A smart wheelchair system built by a team of young Tunisian women engineers has reached the finals for a prestigious European inventors’ prize.
Their project, Moovobrain, allows wheelchair users to move through a choice of touchpad, voice command, facial gestures or a headset that detects their brain signals.
This year marks the first time a Tunisian and Arab team has reached the final stage of the international Young Inventors Prize from the European Patent Office. The all-female team will compete against two other finalists from The Netherlands and Ukraine. The winner will announced on July 9 in Malta.
More than 44% of engineers in Tunisia are women, according to the UN.
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Негізгі бет Tunisian women engineers up for major award for smart wheelchair invention
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