Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge
2023-2024 Longevity Design Challenge
โDesigning for Life Transitions"
The Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge offers over $20K in cash prizes and free entrepreneur mentorship in a competition open to all university students around the world who want to design products and services which optimize long life for us all.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ to the 2024 Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge Finalists!!!
These 8 teams were chosen out of 228 submissions for their outstanding solutions around the theme "Designing for Life Transitions."
The Finalists will be traveling to Stanford University to present their designs in the final competition on April 9, 2024. All are welcome to attend this event to see which design the judges will award the $10,000 grand prize!
Stanford Center on Longevity Announces Eight Finalist Teams for 11th Annual Global Design Challenge The Stanford Center on Longevity is pleased to announce eight finalist teams for its 11th annual Longevity Design Challenge. As in previous years, this yearโs challenge, โDesigning for Life Transitions,โ garnered interest from universities around the world, showcasing incredible creativity and...
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Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge 2023-2024 - Contest Watchers The Stanford Center on Longevity invites university students from around the world to compete to win the grand prize of $10,000 USD in the 2023-2024 Longevity Design Challenge: "Designing for Life Transitions".
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The 2023-2024 Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge, "Designing for Life Transitions" opens for submissions this coming Monday, September 11th!
๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐: designchallenge.stanford.edu
Video recordings of the 2023 Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge Finals are now available!
๐ฝ๏ธWatch now:
๐ถโโ๏ธKeynote address by Prof Steve Collins about designing exoskeletons to sustain mobility as we age
๐ขPitches by the outstanding finalist teams
๐Awards
๐And more!
Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge Finals 2023 Designing Exoskeletons to Sustain Mobility as We Age Steven Collins Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Stanford Biomechatronics Laboratory, Stanford University
The Stanford Center on Longevity announces 10th annual Design Challenge winners! ๐๐
Read more about the outstanding winning teams, their solutions for Optimizing Health Span, and the in-person finals experience ๐
Stanford Center on Longevity Announces 10th Annual Design Challenge Winners The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams holding their trophies (from left to right): Gustavo Ghavami and Carleigh McFarlane (Variable Reactive Board), Zeel Shah (Unpause Life), and Yen (Liza) Chang and Yueh-Ju (Apple) Chou (2 Care).
๐Congratulations to the WINNERS of the 2023 Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge!
๐ฅ1st: Variable Reactive Board, Pratt Institute New York University
๐ฅ2nd: Unpause Life, NMIMS School of Design
๐ฅ3rd: 2 Care, ๆฑๆตทๅคงๅญธ Tunghai University ๆๅฟ็งๆๅคงๅญธ Ming Chi University of Technology ๅ็ซ่บๅๆ่ฒๅคงๅญธ National Taipei University of Education
More details to follow in the coming days. View all the finalists here: https://longevity.stanford.edu/design-challenge/
๐5 days away! The 10th annual Longevity Design Challenge Finals are on Tuesday, April 25, 2023!
Don't miss it!
Register to attend in-person (the event is open to everyone): https://events.stanford.edu/event/longevitydesignchallenge2023
A recording will also be posted after the event.
2023
Team Shakti from UC Davis is changing cultural scripts about weakness and womanhood while addressing anemia during pregnancy. โShaktiโ means โstrengthโ or โpowerโ in many Indian languages.
๐ https://longevity.stanford.edu/design-challenge/
๐ FINALS: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at Stanford University
Learn more and register to attend (attendance is free and open to all!): https://events.stanford.edu/.../longevitydesignchallenge2023
2023
Team 2 Care from ๅ็ซๆฑๆตทๅคงๅญธ-National Tunghai University, ๆๅฟ็งๆๅคงๅญธ Ming Chi University of Technology, and ๅ็ซ่บๅๆ่ฒๅคงๅญธ National Taipei University of Education in Taiwan was inspired to optimize through oral health โ an often overlooked but important component of overall health.
๐ https://longevity.stanford.edu/design-challenge/
FINALS: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at Stanford University
Learn more and register to attend (attendance is free and open to all!): https://events.stanford.edu/.../longevitydesignchallenge2023
2023
Team Fitness & Fun Facility from the Beijing Institute of Technology was inspired by a traditional Chinese nursery rhyme and game, ๆโผคๅคง้ฏ, which translates to โPulling the Big Saw,โ to provide a fun activity for grandparents and grandchildren to do together.
