Using Virtual Reality To Walk in the Shoes of Someone With Alzheimer’s
Most everyone knows that Alzheimer’s disease means memory loss. But dementia, which affects nearly 50 million people worldwide, is about more than losing your keys or forgetting your children’s names. People living with Alzheimer’s (the most common type of dementia) and related conditions, such as frontotemporal dementia and Lewy body dementia, can suffer symptoms like disorientation, light […]
How Designing For Disabled People Is Giving Google An Edge
“Accessibility is a basic human right,” Eve Andersson tells me, sitting on a lawn at the Shoreline Amphitheater during this year’s Google I/0 developer conference. “It benefits everyone.”
Thought-reading headset lets users speak their mind
By combining a wireless connected EEG headset from Emotiv and an assistive communication app, California-based Smartstones is bringing the power of speech to those who have difficulty communicating verbally. The “think to speak” technology works by reading the brainwaves of the user and expressing them as phrases spoken through the app.
Accessible Internet, Communication, and Technology (ICT) – Bottom-line, Accessibility Benefits Everyone
Universal accessibility in the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) sector holds unparalleled promise and opportunity for people with disabilities never before seen in our history.
Google.org awards $20 million to groups developing tech for people with disabilities
Last year, Google.org announced their Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities competition, and over1,000 nonprofits from 88 countries submitted designs for open source technology that could improve the lives of disabled people around the world. This week, Google.org announced the 29 winners, to whom they have dished out a cool $20 million.
Chip, Implanted in Brain, Helps Paralyzed Man Regain Control of Hand
Five years ago, a college freshman named Ian Burkhart dived into a wave at a beach off the Outer Banks in North Carolina and, in a freakish accident, broke his neck on the sandy floor, permanently losing the feeling in his hands and legs.
Google Pledges £14m To Support Disability Technology
Smart glasses for the blind and prosthetic limb makers among winners of Google Impact Challenge investment Google has revealed the winners of a campaign to use technology to help people with disabilities as part of a drive to help the one billion people worldwide. Read more at http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/projects/google-disability-technology-support-189952#C723u0cprrIHSeG6.99
UW students’ invention could revolutionize sign language
Two University of Washington sophomores have been award a prestigious prize for a pair of gloves they invented to help the hearing and speech impaired communicate with people who don’t understand sign language.
Building more accessible technology
Nearly 20 percent of the U.S. population will have a disability during their lifetime, which can make it hard for them to access and interact with technology, and limits the opportunity that technology can bring. That’s why it’s so important to build tools to make technology accessible to everyone—from people with visual impairments who need […]
CART: A System That Works for Nearly Everyone With Hearing Loss
Most of us have been at events with a sign-language interpreter, but how many have ever seen a CART screen? CART, which stands for “communication access real time translation,” provides instantaneous captions for what is being said. It’s also one of the best-kept secrets in the hearing loss world.