Science doesn’t take a break for the holidays, but we did. So this week, you get all the news from last week and this week. We’ve got a whole lot of Stephen Hawking in here, some awesome new developments overseas (like solar powered hearing aids!!!), a new development in eye-gaze technology and more. Don’t miss any of it!
AT in the news from 11/24 thru 12/5 –
DogTag Bakery gives wounded Veterans job training and an education
Technology assists those with disabilities
Michael Lerman uses assistive technology to self-publish poetry
Helping autistic kids read, write and communicate
On world Day, Ban spotlights how technology can improve life for 1 billion
DOL’s new Web hub highlights accessibility tools for disabled
iPhone apps creating independence for people with vision loss
ADEC contest challenges schools, businesses to help people with disabilities using technology
Did you know it’s possible to improve hearing with help from the sun? (Video)
A 16-year-old girl from Moldova is behind this computer programme for the visually impaired
Stephen Hawking’s new speech system is free and open-source
Hybrid tricycle designed to increase mobility
Suit helps disabled athletes detect injuries instantly
Technology helps dyslexics decode written word
Professor Stephen Hawking’s speedy new Intel speech system is built on SwiftKey
3D Printing to Guide Face Transplants
Penn State researchers explore the future of augmentative communication
Army testing load-lightening exosuits
Quadrocopters for quadriplegics: New tech allows disabled to ‘pilot drone over Grand Canyon’
Samsung Takes Eye-Scrolling Technology to Disabled Community
Hearing a solution: Student creates technology to help the visually impaired learn science
Researchers Announce Advance in Image-Recognition Software
Comcast launches TV tools for visually impaired
Griffith University to open Social Robotics and Assistive Technology Lab to
Can this bracelet help the blind better understand their surroundings?
