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Monday, December 28th, 2009
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These straws look useful and like a lot of fun, the $13 set comes with 20 rubber connectors and 16 straw parts to make your own drinking straw contraption...
- [via ThinkGeek] Link.
Related posts:Acoustibuds Earphone Adapters
Voice Controlled Alarm Clock
Clarifi iPhone Case with Macro Lens for Low ...
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Saturday, December 19th, 2009
It seems RIM's 'optical pad' technology could offer hope for the "touch barrier" that exists with the requirement for skin to touch the capacitive type pads that dominate todays gadgets.
Thinking about how your phone's touchscreen operates, you might assume that the so-called optical pads that have been making appearances on ...
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Sunday, September 6th, 2009
You can't have inclusion without openness.
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That may seem obvious to some. But it's true power hit me like a ton of bricks when it popped into my head. More-so as I've been hung-up and writing on this openness thing for ...
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
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Skin safe conductive ink.
Mmm...thinking this stuff must be good for something. Maybe it's conductive properties combined with it being non-toxic could have some application for getting around the touch barrier.
[Bare Conductive]
Related posts:Conductive Touch Capable Mouthstick from a Japanese “Liver” (Reader)
NuTouch iPod case – ...
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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
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Interesting, wide ranging discussion over on Slashdot about Tools For Disabled Geeks, voice input and other hardware discussions.
[Slashdot Hardware Story | Better Tools For Disabled Geeks?]
Hat tip to whoever it was pinged me on this, I've forgotten who it was now, but if it's you, thanks.
Image ...
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
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I have trouble with earbuds falling out and this is problematic for me as I can't put them back in myself. Seeing a lot of my listening is done wile traveling in the back of my van, it becomes a bigger problem and annoyance. My solution ...
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Saturday, July 11th, 2009
While touted as a "mouse for your TV," the Loop combines motion control with the familiarity feel of a mouse packaged in to an ergonomically friendly circular design.
Control the Loop pointer using four buttons and scroll wheel.
Further more though is the motion control. Freespace motion control technology allows "in-air ...
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
A recent comment discussing uses of the iPodTouch/iPhone as a Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) device brought to light this little accessory for iPods that could enable output of sound while maintaining the small, light portability.
[iMainGo iPod Speakers for AAC]
Related posts:Voice Activated iPod Controller
PDAs in the iPod era
Talking iPod – Eyes ...
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Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Along the lines of an earlier post here on the interfaces emerging between mobile devices and medical technology, Diabetes Device & iPhone.
Popgadget reports:
AT&T has just launched new technology in partnership with Mednet which monitors heart patients' health and transmits the results to their cardiologists via Bluetooth.
[via - More medical applications for mobile ...
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Saturday, April 25th, 2009
A report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare earlier this month comes to what to me, and I suspect many, would think obvious.
Disabled people often poor
Thursday, 02 April 2009
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Economic hardship can be both a cause and a result of disability, according to ...
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Friday, April 10th, 2009
Reuters reported last month on Apple ordering larger touch screens:
Taiwan touchscreen specialist Wintek already makes small screens for Apple iPhones, and has received orders for the larger ones that are roughly the same size as those used in mini PCs - [http://www.wintek.com.tw/]
I bet you'll still need skin!
Source [Apple orders ...
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
My ex-boss, when talking about the language of disability, always used to tell people that "wheelchair bound" should refer to those who do not use a wheelchair, as they're potentially headed there and we've already arrived!
Well, now take a look at this experimental vehicle from Segway. See, he was right!
The ...
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