We Choose Muscular Dystrophy

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We are choose muscular dystrophy.

People who have lost control of their body parts.

Our idea is to make a plastic walker and put a panel and motor inside. It has a gear inside that turns a when you move it.That is what powers it. It has a on and off button so it doesn’t waste the energy.

Control board, duck tape, marker, and scissors.

12x24 plastic sheets $20.70 Motor $12.71 Screws $9.00 Gears $14.99 it cost $45.

2 and a half to 3 days.

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