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The TechSAge 2016 Design Competition seeks to inspire talented designers to develop innovative technology-enabled design solutions for the aging population. The TechSAge 2016 Design Competition is organized by the TechSAge Research Engineering Rehabilitation Center (RERC) and sponsored by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
This competition is framed within the mission of the RERC TechSAge, as follows:
Why a competition? A competition can be an effective way to tap into a rich, diverse and collective design intelligence to address the current needs of our older adults. There is a need to identify excellence in design for aging to educate and encourage communities of interest to solve the problems the aging population face. The TechSAge 2016 Design Competition will focus on inspiring innovative technology-enabled design solutions for the aging population and evaluate entry submissions that promote the following:
INDEPENDENCE
Proposing products and/or systems to empower older adults to take action in their lives. The goal is to overcome the concept of “taking care of” or “doing things for” and enabling older adults to take initiative, take care of and do things for their lives.
INTEGRATION
Proposing products and/or systems to build intergenerational, supported and connected communities. The goal is to develop bottom up approaches across generations that can help older adults have access to a community of care.
IMPLEMENTATION
Proposing products and/or systems to have a successful effect and longevity in the aging population. The goal is to develop solutions that are feasible for implementation in the near future and more importantly, sustainable from the point of view of self-maintaining.
INSPIRATION
Proposing products and/or systems that are forward thinking and enablers. The goal is to celebrate the aging populating with creative, attractive and pervasive solutions that avoid physical, visual or experiential segregation.
PROGRESSION
Proposing products and/or systems that allow positive growth. The goal is to develop solutions that grow with the aging population and inspire them to do more and be more.
Click here for more information about the TechSAge 2016 Design Competition Rules and Regulations.
Click here for more information about the RERC TechSAge.
Dates to remember:
Competition phase I deadline - January 15 2016
Finalists announced - March 1 2016
Competition phase II deadline - May 1 2016
Winners announced - May 15 2016