๐ https://longevity.stanford.edu/design-challenge/
๐ FINALS: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at Stanford University
Learn more and register to attend (attendance is free and open to all!): https://events.stanford.edu/.../longevitydesignchallenge2023
2023
can be affected from the earliest stages of life. Team Sonura, from the University of Pennsylvania Penn Bioengineering program, aims to increase well-being for babies in the NICU, while also hopefully setting them up for good health long-term.
๐https://longevity.stanford.edu/design-challenge/
FINALS: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at Stanford University
Learn more and register to attend (attendance is free and open to all!): https://events.stanford.edu/.../longevitydesignchallenge2023
2023
โI just started researching dementia and cognitive health, I never thought it would end up being a board game.โ
Tree of Life, from NMIMS School of Design, helps people understand and learn habits for healthy cognitive aging.
๐https://longevity.stanford.edu/design-challenge/
๐ FINALS: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at Stanford University
Learn more and register to attend (attendance is free and open to all!): https://events.stanford.edu/.../longevitydesignchallenge2023
2023
โThere are a lot of intense things that youโre going to face, and no one has prepared you for it.โ
Unpause Life, from NMIMS School of Design, offers information and resources for people going through menopause.
๐https://longevity.stanford.edu/design-challenge/
๐ FINALS: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at Stanford University
Learn more and register to attend (attendance is free and open to everyone!): https://events.stanford.edu/.../longevitydesignchallenge2023
2023
Sports injuries initially inspired Team Variable Reactive Board from New York University and Pratt Institute to design a balance training device, and then their grandparents got interested!
๐https://longevity.stanford.edu/design-challenge/
๐ FINALS: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at Stanford University
Learn more and register to attend (attendance is free and open to everyone!): https://events.stanford.edu/.../longevitydesignchallenge2023
2023
The 8 finalist teams have been hard at work on their designs for Optimizing Health Span. Follow along as we share videos about each of these amazing teams!
๐ https://longevity.stanford.edu/design-challenge/
๐ FINALS: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at Stanford University
Learn more and register to attend (attendance is free and open to everyone!): https://events.stanford.edu/event/longevitydesignchallenge2023
๐ฃ Finalist Feature (8/8)
Variable Reactive Board is a mechanically actuated balance training device designed by students from New York University and the Pratt Institute in New York.
โก Read about the eight outstanding finalist teams competing in the 2023 Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge โOptimizing Health Span: Living Well at Every Ageโ:
https://longevity.stanford.edu/design-challenge/stanford-center-on-longevity-announces-finalists-for-10th-annual-design-challenge/
๐ Register to attend the on-campus Finals on April 25, 2023: https://events.stanford.edu/event/longevitydesignchallenge2023
๐ฃ Finalist Feature (7/8)
Unpause Life is an informational and hormone-testing kit for menopause designed by a student at NMIMS School of Design in Mumbai, India.
โก Read about the eight outstanding finalist teams competing in the 2023 Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge โOptimizing Health Span: Living Well at Every Ageโ:
https://longevity.stanford.edu/design-challenge/stanford-center-on-longevity-announces-finalists-for-10th-annual-design-challenge/
๐ Register to attend the on-campus Finals on April 25, 2023: https://events.stanford.edu/event/longevitydesignchallenge2023
๐ฃ Finalist Feature (6/8)
Tree of Life is a board game that helps people understand the cognitive changes associated with healthy aging and the steps they can take to maintain cognitive health designed by a student at NMIMS School of Design in Mumbai, India.
โก Read about the eight outstanding finalist teams competing in the 2023 Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge โOptimizing Health Span: Living Well at Every Ageโ:
https://longevity.stanford.edu/design-challenge/stanford-center-on-longevity-announces-finalists-for-10th-annual-design-challenge/
๐ Register to attend the on-campus Finals on April 25, 2023: https://events.stanford.edu/event/longevitydesignchallenge2023
๐ฃ Finalist Feature (5/8)
Sonura is an auditory system for NICU babies that mimics the womb environment and uses parental audio messages to promote healthy development, designed by students at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
โก Read about the eight outstanding finalist teams competing in the 2023 Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge โOptimizing Health Span: Living Well at Every Ageโ:
https://longevity.stanford.edu/design-challenge/stanford-center-on-longevity-announces-finalists-for-10th-annual-design-challenge/
๐ Register to attend the on-campus Finals on April 25, 2023: https://events.stanford.edu/event/longevitydesignchallenge2023
๐ฃ Finalist Feature (4/8)
Shakti is an app that detects, educates, and monitors the problem of anemia and IFA intake in pregnant women, designed by a student at UC Davis and team members in Chennai, India.
