This has been a week full of not-so-good news (you know what I’m talking about). So, I’m here to cheer you up and take your mind off so many sad & seemingly impending things. Smart shoes for the blind, remote coaching for parents, customized chopsticks, taking exams using blink-technology, and so much more. It’s a good, wide world out there – let’s refocus and read up on some of the coolest stuff happening!
AT in the news for the week of 8/4 thru 8/8.
New technology brings sight to deaf & hard of hearing of theater goers
MIT Students Design Functional, Fashionable Clothing for Disabled
Visually-impaired kids get into game at Camp Abilities
Met + Parsons Museum Accessibility Collaboration Workshop
Smartshoes for the visually challenged could help curb isolation among that group
Why game accessibility matters
New prosthetic arm controlled by neural messages
Find Out How Remote Coaching Helps Parents Deliver Autism Therapies
Developing and using a Caregiver’s Calendar
Disabled teen sailing 400 miles – in boat she controls by puffing down tube
Talkitt App Clears Garbled Speech of People with Disabilities
National Federation of the Blind Endorses Online Ballot Marking
San Francisco Airport Testing Assistive Technology For The Blind
Super cheap Smart Home kit brings automation to the masses
One Man’s Mission To Design Better Chopsticks For People w/ Disabilities
Woman with locked-in syndrome earns degree by blinking through exams
4 apps to help the visually impaired in school
An app that lets blind people read
In shipyards in Korea, robot exoskeletons are giving workers superstrength
Digital Reading System Helps The Blind Read Graphs
Data from cameras & ultrasonic sensors is sent to tablet that provides audible directions
Quadriplegic Former Firefighter Uses New Technology to Communicate
Robotic pets for seniors part of wave of assistive technology