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A Young "Touch" Gets Awarded 
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Posted: 23 Nov 2012 03:37 AM PST


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A 17-year-old high school student received a Unicef award in Athens 
<http://www.unicef.gr/news/2012/dt4412.php>, at an event that took place 
on November 20, on Universal Children’s Day 
<http://www.unicef.org/media/media_66404.html>, for his ground-breaking 
invention: a state-of-the-art mechanical glove designed for people with 
disabilities. Haris Ioannou said he came up with the idea 
<http://www.amna.gr/english/articleview.php?id=1775> of a metallic glove 
two years ago, when he first noticed that his grandmother was having 
great difficulty moving her hands: "at times she couldn't even grab the 
TV remote," Ioannou said.

The form-fitting metal device, weighs just 350 gr. and includes pressure 
sensors that can detect the hand movements of the person wearing it.
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