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• Mother develops air free baby bottle

  Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2016-10-11 18:56

  

  “When I gave birth to Carlton, my first baby, I had already decided he would be 100% breastfed. At the seven-day checkup, the pediatrician told us Carlton was losing weight, his dry mouth was a sign of poor nutrition and I must supplement with formula. ...

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• System to identify wheelchair friendly locations

  Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2017-01-03 14:25

  

  The signpost used by this system allows to recognize the space as a reference in accessibility and to provide information on the current state of accessibility conditions of the place, and can be used in various situations (ex: in the door of the ...

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• Student with food allergies develops low-cost bracelet to help people with the same condition

  Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2019-09-11 14:12

  

  The bracelet has a QR code that leads to a website with information about the patient. "In a medical emergency, let's say that you are allergic to peanuts and you accidentally consume your allergen go into anaphylactic shock and become ...

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• Mom Invents Eco-Friendly Glass Baby Bottle System

  Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2015-10-01 13:33

  

  5 Phases is the first bottle-feeding system to introduce an interchangeable glass insert. The unique design kept the eco-mom in mind providing the healthful benefits of glass and the protection of BPA free plastic, all while reducing the carbon footprint ...

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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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• Engineer invents pain-free lancing to help friend with diabetes

  Solution Shared by Rita Torrao on 2019-01-11 13:17

  

  Diabetes affects millions of people around the world. People diagnosed with this disease have to control their blood sugar levels all the time. To do this, they have to lance themselves multiple times a day in order to obtain a drop of test blood. When ...

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• Evitar distrações na refeição

  Solution Shared by 200017 on 2014-02-11 12:34

  

  My father is 80 years old and has Alzheimer's. Still has fine motor autonomy (eg, use cutlery). However, any physical detail what can confuse and disrupt, causing him to give up what he can still do for you. All the dishes we use at home have...

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• Shelling eggs with one hand

  Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2015-11-26 12:34

  

  She shared a tip on her blog, on how to shell a hard boiled egg with one hand. “1. I firstly run it under the cold tap. 2. Then I put two pieces of kitchen paper on top of each other. 3. I then put the egg on top of the kitchen paper, in the middle. 4. I ...

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• Man invents device so that people with no upper limbs can feed themselves

  Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2019-07-09 15:30

  

  Asidu has been an inventor since he was a little boy and has developed several different gadgets for different purposes, all of them to make life easier. The eating machine, one of the devices he invented, is a powered system that has a spoon attached, ...

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