Welcome to next-generation portable sanitation. A portable toilet that can expand to four times its original size won the Council of Ontario Universities’ (COU) annual Innovative Designs for Accessibility (IDeA) student competition. Ontario, Canada, university students compete to come up with inventions that help remove barriers for people with disabilities.This year’s winner — Jasmine Yeung of Carleton University — designed the E-PAW, or Expandable Portable Accessible Washroom, which offers accessible washroom facilities coupled with an enjoyable experience, particularly for special event attendees.A COU press release explains that the unit is designed to “make life easier for people in wheelchairs, but
