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<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The $5,000 award has allowed Nonspec to move their initiative forward by creating their first batch of prosthetic limbs. With a projected 15% market share in the next five years, Nonspec plans to use this market presence to launch a foundation called “Give a Hand”. The purpose of this foundation would be to spread their mission, goals, charitable cause, and products around the world in order to make a difference in developing nations.</span>
<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Since Nonspec’s success at the Idea Challenge they have gained great publicity in other arenas. They were recently named one of the top 10 semi-finalists in Entrepreneur® Magazine’s “College Entrepreneur of 2013 Contest”. In addition, they were invited to attend [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppnzNSnxi-g The International Association of IAPD Plastics Distribution (IAPD) “Plastics Application Design Competition”Competition], which was held on October 2, 2013 in Miami, Florida. Lastly, the team was utilized as a role model by being featured in a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLwLg4XHrck video] that was shown at all DifferenceMaker™ freshman orientation sessions throughout the summer due to their motivation and high entrepreneurial spirits.</span>
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