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PLATTEVILLE, Wis. â During his long and sometimes treacherous climbs, Gokul Gopalakrishnan often found himself wishing he had a way of practicing some of the skills.
When a person is dangling by a rope sometimes hundreds of feet off the ground, there isnât much room for error.
âFor the longest time, I always wished I had like a portable device with me that was easy to use and easy to set up that could be used to demonstrate and practice various types of climbing skills,â said Gopalakrishnan, an assistant professor at University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
So when the scientific research company WiSys Technology Foundation First hosted a prototype hackathon competition on the UW-P campus, Gopalakrishnan decided to reach out to a group of four engineering students who he knew were avid rock climbers and propose an idea.