This year, the student startup Handidoor won the 10th Annual Louis H Stumberg Venture competition hosted by Trinity University. The contest, which normally awards a $25,000 prize to the winner, surprised the team of students with an extra $20,000.

Handidoor is a company co-founded by Nathaniel Troxel and Xadrian Huerta, focusing on creating an accessible and mobility-friendly automatic door opening device.

The two Trinity University students took inspiration from Troxel’s own life experiences when he dealt with remotely opening and closing doors.

“I was in a car accident a couple of years ago, and during my rehab process, I had to use a wheelchair, a walker, and a cane,” said Nathaniel Troxel. “And I found out that it was extremely hard to move around my house, especially when it came t

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