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Accessible Fitness Equipment Is Nominated For A James Dyson Award - Needs Your Help!


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#1 designer

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Posted 14 July 2009 - 08:38 PM

Hey Everyone,

The James Dyson Award is an annual international competition which showcases new concepts and designs to help improve the lives of others. This year, I have entered my concept for fitness equipment that caters to those with various disabilities and able body users alike: The Access. I have been working on this product for 3 years trying to provide a solution to the ridiculous lack of accessible fitness equipment in our public health centers. I have recently founded a company, Include Fitness to be the vessel to bring this to market.

Currently, the People's Choice Award is up for grabs. In fact, The Access is currently number 2 in the world! I am reaching out to all of you to help support the initiative and help increase the chances of this product reaching the market. If you are willing, I ask for you to quickly vote (takes 30 seconds) and help spread the word.

The grand prize for this competition is around $15,000 USD for the designer and an additional $15,000 USD for the school the designer attended. If you have a couple minutes, it would be deeply appreciated if you could vote for The Access. Public support has been and continues to be the lifeline of this project. A chance to win this competition will vastly help with the progression to bring this product to market as well as provide an opportunity to give back to my alma mater.

To help vote, please follow the instructions below:

1. You will need to do a quick registration with the site: http://www.jamesdysonaward.org/Registration/Registration.aspx(Click to open link)

* For registration please fill out the following:

First Name:
Last Name:
User Name: (Can be anything)
Email Address:
Password: (can be anything)
Re-Type Password:
Region: ** Make sure you select USA or you cannot vote for The Access**
Check the box stating you agree with terms
Check the second box to ensure they don't send you emails
Then hit the Submit button and you are ready to vote!!


2. Now that you are registered, simply click the Vote Now button once the web page has redirected you. You will see a list of projects. Please find The Access: Inclusive Fitness Equipment (should be on first page) and click on the name to view the entry. You will see a description, some images, and a video I created for this competition (video may take a minute to load).

3. At the bottom of the page, you will see a row of stars - this is where you vote 1 star (low) - 10 stars (best). Please select the amount of stars you feel appropriate and then click Submit Rating.


Then you're done!!!

Thank you so much for your time and I hope to return with some great results!

Many thanks,

Ryan Eder
Founder - Include Fitness

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#2 knightrider

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Posted 14 July 2009 - 09:14 PM

Great job, that looks brilliant. Can see this working for a lot of quads. In the gyms it can be a nightmare for them and Para's. I find most gyms annoying now, and especially if i haven't got a spotter with me to help. So i train at home with a kitted out garage now.

But i can see that being a huge success. Awesome.

Edited by knightrider, 14 July 2009 - 09:15 PM.

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