โก Read about the eight outstanding finalist teams competing in the 2023 Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge โOptimizing Health Span: Living Well at Every Ageโ:
https://longevity.stanford.edu/design-challenge/stanford-center-on-longevity-announces-finalists-for-10th-annual-design-challenge/
๐ Register to attend the on-campus Finals on April 25, 2023: https://events.stanford.edu/event/longevitydesignchallenge2023
๐ฃ Finalist Feature (3/8)
PaperRoad is an AI-powered wellness platform for teens targeting mental health designed by students at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
โก Read about the eight outstanding finalist teams competing in the 2023 Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge โOptimizing Health Span: Living Well at Every Ageโ:
https://longevity.stanford.edu/design-challenge/stanford-center-on-longevity-announces-finalists-for-10th-annual-design-challenge/
๐ Register to attend the on-campus Finals on April 25, 2023: https://events.stanford.edu/event/longevitydesignchallenge2023
๐ฃ Finalist Feature (1/8)
2 Care is a tool for monitoring periodontal health designed by students from ๅ็ซๆฑๆตทๅคงๅญธ-National Tunghai University, ๆๅฟ็งๆๅคงๅญธ Ming Chi University of Technology, and ๅ็ซ่บๅๆ่ฒๅคงๅญธ National Taipei University of Education in Taiwan.
โก Read about the eight outstanding finalist teams competing in the 2023 Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge โOptimizing Health Span: Living Well at Every Ageโ:
โกhttps://longevity.stanford.edu/design-challenge/stanford-center-on-longevity-announces-finalists-for-10th-annual-design-challenge/
๐ Register to attend the on-campus Finals on April 25, 2023: https://events.stanford.edu/event/longevitydesignchallenge2023
๐ฃ Finalist Feature (2/8)
Fitness & Fun Facility (Circle Fun) is public fitness equipment designed for use by grandparents and grandchildren together by students at the Beijing Institute of Technology in China.
โก Read about the eight outstanding finalist teams competing in the 2023 Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge โOptimizing Health Span: Living Well at Every Ageโ:
https://longevity.stanford.edu/design-challenge/stanford-center-on-longevity-announces-finalists-for-10th-annual-design-challenge/
๐ Register to attend the on-campus Finals on April 25, 2023: https://events.stanford.edu/event/longevitydesignchallenge2023
The 2023 Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge Finalists are (in alphabetical order):
๐น 2 Care (Tunghai University, Ming Chi University of Technology, and National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan) โ A tool for monitoring periodontal health.
๐น Fitness & Fun Facility (Beijing Institute of Technology, China) โ Public fitness equipment designed for use by grandparents and grandchildren together.
๐น PaperRoad (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) โ An AI-powered wellness platform for teens targeting mental health.
๐น Shakti (UC Davis, USA) โ An app that detects, educates, and monitors the problem of anemia and IFA intake in pregnant women.
๐น Sonura (University of Pennsylvania, USA) โ An auditory system for NICU babies that mimics the womb environment and uses parental audio messages to promote healthy development.
๐น Tree of Life (NMIMS School of Design, India) โ A board game that helps people understand the cognitive changes associated with healthy aging and the steps they can take to maintain cognitive health.
๐น Unpause Life (NMIMS School of Design, India) โ An informational and hormone-testing kit for menopause.
๐น Variable Reactive Board (New York University and Pratt Institute, USA) โ A mechanically actuated balance training device.
Finalist teams are awarded $1,000, paired with a mentor, and will travel to Stanford University compete for the $10,000 first prize in the finals, which will be held in Paul Brest Hall on April 25, 2023. All are welcome to attend!
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๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ to the 2023 Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge Finalists!!!
These 8 teams were chosen out of 241 submissions for โOptimizing Health Span: Living Well at Every Age.โ
The Finalists will be traveling to Stanford University to present their designs in the final competition on April 25, 2023. All are welcome to attend this event to see which design the judges will award the $10,000 grand prize!
Stanford Center on Longevity Announces Finalists for 10th Annual Design Challenge The Stanford Center on Longevity is pleased to announce 8 Finalist teams for the 2023 Longevity Design Challenge. These Finalists were selected from 241 submissions received from 38 different countries. The Challenge is open to teams from any accredited university in the world.