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Young Engineer Launches Stair Aid at 16

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05 May 2008 35 views
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Young Engineer Launches Stair Aid at 16
A young engineer set up the StairSteady company when she was only 16 to market her innovative idea, a simple device to assist people to go up and down stairs when they don't need an expensive chair lift.

A young engineer set up the StairSteady company when she was only 16 to market her innovative idea, a simple device to assist people to go up and down stairs when they don't need an expensive chair lift. She won an award for her invention, which she designed for her teacher's father who had suffered a stroke. (See the neat story and photo at BBC)

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