MDTAP gets a shout out this week in the Washington Post article on recycling medical equipment, “Free to good home: a $4,000, 250 pound hospital bed.” Of course there’s also other cool stuff, like a concept vibrating hearing aid, a free web application to decipher text on images, and lots more. AT in the news for the week of 8/15 thru 8/19 –
Braigo launches web app to help blind people parse text on images
Strategies for Implementing Assistive Technology in the Classroom
“Becoming Disabled” by ROSEMARIE GARLAND-THOMSON via NYT
Check out 14 Assistive Technology Demonstration Videos
Smell and eye tests offer potential for predicting Alzheimer’s
Chris Schlechty is making tech to empower people of all abilities
Free to a good home: a $4,000, 250-pound hospital bed
Research investigates how mobile apps can help people with disabilities
How tech can help the visually impaired
Google Duo Makes Video Calling Between Operating Systems Easier
Brain-machine interfaces trigger partial neurological recovery in chronic paraplegics
Hospitals are partnering with Uber to get patients to checkups
PokemonGo used as occupational therapy tool for kids at Easterseals
Brits build ‘world’s smartest prosthetic limb’ that acts like a human leg
This concept hearing aid vibrates to tell users of loud sounds
Brain-controlled robots and VR help paraplegic patients feel and move limbs again
Facebook’s 10-Year Plan: Connectivity, Artificial Intelligence, And Virtual Reality
