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• Italian municipality collects initiatives addressing citizens over 65 during the Covid-19 outbreak

  Solution Shared by Sara Di Fabio on 2020-05-04 15:20

  

  The municipality of Milan created an email address, ‘ milanoaiuta@comune.milano.it ’, to collect all the initiatives for citizens over 65, people affected by chronic conditions, and immunosuppressed people. Initiative that are organised in the area with ...

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• Mother creates a machine learning system to monitor her son’s diabetes

  Solution Shared by Rita Torrao on 2018-10-24 13:22

  

  Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a devastating chronic disease that is estimated to affect 80 000 new children each year. This disease is characterised by an impairment on the production of insulin by the pancreas, resulting in high levels of blood glucose levels ...

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• Man invents multifunctional bed for his paralyzed nephew

  Solution Shared by Shuyue Zhang on 2018-01-26 11:40

  

  A bed for paralyzed patients to get up, lie down, eating, reading, etc., by themselves. An old man in China developed a multi-functional electrical bed to make all these come true. "This electrical bed was invented primarily for my paralyzed nephew”, ...

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• Man invents device that allows user to control mouse with eyes and mouth

  Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2018-04-09 10:48

  

  The GlassOuse is a wearable that looks like glasses and connects to electronics via Bluetooth. It responds to head movements to manipulate the cursor around the screen. It also has a mouth piece that curves in front of the face that works as a button. ...

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• Mother develops app for patients with autism

  Solution Shared by Rita Torrao on 2019-01-14 17:44

  

  Autism is a complex neurobehavioral condition that includes impairments in social interaction and developmental language and communication skills combined with rigid, repetitive behaviors. Therese’s son, Jack, was diagnosed with autism at 18 months, and ...

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• Student creates writing system for the visually impaired

  Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2018-06-18 11:42

  

  “It’s my first year in a school that takes part in a project that integrates students with visual impairments into public schools. We have three students, and from daily interactions with them I was very curious and had a lot of questions. What letters ...

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• Grandmother creates clothing line inspired by granddaughter with Down Syndrome

  Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2018-03-09 14:18

  

  Karen contacted a designer and founded her own company: Down Designs. The company produces 18 different styles of jeans with elastic waistbands for easy dressing and shirts for men, women, teens and children. "When people with Down syndrome are ...

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• Special-needs assistant invented a chair to include kids with disabilities in school activities

  Solution Shared by Sara Di Fabio on 2020-05-15 08:44

  

  Bill McManus is an assistant in a special-needs classroom, after remembering the isolation that kids with disabilities can experience, he thought about modifying a chair so that these kids could also be included. He was inspired by an 8th-grade girl ...

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• Mobile platform developed by informal caregiver aims to end family caregiver burnout

  Solution Shared by Rita Torrao on 2019-01-07 16:02

  

  Taking care of a loved one can be exhausting. It’s not the actual demands of caregiving that cause burnout, but rather the accompanying mental anguish. And if not handled properly, that anguish can quickly snowball and lead to a variety of negative ...

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• Boy invents game to help his autistic sister

  Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2018-05-04 10:27

  

  “Aeropong” is a modification of Ping-Pong which eliminates the ball chasing part of that game. It was hard of Pahnuly to play Ping-Pong because of her hand/eye coordination. So Kusa created a game that is played by tying the string to the ball. Pahnuly ...

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