Link to application: http://gb.espacenet.com/search97cgi/s97_cgi.exe?action=View&...

When a house becomes unlivable, moving to a new home or nursing home can be a heartbreak; especially for an elderly person. I think it's great this device can treat that.

Fantastic. Not only is she a smart engineer, but she's protected herself from a business standpoint as well.

I seem to remember that a similar enterprising young woman who made myspace designs who almost or did have all of her money (~1million) taken from her by the state because of something about child labor laws, taxes or something.

I would just keep this sort of detail (her age) as quiet as possible, if I was her.

I don't think that's a problem in this case, the article says she was 16, and it's legal to work at 16.

In the UK it's legal to work below 16, but you can only be employed legally for a limited amount of hours. Self-employment doesn't have those restrictions, and you don't pay taxes either (until you turn 16).

I wonder how much money she made with that afterwards as it seems not to be doing so well now.

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wait I never heard of that, I know the girl you are talking about, but I never heard that particular story, anyone have a link?

That's a very clever product, and design. Kudos to her.

What I really absolutely love about this device is its simplicity. No electricity, wires, processors, motors or other stuff that can fail.

Just good old fashioned mechanical engineering. Great job!

Not only is she going to become a millionaire from it, but she's doing great work helping the disabled. Incredible work.

Definitely a good idea, but did she patent it? What's to stop one of many companies in this area from producing it or a variant? Does she have the resources to enforce her own patents?

I don't know, I'm honestly curious as I've been in similar positions before with things I thought I could take the market.