BCIT Health Sciences

Technology for Living
11th Simon Cox Student Design Competition
[Innovation Challenge]

Participants in this year’s competition included BCIT, SFU, Thompson Rivers U, UBC, UBC Okanagan and UVIC students, who teamed up with a person with a physical disability.

Finalists Description:

Puff-Pilot
Puff-Pilot is a sip and puff controlled remote-control vehicle meant to provide recreational activity for individuals with limited mobility, particularly patients with limited upper limb mobility. The system translates user breath inputs into directional and speed inputs, allowing control of vehicle without hands.

Institution: BCIT

Team members: Austin Zhang, Chris Morrissey, Ethan Ballantyne, Farnaz Vakili, Mehrak Shariati Sharifi

Mentor: Jochen Boehm

HandiHinge
The HandiHinge is an assistive device for people who have restricted mobility, physical strain concerns, or accessibility needs to enable motorized opening and closing of kitchen cupboard doors, improving ergonomic access and reducing manual effort.

Institution: BCIT

Team members: Katie Dowdall, Rachel Petruk, Scott Palmer, Nathan Lai, Owen Scott

Mentor: Jochen Boehm

Simon Cox Competition - Technology for Living The Simon Cox Student Design Competition begins with an idea for a new piece of assistive technology. Whether that idea comes from a student team or a person living with a physical disability (peer), the goal is to turn a real-world challenge into a practical solution. When a student team chooses to...

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