UIC Engineering Student Starts Business to Bring Tech to Underserved Communities – Chicago Tribune
UIC Engineering Student Brady Middleton is the founder of Think773, a company geared toward exposing electronics literacy to youth, makers, and organizations in underserved communities. Heading link
Brady Middleton doesn’t wait for opportunities. He creates them. The industrial engineering student at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) saw a problem and – in true engineering fashion – he came up with a resolution. His answer was the founding of a company called Think773.
“I started Think773 with the idea of exposing electronics literacy to youth, makers, and organizations in underserved communities,” said Middleton, who attended the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences on the far south side. “I’m addressing this issue by offering affordable electronics kits, workshops, and tutorials that are designed to challenge and illuminate the minds of students, teachers, and makers alike. My secondary goal is to inspire the youth and let them know they can create technology and ultimately be part of the change this city needs.”
(by David Staudacher, Chicago Tribune Community Contributor)