| Gizmo Award for Quality of Life |
| The solution that most dramatically improves the
independence or integration of an individual within their community
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Equipment that allows a ventilator-dependent
quadriplegic to sail |
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Volunteer: David Graham, Burnaby· |
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| Gizmo Award for Most Creative Solution |
| The most ingenious solution to either a unique or
routine problem |
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A device that allows hospital patients at Peace
Arch Hospital to place varying – and measured – amounts of
pressure on their injured or post-operative leg |
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Volunteer: David Doman, Surrey· |
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| Gizmo Award for Community Impact |
| The solution that has the potential to ultimately
benefit the greatest number of people |
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A dressing device |
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Volunteer: Harry Hardy, Burnaby |
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| Gizmo Award for Best Children’s Project |
| The solution for a children’s project that best
exemplifies a combination of life improvement, creativity and broadest
applicability |
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A modified child’s recorder |
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Volunteer Gregg Harris, Burnaby |
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| Sam Sullivan 2006 Gizmo Award |
| The solution that best defines the Tetra Society’s
overall mission statement |
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Climbing harnesses that allowed quadriplegic
hiker Brad Jacobsen to tackle the West Coast Trail |
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Volunteer: Roy Hamaguchi, Vancouver |
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