Recumbent Bike Cover/Security: a retired Army Veteran had multiple back and neck surgeries, with retained titanium rods in her back. Additionally, both hands have tendon damage. With these disabilities, she has difficulty lifting and securing her recumbent bikes on her vehicles. Her Challenge request is to create a functional and secure cover for a recumbent bike in the bed of her truck to protect it from the elements and theft. She indicates that nothing on the market exists which conforms to her recumbent bike specifics.

Reading Cue App: An Army Veteran was injured in his second tour in Iraq in 2006 when he encountered an IED. He sustained a traumatic brain injury and legal blindness. He loved to read and enjoys reading using his iPad Pro, however, he continues to have difficulty with visually scanning to the left. This leads to him miss words, sentences, and content when trying to read. The challenge is to create a device/process to cue him to continue to scan to the left when reading especially with his smart tablet (iPad Pro).

Our Challenger is a US Army Infantry veteran who has gout in both knees that gets severe at times. When it flares up he cannot walk and has been on crutches a month now. He states that a hot shower makes his knees feel better and when the hot water is on the joint, the pain goes away. 

There are knee braces on the market that heat up the knee with electricity or infrared technology, but they are not water-based.  He has tried hot pads on his knees, but that does not work for him. 

Our Challenger would like to have a brace that circulates hot water around his knee joint that allows him to walk and is powered.

Our Challenger is a former F-18 pilot and Navy Academy graduate.  Due to an injury, he sustained a complete spinal cord injury at the C2 level.  He had been working with another group to design a controller for his drone and remap the functions.  They were unable to complete it due to some restrictions with the software.  

He would like a controller for his drone potentially with open source or a different design drone with software so he may have capabilities to control it with his current level of function.  He has good head and mouth movement and has used a joystick type control with head movement.  He would like the drone to fly, photograph, have sights and provide video feedback through the digital set up on his wheelchair with good quality and additional functions for the drone.

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Ranger Road is a nonprofit organization providing Veterans the necessary tools to be successful during the crucial transition from military to civilian life.  Ranger Road has several programs to involve injured veterans in recreation sports. Participation in challenging team activities provides physical and mental benefits for veterans and those assisting. One such activity is the Gut Check Race. It involves a litter carry and the current litter is heavy and is made of canvas, which does not wear well, especially in different conditions which may include mud or water.

Ranger Road requests the creation of a long litter carry to over terrain where the litter bearers would like to have the ability to use wheels.  The litter must be lightweight, durable, foldable, and portable that can be easily-converted to use off-road wheels. 

Ranger Road is a nonprofit organization that has several programs to involve injured veterans in recreation sports.  Veterans participating in the Motor Sports Program receive professional instruction on racing. Because of some of the physical requirements involved with this sport, some veterans have difficulty getting into the race cars. The transfer into the vehicle can be labor-intensive or just logistically difficult, especially due to some of the modifications of the race cars.  

The Challenge is to create a device to help the veterans to get in and out of the race vehicles. The device must be safe, easy to use, adjustable (up and down and side to side), and it must accommodate people of various sizes.

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