{"id":16492,"date":"2024-11-15T07:47:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T14:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/library\/?p=16492"},"modified":"2025-05-22T09:18:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T15:18:49","slug":"student-innovators-place-top-three-in-health-tech-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/library\/2024\/11\/15\/student-innovators-place-top-three-in-health-tech-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Student innovators place top three in Health Tech Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"809\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/668\/2024\/11\/Kade-and-Noras-Novelty-Check.jpg\" alt=\"Beyond Beauty Brushes presented with a large check. \" class=\"wp-image-16493\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kade Bolen (center) and Nora Meeker (right) as they are presented with their check<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kade Bolen and Nora Meeker, student employees in Albertsons Library\u2019s MakerLab, immersed themselves in hands-on problem-solving to serve a patient at St. Luke\u2019s hospital. Their hard work and creativity paid off when they earned an unexpected top-three finish in the Health Tech Challenge.<br><br>In summer 2023, Bolen was introduced to a unique opportunity through Caleb Ashcraft, our MakerLab manager and a student mentor with ties to St. Luke&#8217;s Hospital. Ashcraft connected Bolen with a patient who faced a challenge: limited mobility in her hands that made everyday tasks, like applying makeup, difficult. Existing makeup tools and accessories just weren\u2019t cutting it.<br><br>Seeing a chance to help, Bolen designed new 3D printed attachments allowing the patient to use her existing makeup brushes with greater ease and comfort. When Bolen demonstrated the prototype to the patient, her reaction was one of genuine excitement. His design worked\u2014exceeding expectations and offering greater accessibility and independence. Bolen said \u201cI really expected more to go wrong, but the prototype went really well.\u201d<br><br>But the story doesn\u2019t end there. Ashcraft encouraged Bolen to take the next step and get involved in the Venture College\u2019s Health Tech Challenge, a \u2018reverse-pitch\u2019 competition inviting Idaho university students to pitch innovative solutions to healthcare challenges as part of Boise Entrepreneur Week. Accompanying Bolen to the competition was MakerLab coworker Nora Meeker, an undeclared major exploring her options by planning to study abroad next semester.<br><br>Competing in the Health Tech challenge offered Bolen and Meeker many benefits beyond funding for their idea. For Meeker, the experience offered invaluable lessons in market research, pitching, and public speaking. The experience also reinforced Bolen\u2019s confidence in his problem-solving abilities\u2014confidence he plans to carry forward into his future software development career.<br><br>Looking ahead, Bolen\u2019s next step is joining the Venture College\u2019s Incubator program, which will provide mentorship and resources to help further develop the product and explore its potential. Meeker will be pursuing new opportunities in South Korea through the Study Abroad program this spring.<br><br>With determination, teamwork, and a passion for solving problems, Bolen and Meeker\u2019s journey from concept to competition shows how Boise State students are not only learning\u2014they\u2019re creating, innovating, and making an impact on Idaho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kade Bolen and Nora Meeker, student employees in Albertsons Library\u2019s MakerLab, immersed themselves in hands-on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3085,"featured_media":16493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1798,2672],"tags":[2535,2531,2676,2714],"class_list":["post-16492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-at-the-library","category-student-success","tag-albertsons-library","tag-boise-state-university","tag-student-success","tag-uec"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - 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