Elderly and Disabled Assistive Devices Market 2016-2024
Assistive devices and technologies minimize individual’s dependence on others and helps improve quality of life. Devices such as wheelchairs, visual aids, hearings aids, and specialized computer software and hardware system aids in enhancing hearing, vision, mobility, or communication of the elderly and disabled people.
The Importance of Inclusive Design
Everyone should be able to access information or use a product and/or service easily.
How People with Disabilities Are Using AI to Improve Their Lives
Advances in artificial intelligence have spurred the development of smart devices to help people overcome physical and cognitive challenges. And, this may just be the beginning.
How we’re designing musical instruments with the help of disabled musicians and VR
Virtual Reality technology opens up new experiences and possibilities in music for people with disabilities.
Microsoft’s Super Bowl ad will make you cry–over a video game controller
Microsoft’s new, 60-second spot, which will air during the fourth quarter this Sunday, is a surprisingly heartwarming mini-documentary produced by McCann Worldgroup, about a group of kids with disabilities who love to play video games.
How Inclusive Design Drives Innovation
Designing for inclusion means continuously asking the right questions in an effort to push the boundaries of software design and pave the way for a future where no user gets left behind.
Glasses give sight to the legally blind
A pair of glasses from eSight that helps people who are legally blind actually see — in some cases, even better than people with 20/20 vision.
Disabled video gamers find more options as EA, others expand choices
Aaron Cendan’s new video game controller features a subtle but significant design change.
Davos 2019: Cooper Hewitt museum director on the power of inclusive design
Empathetic, user-centred products that can shape a more equitable world for people with disabilities go on show at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland this week
Why Sign-Language Gloves Don’t Help Deaf People
Wearable technologies that claim to translate ASL overlook the intricacies of the language, as well as the needs of signers.