Kenneth Nixon was awarded the Odyssey Medal for Special Projects. Nixon was lauded for his development of a distance care giving system that enables informal care to be provided to elderly family members over the Internet, allowing older adults to stay independent in their homes longer. The system, which has been featured by NBC鈥檚 Today Show and in major news publications throughout the world, was originally created by Nixon and his two brothers Vic 鈥62 and Wade 鈥81 so their mother, who had Alzheimer鈥檚, could remain independent on their family farm in Lavaca. Nixon used the technology to create Caregiver Technologies, Inc.