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Students in STEM: Camas-Washougal teens use engineering, design skills to perfect ‘Power Pivot’

Student-created device helps people with limited mobility change positions, avoid falls

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Camas students discuss the work that went into creating their Power Pivot health care device inside Discovery High School’s STEM lab on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Pictured from left to right are: Silvia Pujol, 13, a freshman at Discovery; Jack Harding, 15, a sophomore at Discovery; Will Jolley, 17, a junior at Discovery; Brenden Cavill, 15, a 10th-grader at Discovery; and Taryn Cavill, 14, an eighth-grader at Odyssey Middle School. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

It was a call from one of Discovery High School teacher Bruce Whitefield’s neighbors that kicked things off.

The man’s wife was experiencing limited mobility and was in need of a device that could help her rotate while standing without needing to twist her body.

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