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Sounding Board - Supporting innovations

Individuals with spinal cord injuries understand the needs of people with the condition better than anyone.
That's why we offer individuals living with spinal cord injury the opportunity to get involved in future innovation projects of the Swiss Paraplegic Group through our Sounding Board.

What is a Sounding Board?

We support innovative projects to enable people with a spinal cord injury to lead independent lives in the best possible health. With this project, we aim to directly involve those affected, which is why we have set up the Sounding Board, which comprises a “pool of individuals living with spinal cord injury” who have agreed to be contacted periodically and without obligation by the Innovation Hub.

Die kontaktierten Personen können jedes Mal freiwillig The individuals contacted can voluntarily decide whether to take part in surveys, discussions, product testing, or provide feedback each time. Targeted feedback enables user-oriented (further) development of the corresponding projects. All members of the Sounding Board for people with an SCI are invited to an annual meeting in Nottwil.

Examples of projects for which input can be provided

FollowMe Roboter (gita):
The container in gita® can transport all sorts of everyday items, such as water bottles, mobile phones, wallets and even items of shopping (up to 20 kg).

Who would consider buying or renting such a robot?
Who would like to test gita?
3D printed seat cushions
Manufacturing flat or slightly anatomically shaped custom seat cushions using 3D printing technology – these cushions are easy to clean, are permeable to air and moisture and reproducible.

What are the problems with seat cushions currently available on the market?
Smart Living - Smart Home
Achieving maximum independence when controlling lighting, blinds, door locks, etc., for example through voice commands.

Which devices or systems should be controllable at home using which input methods?
Who would like to test such a system at home|?
Duracool cooling vest
Textile-based cooling elements (e.g. as cooling vests) that can be filled with tap water and cool by several degrees Celsius thanks to a permeable membrane (reusable, washable, no wet skin, can be worn over a T-shirt).

In which (everyday) situations is heat a problem?
Would you like to test a cooling vest?
Would you consider buying such a product?
Foldable toilet seat raiser
A foldable toilet seat raiser for travel that can be self-assembled on standard toilets.

Who would take such a product on their travels?

Are you a wheelchair user? Would you like to become a member of the Sounding Board??

Please fill in the following form:

Number of members

There are no limits in terms of numbers. The more members, the better.

Compensation

Participants in the Sounding Board will not receive any compensation (except for any travel expenses or involvement in extensive surveys, tests or participation in focus groups).