{"id":262516,"date":"2026-06-02T19:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T23:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/calgary-high-school-students-develop-wearable-technology-for-those-with-parkinsons-disease\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T19:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T23:55:16","slug":"calgary-high-school-students-develop-wearable-technology-for-those-with-parkinsons-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/calgary-high-school-students-develop-wearable-technology-for-those-with-parkinsons-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary high school students develop wearable technology for those with Parkinson’s disease"},"content":{"rendered":"

Calgary high school students develop wearable technology for those with Parkinson’s disease<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-06-02 19:29:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Allen Guo-Lu and Luotong Shi aren’t your typical Grade 12 students.<\/p>\n

While most are either busily preparing for final exams or revelling in the fact that their high school careers are almost over, Guo-Lu and Shi have spent their senior year developing wearable technology to help people battling Parkinson’s disease avoid serious falls.<\/p>\n

“It’s our last year in Grade 12, so we were like, ‘Why don’t we try to kind of give back to the community?'” Shi told CBC Radio’s Calgary Eyeopener. <\/p>\n

“This was one of the ways that we thought of doing it.”<\/p>\n

The technology \u2014 a wearable battery-powered tail equipped with built-in sensors \u2014 can detect when the wearer may be unstable and act as a counterweight to help them regain their balance, Shi said.<\/p>\n

\"ALuotong Shi is a Grade 12 student at Western Canada High School in Calgary. She spoke to CBC Radio’s Calgary Eyeopener on Tuesday about the wearable tail she helped design. (CBC)<\/p>\n

“It essentially works kind of like the idea of a spine where there is several pieces that you can attach and the tubes act as tendons,” Shi said.<\/p>\n

In April, the Western Canada High School students won the University of Calgary Chancellor and Senate Award at the Calgary Youth Science Fair. The project was also a finalist at the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Edmonton last week.<\/p>\n

There are at least 120,000 people living with Parkinson’s in Canada, and that number is expected to exceed 150,000 by 2034, according to Ko Currie with Parkinson Canada.<\/p>\n

The Parkinson Association of Alberta estimates roughly 15,000 Albertans live with the disease.<\/p>\n

Tremors and gait features like slowness, difficulty with balance or rigidity are some of the more recognizable symptoms of the disease, Currie said, adding falls are a significant concern.<\/p>\n

“It’s one of the most disabling…<\/p>\n

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