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		<title>Congratulations from IDEO!</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Congrats to Brian Light for his "Sports Walker" idea and first prototype! I love how he has built his own solution for exactly his needs and how that has made such a big difference for him, playing volleyball despite his limited ability to run across the field. Since there was no product available out there to do what he needed, he took the matters in his own hands. Now, we'll work together to take his idea to the next level and improve the design so that the sports walker can help more people with MS move around quickly and easily for sports or other activities.]]></description>
		<link>http://realmsvoices.com/blog/2011/12/19/congratulations-from-ideo/</link>
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		<title>Giving Thanks For Our Real MS Community!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to our winner, Brian Light!  Your idea for a sports walker is an inspiring example of the determination and creativity that the MS community uses everyday to overcome obstacles and fight the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis.

And a big thanks to everyone who submitted story ideas or shared experiences, left comments or took the time to cast a vote.  Your voice is equally important because, together, you have helped to create a tapestry of real life experiences that communicates the collective challenges of the MS Community.
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		<link>http://realmsvoices.com/blog/2011/12/19/giving-thanks-for-our-real-ms-community/</link>
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		<title>REX Bionics: From Idea to Product!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So how did two regular guys, with engineering jobs, find themselves on the cutting edge of innovation?  We asked Richard to tell us more about how he was able to take an idea and develop it into a new product. Turns out the story truly begins, in a place where creative banter, and personal ideologies are often exchanged….. in a pub!]]></description>
		<link>http://realmsvoices.com/blog/2011/10/11/1686/</link>
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		<title>Innovating Hope: The True Story of REX</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<strong>Real MS spent some time talking with Robert Irving, one of the inventors of the REX exoskeleton. We asked him to share his experiences with the design and development process and what insights he could share with our community about being an inventor who lives with MS]]></description>
		<link>http://realmsvoices.com/blog/2011/09/30/innovating-hope-the-true-story-of-rex/</link>
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		<title>Thank You For Sharing Your Ideas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow! It’s hard to believe, but the deadline to submit your ideas to our competition has now passed. Over the last few weeks, we have received so many inspired entries and amazing ideas that it is going to be extremely difficult to choose a winner!  From Mobile Apps to track symptoms and identify wheelchair accessible access points, to specialized gloves that can be used to control the computer and allow people to surf the web! We are really impressed with so many of the new adaptive product ideas that have been posted and hope you will take the time to review them and vote for your favorites.]]></description>
		<link>http://realmsvoices.com/blog/2011/09/16/thank-you-for-sharing-your-ideas/</link>
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		<title>Innovation Can Happen Anywhere : IDEO guest blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IDEO is excited about hosting a 2-day workshop for the winner of Your Innovation competition.

As a global design consultancy, IDEO is constantly looking for opportunities to have positive social impact and to help companies create innovative solutions, such as products, services, spaces, and interactive experiences. ]]></description>
		<link>http://realmsvoices.com/blog/2011/08/15/innovation-can-happen-anywhere-ideo-guest-blog/</link>
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		<title>Contest Check In: What Do You Think?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This competition is a global campaign to raise awareness of MS in a creative way.  It is all about sharing experiences, dreams, or perhaps frustrations, and imagining new adaptive products that could potentially help make life easier with MS. There are two ways that you can support this effort and part of this Real MS Campaign. You can share an experience, and tell us about a specific challenge of your MS, or you can share an idea for a new adaptive product or creative solution to that might help to solve a specific challenge. You do not necessarily have to work out the design specifics for your idea, or have a degree in engineering to enter.  All you need is a good idea. 

Are you still searching for your concept?  Or do you have a rough idea that you are trying to develop?  Real MS is here to support you on this creative journey.  Our Face book community is one option if you have questions that you would like to explore, or an idea that you would like to test.  We have already had one community member try out a suggested product idea, and reported back that loafing gloves do indeed work well as shower mitts!  

Have you looked at our newest video, Brainstorm in a Box?  It is a great tutorial that offers exercises to help you capture ideas and expand your thinking. It also offers a series of questions that provide a framework for some of the basic challenges of MS that are emerging from this competition.  If you look at some of the basic categories that our community has identified: physical challenges, emotional challenges, challenges of awareness, and challenges of opportunity.  

Which of these do you think is the most pressing and why? 
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		<link>http://realmsvoices.com/blog/2011/08/09/contest-check-in-what-do-you-think/</link>
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		<title>Inclusive Design   (A Guest Blog From IDEO)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For quite some time there has been an exciting direction within design called universal design, or also inclusive design. Its goal is to create buildings, products and environments that are accessible to and desirable by as many people as possible, so both to people with and without disabilities.
 
There are many great examples of technologies and designs surrounding us everyday that are inclusive. Among them Velcro, the electric toothbrush, automatic doors, low-floor buses and audio-books.]]></description>
		<link>http://realmsvoices.com/blog/2011/07/18/inclusive-design-a-guest-blog-from-ideo/</link>
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		<title>Who Is IDEO???</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IDEO is an innovation consultancy. Sounds great! But what does that mean? Since the winner of our Your Innovation design competition will get to attend a two day design seminar and experience this exciting culture of innovation first hand, we thought it was time to make a formal introduction. 

IDEO creates impact through design and helps organizations innovate. Their core belief is that innovative solutions for products, services and strategies have to address real human needs. 
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		<link>http://realmsvoices.com/blog/2011/07/11/who-is-ideo/</link>
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		<title>Multiple Sclerosis Inspired Invention!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Innovation often times evolves from need.  Those who live and care for someone with Multiple Sclerosis see and understand the daily needs that can arise in day to day life. You never know what challenge or event could inspire someone to think differently about a problem, or where the next big idea is going to come from.  For British scientist Ken Armitage, it was a simple walk to the pub that spawned an idea that changed the course of his career and helped many who live with Multiple Sclerosis.]]></description>
		<link>http://realmsvoices.com/blog/2011/07/07/multiple-sclerosis-inspired-invention/</link>
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