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• Professors with disabilities develop mobility device to improve balance while walking and running

  Solution Shared by Sara Di Fabio on 2020-06-03 13:42

  

  Stephen and Elizabeth suffer from disabilities and they also teach disabilities studies at the University of Maine. In 2008, Elizabeth was training for a triathlon but, while training, she realised her terrible balance would prevent her from participating ...

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• Hearing the Colours- Device for Blind People

  Solution Shared by matiapa on 2015-10-17 03:50

  

  Why Sounds and Not Words? There are 2 reasons. First, if it used words, it will be useless for people who have always been blind, colour will just represent a word. Whereas by using sounds, the person can generate an idea of how the "colour" is, ...

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• Body Spanner

  Solution Shared by Salomé Azevedo on 2014-11-27 14:47

  

  "Há dois problemas significativos que o sistema SMRT Bodyspanner elimina: O primeiro é que todas as pessoas, de todas as idades, beneficiam de exercício que envolve resistência (levantamento de peso), bem como esticar o seu corpo de formas seguras ...

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• Teen creates 3D printed prosthetics

  Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2015-12-14 16:16

  

  When Gino learned of a young boy in need of a hand prosthesis, he worked with his team to design an affordable hand using a 3D printer. The child’s family was overjoyed. Gino’s low-cost design provided financial and emotional relief. Since that first ...

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• Teen invents mind controlled robotic hand

  Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2017-03-09 14:24

  

  Shiva started thinking about creating this device in 2012, after he heard that a family member had lost both forearms. “I decided to take matters into my own hands and design a prosthetic,” the inventor said. This student’s innovation consists of a ...

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• Mother invents Water Guardian tags to help preventing child drownings

  Solution Shared by Sara Di Fabio on 2020-01-28 10:49

  

  Nicole Hughes had the idea of Water Guardian tags after her youngest child, Levi, died in a pool accident while they were on vacation with friends. Levi was always wearing a life jacket because he was not ready for swimming classes but, he also needed ...

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