Lily Born noticed her grandfather, who has Parkinson’s disease, was having trouble drinking from a cup without spilling some liquid.
The 11-year-old from Illinois decided to do something to help and designed the Kangaroo Cup, a spill-proof sturdy mug. It has three legs which enables it to sit on uneven surfaces and makes it harder for someone to overturn it.
Along with her father, Lily went to China to find a manufacturer that would design the cup and now they are hoping to raise funds so they can work on a more durable design for the cup.
“This campaign is not just about bringing a product to production, it is about sending a message to every parent and every kid with an invention that in history’s blink of an eye, we suddenly find ourselves living in a world where that dream can be made real,” Lily’s dad wrote on the product’s Kickstarter page.
(Video via Vimeo – No Spill Cup)
