{"592639":{"#nid":"592639","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Assistive Gardening Glove Wins TechSAge Student Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe TechSAge Design Competition, created to guide students in developing technologies to empower healthy aging for all, selected an assistive glove to aid seniors in gardening as the top winner.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2017 competition wrapped up its 2\u003Csup\u003End\u003C\/sup\u003E year with winners in three categories. It was a two-phase international event that launched in November 2016 with the theme \u0026ldquo;Design \u003Cs\u003ED\u003C\/s\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIS\u003C\/strong\u003Eability.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe goal of the design competition is to encourage students to develop innovative technologies that can promote a better living condition for older adults aging with disabilities by focusing on Universal Design.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFinalists were tasked to develop further, prototype, and test their concepts during Phase II, and competed to win their category and receive a cash prize of $500 (4 awards, 1 for each category). Of the category winners, the top scoring submission also had the chance to win the first-place prize and receive an additional prize of $500 (total of $1,000).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWith entries representing a large number of international institutions, the jury selected \u0026ldquo;Releaf,\u0026rdquo; by Justin Chang and Dan Sipzner from the University of Pennsylvania as winners in the Active Lifestyle category. It also was awarded the overall first-place prize.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Releaf\u0026rdquo; is an assistive-wearable glove designed to promote active gardening among seniors by increasing grip strength and reducing hand fatigue. The design featured a leather glove that uses cables, servomechanisms, and a sensor controlled by the pinky to engage and disengage active assistance when gripping tools.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAmong judges\u0026rsquo; comments:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026ldquo;A very good idea that would benefit from further detail, exploration and testing.\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026ldquo;The execution, design and research is solid. I would like to see more studies of how the hand moves, and how the technology can enable better support in practice.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;This year marks a second consecutive success in elevating design through testing principles of Universal Design with the aging population,\u0026rdquo; said Dr. Claudia B. Rebola, associate professor at the Rhode Island School of Design and director of the competition.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026ldquo;Through this contest, students get to understand that design activities cannot be separated from abilities; design IS ability, and creative technologies can emerge from looking at disabilities as a source of inspiration for great designs for all.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBuilding on last year\u0026rsquo;s four categories, Health at Home, Social Connectedness, Active Lifestyle, and Community Mobility, an international group of students entered their concept designs by March 1, 2017. A selected number of entries, judged by experts, moved to the second phase of the competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPhase I judges were recruited from industry and academia to represent diverse areas of expertise, from industrial design, to aging, to human-computer interaction. Judges included representatives from IDEO, Frog Design, MakeTools, Ximedica, Simple C, to RISD, University of San Francisco, Olin College, and Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe competition is organized by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/techsage.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ETechSAge Research Engineering Rehabilitation Center (RERC)\u003C\/a\u003E and sponsored by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The final judging took place during the TechSAge Advisory Board Meeting at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.catea.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Assistive Technology \u0026amp; Environmental Access (CATEA),\u003C\/a\u003E where the design competition posters remain on display.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOthers winners and their categories:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProject \u0026quot;Nettle\u0026quot; designed by Audrey Fox, an MFA candidate in Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design in New York City, won top category Social Connectedness.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFox focused on designing interfaces which do not require glowing screens or lengthy training to comprehend, but instead working naturally with the way information is absorbed by the senses and physically tying into familiar forms. She proposed \u0026quot;Nettle,\u0026quot; an intuitive, screenless interface for connecting people using a teapot and mug and employing the beloved rituals of making tea. Two people in different places can communicate using a web-connected teapot, which uses the pouring of hot water to signal a user\u0026rsquo;s availability to have a conversation over tea.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProject MODU designed by Lamar Pi, a senior in industrial design at San Francisco State University won top category in Health at Home. MODU is a customizable, modular tray that attaches to walkers or wheelchairs to provide individuals with mobility impairment with a stable, multipurpose surface for activities and storage.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENo winners were chosen this year in the Community Mobility. There were several entries for Phase I, but no entries made the cut for Phase II.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe TechSAge Design Competition, created to guide students in developing technologies to empower healthy aging for all, selected an assistive glove to aid seniors in gardening as the top winner.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The TechSAge Design Competition, created to guide students in developing technologies to empower healthy aging for all, selected an assistive glove to aid seniors in gardening as the top winner."}],"uid":"32550","created_gmt":"2017-06-13 14:31:49","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Malrey Head","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"592640":{"id":"592640","type":"image","title":"Releaf Assistive Glove","body":null,"created":"1497364657","gmt_created":"2017-06-13 14:37:37","changed":"1497364657","gmt_changed":"2017-06-13 14:37:37","alt":"Releaf  Assistive Glove (CATEA)","file":{"fid":"225875","name":"catea.glove_.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/catea.glove_.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/catea.glove_.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":155820,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/catea.glove_.jpg?itok=Gw9AQH4g"}},"592641":{"id":"592641","type":"image","title":"Nettle Teapot","body":null,"created":"1497364775","gmt_created":"2017-06-13 14:39:35","changed":"1497364775","gmt_changed":"2017-06-13 14:39:35","alt":"Nettle Teapot","file":{"fid":"225876","name":"catea.nettle.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/catea.nettle.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/catea.nettle.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":235351,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/catea.nettle.jpg?itok=4ZGUvk4O"}},"592642":{"id":"592642","type":"image","title":"MODU customizable tray","body":null,"created":"1497364841","gmt_created":"2017-06-13 14:40:41","changed":"1497895203","gmt_changed":"2017-06-19 18:00:03","alt":"","file":{"fid":"225877","name":"catea.modu_.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/catea.modu_.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/catea.modu_.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":269968,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/catea.modu_.jpg?itok=d2PadkVQ"}}},"media_ids":["592640","592641","592642"],"groups":[{"id":"1233","name":"CATEA - Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMalrey Head\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["malrey.head@design.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}