{"id":1015,"date":"2017-02-08T14:42:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T14:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2017-02-08T15:08:43","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T15:08:43","slug":"umass-features-nonspec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/2017\/02\/08\/umass-features-nonspec\/","title":{"rendered":"UMass Features Nonspec!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nonspec is Truly Making a Difference!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2013 Campus-wide DifferenceMaker team, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonspec.org\/\">Nonspec<\/a>, has been working diligently on developing low cost, adjustable, expandable prosthetic limbs for children in developing nation&#8217;s. Since being awarded $5,000 at the 2013 DifferenceMaker Idea Challenge, Nonspec has gone on to raise over $250,000, secure a patent, and travel to India twice, to being product testing.<\/p>\n<p>This hardworking\u00a0DifferenceMaker team is a wonderful example of what UMass students are capable of. Nonspec is now being recognized by the UMass System for the positive impacts they have had and are making on the community and world.\u00a0UMass is very proud of what these students are doing and has featured them on their <a href=\"http:\/\/impact.massachusetts.edu\">website<\/a> and in a promotional\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xj0V-yis6ow&amp;t=15s\">video<\/a>!\u00a0This team is truly an example of what UMass students are capable of. Co-founder of Nonspec, Erin Keaney remarks, &#8220;What we learn at UMass really can contribute to larger global solutions.\u201d UMass students are here to make a difference!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for making a difference in the world, Nonspec!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/14991235_1151802994908352_6201724649712941885_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1016\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/14991235_1151802994908352_6201724649712941885_o-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/14991235_1151802994908352_6201724649712941885_o-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/14991235_1151802994908352_6201724649712941885_o-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/14991235_1151802994908352_6201724649712941885_o-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/14991235_1151802994908352_6201724649712941885_o-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/14991235_1151802994908352_6201724649712941885_o.jpg 1438w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nonspec team, from left to right: Jonathan de Alderete, Erin Keaney and Brendan Donoghue<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/15355551_1188419861246665_7533660194514644555_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1017\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/15355551_1188419861246665_7533660194514644555_n-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/15355551_1188419861246665_7533660194514644555_n-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/15355551_1188419861246665_7533660194514644555_n-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/15355551_1188419861246665_7533660194514644555_n.png 544w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nonspec is Truly Making a Difference!\u00a0 The 2013 Campus-wide DifferenceMaker team, Nonspec, has been working diligently on developing low cost, adjustable, expandable prosthetic limbs for children in developing nation&#8217;s. Since being awarded $5,000 at the 2013 DifferenceMaker Idea Challenge, Nonspec &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/2017\/02\/08\/umass-features-nonspec\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":388,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/388"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1015"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1023,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015\/revisions\/1023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}