Juan Lasso Velasco has been trying to make the best of quarantine after returning home from Duke University for spring break amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
So the Columbus native and a few partners took part in HackDuke, a 24-hour competition to build projects for tech and social good. Â
They created a pillbox device to control the amount of narcotics a patient can ingest and won a donation to the charity of their choice: Habitat for Humanity of Columbus.
âItâs very difficult working remotely on something physical,â Lasso Velasco said, adding that the four group members were all physically separate for this project. Lasso Velasco studies mechanical engineering.