Stanford Longevity Design Challenge Winners Announced
From: Stanford Center on Longevity - 04/10/2015

The Stanford Center on Longevity, in collaboration with Aging2.0, announced
Nicholas Steigmann and Maiya Jensen from the California College of the Arts
and their project “SPAN” as the winner of the second annual student Design
Challenge, the finals of which were held April 9, 2015 at Stanford University.

The Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge is a global competition
aimed at encouraging students to design products and services to improve the
lives of older adults. In this second year, the Challenge focused on ways to
motivate / empower mobility among older adults in their daily lives, both
inside their homes and in their community.

SPAN, the winning project, is a portable structure that provides older adults
with a secure platform to get up and down from the ground in a safe and
independent manner. It addressed the fear and functional limitations that
many seniors have, and allows them to build (or in some cases, rebuild) the
confidence to engage fully in their lives again. The team was awarded a
$10,000 cash prize.

Read the entire article at:
http://longevity3.stanford.edu/stanford-longevity-design-challenge-winners-announced-2/

Link:
Student Inventors Tackle Elder Mobility Hurdles
http://www.nextavenue.org/article/2015-04/student-inventors-tackle-elder-mobility-hurdles