Archive for the ‘Lifekludger Links’ Category

Comparing iPads, Netbooks for AAC Use | ATMac

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Ricky Buchanan from ATMac has some interesting thoughts and good links on Comparing iPads, Netbooks, and Auggies for AAC Use, after an RJ Cooper comparison on the topic. on | ATMac [Source] Related posts:Open-source hardware heads towards mainstream?

Boom arm workstation

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Neat boom arm that might be very helpful : Extremely adjustable for position, angle, height: Boom arm is Angle adjustable. Boom Arm is Length adjustable. Base is height adjustable. Platform is angle adjustable side to side, front to back. [via] easychairworkstation.com Related posts:Umbrella rotations Lifekludger Links Weekly #22 Adaptive peeler

Magnets the TouchBarrier solution for capacitive screens?

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Looking at this post re HTC and stylus patents, I'm going to start looking at a kludge for my mouthsticks using magnets. HTC has a solution ready for the market. They have patented an ordinary stylus but with a twist. The stylus has a magnetic head, and due to ...

One problem with Stylus for Capacitive Touch Screens

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

iPhone Hacks blog has the low down on the problems of styluses on capacitive touch screens in a post titled New Apple Patent Talks about Stylus for Capacitive Touch Screens. The relevant bit: According to the inventors, modern day capacitive touch sensors are not optimized to receive inputs from styluses. This is ...

Mouse as a glove

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Mouse parts mounted on a glove. This is interesting as alternate input is can't grasp a mouse. You only need to place your hand on any surface and start mousing. [via hackaday] Related posts:Wireless Accelerometer Based Mouse Pointer Camera Mouse Vertical Mouse / Keyboard

Open-source hardware heads towards mainstream?

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Interesting article on Computerworld talks about the emergence of open-source hardware and the ways it seems to be moving towards more mainstream acceptance. Open-source hardware developments offer great hope and advantages for the adaptive technology field where there is not a huge mass market need and such specialisation and individualised needs ...

Resistive Multitouch Touchscreen tech

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Touchco was a New York company that, according to it's now closed website title, was developing "IFSR* multi-touch resistive sensors".  It has now reportedly ben bought by Amazon. The impressive thing about this technology is this. "Unlike the more common and more expensive capacitive touchscreens, Touchco-equipped screens can be used with a ...

Make Open source hardware list 2009

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

Make has put together a list of Open Source Hardware projects. These are projects in which the creators have decided to completely publish all the source, schematics, firmware, software, bill of materials, parts list, drawings and "board" files to recreate the hardware - they also allow any use, including commercial. Similar ...

Miniguru keyboard

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

The Miniguru keyboard is a compact keyboard that has a cut down, rearranged, minimalistic layout, layers for additional function keys, is reconfigurable and has a 'TrackPoint' style mouse pointer. www.guru-board.com [via Gadgetlab] & [Engadget] Related posts:Adesso compact wireless keyboard Colour-coded Keyboard & Mouse Lifekludger Links Weekly #12

Blow scrolling

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Blowing into the Zyxio SensaWaft"][/caption] Wired Gadget Lab has the full report on a breath-enabled interface recently shown at CES. To scroll blow steadily. To click, blow a forceful puff. Using 'suck, puff, blow' switches is nothing new in the area of  Assistive Technology but seeing them ...

Etre Touchy – Gloves for your iPhone etc

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Call me a heretic, but surely there's got to be something inherently awry (not to say anything about accessibility) with a device that has to have specialised, modified clothing for humans to use it! Just sayin. [Etre Touchy - Gloves for your iPhone, iPod Touch, Nintendo DS, Blackberry, PDA and more...] -- Related ...

Kind Reminder – for people with Alzheimer's

Monday, January 11th, 2010

The Kind Reminder is a recorder that can be worn around the neck as a necklace or just kept close by. When the patient has a moment of disorientation, they can press the button on the recorder and the voice of their caretaker will play. The website says the product ...