It’s Real; Pinch Me!
Let’s hear it for prehensile thumbs! They are indeed a marvel of natural engineering. That said, we often take the fine-motor control of our hands and fingers for granted. […]
Bessie Blount Griffin: Inventing in the Service of Humankind
Windshield wipers, the automatic transmission, electric turn signals. They are all standard equipment on our cars, devices we all take for granted. And let’s not stop with the traffic signal! [...]
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Posted For Erin Main, College Student, It’s All in the Details
Many people with learning or certain physical disabilities have important ideas they would like to share. However, for various reasons, they face considerable challenges. Assistive [...]
Co:Writer Is My Co-pilot
People with dyslexia, visual-processing challenges, and other learning disabilities usually have great ideas but have grave difficulty writing them down. Fortunately, there are good [...]
It’s a Very Fine Little Switch, but It Comes with a String Attached
Most switches and buttons offer accessibility to persons with various limitations of physical ability. For example, there are the Flex and Leaf switches, along with the ultimate switch. [...]
Mother Watches over You, and Silver Mother Watches over Her
Worried about your elderly Mom (or Dad)? Silver Mother watches over her family, a set of four multipurpose sensors called “Cookies.” These monitor any important object. Such as […]
The All-Turn-It Spinner Offers New Choices
The AbleNet All-Turn-It Spinner allows people to participate in activities and games that require randomization, such as rolling dice. It can also be used to generate numbers for [...]
Little and Big Step-by-Step Communicators Talk Out Loud
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices offer persons unable to communicate with their voices another way to communicate. These range from the simple (such as the [...]
Assistive Tech Keeps Track of the Home, Offering Independence
Home safety is on everyone’s mind, and knowledge is power. For persons with disabilities, this takes on an even greater degree of importance. Though the Samsung SmartThings home monitoring [...]
Look, Ma: NoHands Mouse!
Okay, we know this week’s featured product has been around for a while. Indeed, an example is an historic relic in the collection of the Computer History Museum, as […]