CARA NUNEZ, on left, winner of the 10th annual Elevator Pitch Contest sponsored by the Rhode Island Business Plan Competition for her proposal to create a wearable eye tracker to control a robotic arm, is shown with Rhode Island Business Plan Competition Co-chair Peggy Farrell. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION
PROVIDENCE – A proposal for a wearable eye tracker that can control a robotic arm won the 10th annual Elevator Pitch Contest Thursday night sponsored by the Rhode Island Business Plan Competition. Cara Nunez, a University of Rhode Island senior majoring in biomedical engineering and Spanish, already has built a prototype for her business, Always…