A group of innovative Temasek Polytechnic final-year engineering students has developed ideas that are targeted at the elderly who have mobility problems. They took existing products and made small improvements to it, so that everyday devices used by the elderly becomes more convenient and user-friendly.
An example would be the award-winning ‘DAD Walker’. DAD is an abbreviation for Dynamic Agility Device, and it is a walking stick that can be opened into a walking frame. In short, this has the support of a frame but the convenience of a stick. The DAD Walker won second place at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization’s 50th Anniversary Business Plan Competition.
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Source: The Business Times, 28 January 2017