Usually, the Tech Tuesday segment discusses high-tech products.<\/p>\n
Assistive Technology can also be low-tech. Today’s Tech-Tip Tuesday features a low-tech invention which solves a seemingly age-old problem with another low-tech and fairly common piece of assistive technology.<\/p>\n
The CLU Clip was developed by students at the California Lutheran University. As the name implies, it is a clip designed to hold a cane upright against a table or desk.\u00a0 Most canes are smooth and top heavy.<\/p>\n
They slide and fall quite easily.\u00a0 Often the most practical thing to do with a long white cane is to lay it down somewhere out of the way.\u00a0 With the CLU Clip, however, a cane can be fastened upright against a horizontal surface.<\/p>\n
The CLU Clip design team is a semi-finalist in a student competition sponsored by the\u00a0Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America. Five finalists will be announced at the RESNA conference going on this month.<\/p>\n
Check out the CLU Clip homepage at: http:\/\/www.cluclip.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n There is also a brief video of the CLU Clip in action at:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fytNFvZBesY&feature=youtu.be<\/a><\/p>\n