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2026 Galleries // 2026 Spark: Spring Student // SOLIX
SOLIX
Winner - Silver
Competition:
Spark: Spring Student
Designer:
Jinyeong Ahn
Design Type:
Product & industrial
Company / Organization / School:
Korea Design Membership +
Team Members:
Jinyeong Ahn, Seunghun Lee, Yumin Seok & Jungwon Kim
After long-duration space missions, astronauts experience disruptions in various sensory systems, including vestibular and proprioceptive functions. While NASA and other research institutions support readaptation to Earth’s gravity through reconditioning programs for approximately 45 days after return, most rehabilitation takes place in medical and training facilities, limiting continuous sensory recovery in everyday life.
SOLIX supports recovery beyond the intensive rehabilitation phase, facilitating a transition from externally assisted walking to autonomous gait with self-regulated balance. The system consists of three modules, with the level of intervention gradually decreasing according to the user’s stage of recovery. Through AI-driven recovery reports, users can objectively monitor their progress and actively participate in the rehabilitation process by removing modules themselves as their condition improves. This gradual reduction of assistance encourages users to regain control of and relearn their sense of gravity, ultimately enabling independent recovery and true autonomous rehabilitation.
