Apps for loneliness and video games for depression. Pants that communicate when you can’t and machines that will hike for you when you can’t. The possibilities are endless! AT in the news for the week of 8/17 through 8/21
New today: Digital Accessibility Legal Update
I, Fashion: How technology is changing the way we dress
FCC Boosting Open Video Platform for the Deaf
Low Vision Accessibility Task Force open for participation
Mindfulness and Job Accommodations Survey from Florida State University student
Flashing LEDs facilitate brain-controlled exoskeleton
Stephen Hawking’s Voice Software Can Be Yours, for Free
3D Printing Technology Looks To Increase Participation In Adaptive Sports
Giving the disabled and homebound a chance to ‘hike’ a volcano
These Weird Pants Could Give People Who Can’t Speak a Way to Communicate
Device Lifts Wheelchair-Bound from Chairs and Gets Them Walking
Fitness wearable are the rage & Freewheel is the world’s first fitness tracker for wheelchairs
Artificial intelligence enables people who are blind to “see”
Uber’s Business Isn’t Built to Help Disabled People
Is there an app for loneliness?
OPINION: The disabled don’t need miraculous, high-tech interventions to save them
‘Play This Video Game And Call Me In The Morning’
Chaotic Moon Is Building A Fitness Tracker For Wheelchairs