VetHack
VEThack is an innovative technology nonprofit organization committed to improving the quality of life for injured American veterans by creating, modifying, and improving technology that addresses catastrophic limb loss, traumatic brain injury, and post-traumatic stress. Nearly 1 million veterans have been wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan alone, with over 50,000 Polytrauma patients (those who have suffered multiple traumatic injuries) among this staggering number.
VEThack laboratories strive to address the most critical needs of catastrophically wounded veterans through interdisciplinary collaboration with some of the most prestigious Research & Development (R&D) labs and academic institutions in the world. VETHack laboratories is a direct to end user source and provider of the most technologically advanced platforms, which are designed, modified, and improved to directly address the catastrophic wounds, both physical and invisible, sustained in combat and theaters of war, via our own proprietary R&D efforts and our carefully selected research partners.
We have a team of top R&D advisors in various fields on staff in rotation, ranging from Advanced BioMechatronics (prosthetics) to Synthetic Neurobiology (brain repair), with three technical advisors on staff at any given time to guide and streamline the research process. Our researchers are working on cutting edge prosthetics that allow wounded veterans to walk, run, climb, swim, and bike like they did pre-injury.
VEThack facilitates access to expert scientists leading the field of brain circuit therapies, as well as conducting our own research, that will fully heal the micro fractures in the brain present in nearly all PTS (Posttraumatic Stress) and TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) patients. We’ve also created a comprehensive database of wounded veterans’ specific ailments and needs that allows us to laser focus our research initiatives. Advanced user interface systems based on MIT developed inFORM system and ultrasonic radiation pressure array that will allow next generation modes of interaction for long-distance PTSD (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder) counseling and therapy sessions, revolutionizing the ways and methods we interact with veterans impacted by war.
Funds raised will go directly towards lab equipment and space, as well as to expanding our team of carefully-selected STEM-trained staff. Your support will help us continue to do this vital work.