Innovators at CU are building a ‘sexy’ walker to get older people back on their feet

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A traditional walker for older folks, which aims to help with mobility but comes with some stigma, at the Center for Innovative Design and Engineering, at CU Anschutz.

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Cathy Bodine, director of the Center for Innovative Design and Engineering, and executive director of the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Technologies at CU Anschutz.

Image is a digital rendering that shows three versions of a new design for walkers. They are black frames with brown leather handle grips.
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A traditional walker for older folks, at left, which aims to help with mobility but comes with some stigma, alongside a prototype “sexy walker” being developed at the Center for Innovative Design and Engineering, at CU Anschutz.

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The “sexy walker” project is being developed at the Center for Innovative Design and Engineering, at CU Anschutz.

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One prototype “sexy walker” being developed at the Center for Innovative Design and Engineering, at CU Anschutz, has a frame, brakes and knobby tires more commonly associated with a mountainbike.