Pakistani students bag first position at Stanford University competition

Photo courtesy: SCL Design Challenge Twitter handle

A team comprising of Pakistani students brought accolades to Pakistan after it won the Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge 2017, held in California US.

TAME, a smart wearable for tremor acquisition and minimization, won the competition which was focused on projects and products that are modelled to optimise the life of human beings.

The Pakistani team comprised of recent Electrical Engineering graduates included students from National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad campus.

First place: The anti-tremor prototype from project TAME. We hope their designs go on to have great impact! #SCL #designchallenge pic.twitter.com/ZEZJDATYQj

— Stanford Longevity (@LongevityCenter) March 30, 2017

Team TAME managed to bag the first prize at the final held in California USA on March 30, 2017, after competing against teams from renowned universities from across the globe including Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cornell University, Virginia Tech, University of Sao Paolo, Beijing University, and Stanford University.

The Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge is a worldwide competition that offers cash prizes and free entrepreneurial-related guidance to the winners. The students from universities all around the world participate in the competition to earn these worthy rewards.