who cannot walk or crawl. By providing a mobility device tailored to a toddler’s size and abilities, the student volunteers aimed to give these youngsters the joy of motion and a greater sense of independence. Dana Yichye Shwachman, a Design Fellow with the Jacobs Institute at UC Berkeley College of Engineering, led the three-ho

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