Archive for the ‘Living’ Category
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
El-E is a robot controlled by laser pointer. Here's a video via healthcare-robotics :
El-E the Robot from Cressel Anderson on Vimeo.
Maybe I could use this to pickup my MouthStick when I drop it. But how'd I press the button on the laser pointer? Hmmm...a real "companion" would notice I'd dropped ...
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
Neat project demonstrating potential use of a USB drive access to a door.
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YouTube - Makers Local 256 USB Autheticated Deadbolt Servo:
Couldn't seem to get into the website mentioned.
[via Hack a Day]
Related posts:Robot arm makes my brain ping
Wireless door access TI watch
iDoor – iPhone Controlled Hydraulic Door
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Sunday, October 19th, 2008
Great to see some good asthetic thought as well as pure functionality put into accessible design in this bicycle.
From the Tuvie site:
Bicycle designer Gavin Smith has come up with a new bicycle design that will help people with disabilities to ride the bicycle independently. Sometimes disabilities like cerebral palsy can ...
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Interesting app detailed in this video that monitors your heart rate with nothing more than your iPhone and an app.
Now, imagine combining this with an sms alert function to notify a chosen number of a care provider. Gets interesting. Now that's consumer convergence with utility.
iPhone App - Heart Monitor from ...
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Set to launch in October : A door lock that can be activated by mobile phone and over the internet. Can also notify via phone when someone enters.
I could use this as I can use my mobile but not open my door without assistance of a keypad.
This has huge potential ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
The following is fro the Blog of Beth Kanter, a friend who's up in Brisbane at the ConnectingUp Conference for Non-profits. Big thanks to Beth.
I am posting her notes on this breakout session as it highlights some of the key Benefits and Barriers for people living with disability participating in ...
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
The "Walking Radar" project connects up a Basic Stamp and IR sensor to your cell phone in order to detect objects in the environment and influence games on the device or trigger SMS messages to be sent. [Make]
It occurred to me this gadget if hooked up to the vibration part ...
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008
AlarMe is a very unique watch that has the ability to alert those who cannot hear an audible alarm by vibration. Multidirectional microphones that can register a drastic change in ambient sound level, or pick up specially asigned frequencies alert the user. The LED lights and face alert the user ...
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Recently I was made aware of a program called Pointui while scanning Frank Arrigo's blog (hi Frank). I thought it sounded interesting if for no other reason than the screenshot looked to provide bigger buttons. So I visited the Pointui site.
Pointui is a interface layer for Windows Mobile based devices. ...
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
There exists assistive technology devices that use tracking of a reflective dot by infrared to control a computer. They cost in vacinity on USD $4-500.
Now take a look at this video and think about the unforseen possibilities of general purpose 'stuff'. And what happens with mass market uptake and ...
Posted in Access, Computing, Living, Makers, Playing, Switching | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
The group of Occupational Therapy students at UNISA I spoke with yesterday about how to use tools to do life with disability. The course title is "Enabling Occupation" Occupation being any activity in this case. I like to simplify that to mean "Helping to do stuff". Which ain't a bad ...
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Back here I wrote about the Emporia Life Phone.
The other day I got an email asking me about where to get one in Australia, which it appears you can't.
Can anyone help shelly? Are you listening Emporia?
shelly wrote:
EMPORIA PHONE
These are not available in Australia at present and nobody I have spoken ...
Posted in Devices, Listening, Living, Talking | 4 Comments »
