Back in 2008 on this blog I reported on Emotiv epoc headset development and flagged its potential for thought control input. A few days ago H+ magazine blog featured an interview with Cody Brocious Cody Brocious has created Cody’s Emokit project, an open source library for reading data directly from the Emotiv EPOC EEG headset.ContinueContinue reading “Emotiv EPOC Headset Hacked”
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Comparing iPads, Netbooks for AAC Use | ATMac
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]
Robotic Exoskeleton
Rex Bionics exoskeleton [via Roy]
Boom arm workstation
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
Clutch Pencil adapted as Touch Screen Stylus
Over on his Artworks blog Crabfu has this excellent how-to video on making a touch screen capable stylus from a clutch pencil and conductive foam. This is one of the best ideas I’ve seen, using a readily available item in the clutch pencil. My thoughts in using it with your mouth are that if youContinueContinue reading “Clutch Pencil adapted as Touch Screen Stylus”
Conductive Touch Capable Mouthstick from a Japanese “Liver” (Reader)
A couple weeks ago I received a tweet from @yukitake99 that he found Lifekludger blog helpful and he was going to try make a mouthstick for iPhone. Seems he’d been looking at some of the stuff I’d been sharing about the “Touch Barrier” and ways to work around it. It’s always a buzz to makeContinueContinue reading “Conductive Touch Capable Mouthstick from a Japanese “Liver” (Reader)”
Camera Mouse
Developed by researchers at Boston College and Boston University, Camera Mouse is a free program that enables you to control the mouse pointer on your computer screen just by moving your head. Camera Mouse requires Windows 7, Vista, or XP and a webcam. Some useful applications and utilities are available from the Downloads section.
Keyboard Navigation extension for Chrome
Came across an interesting, potentially useful tip on a extension for the Chrome web browser called “Keyboard Navigation”, on the excellent blog makeuseof.com. From the blog: The extension defines a hot key (,) which places a hint next to every link on the page that can be clicked. While the hint is displayed, key inContinueContinue reading “Keyboard Navigation extension for Chrome”
DIY Touchscreen Stylus using Conductive foam
Finally, a Stylus kludge that actually looks workable as it can be made different lengths and is cheap and easy. Now, I just need to get hold of some of that conductive foam so I can get someone to make me up a mouthstick version. If anyone has some foam you can post to me,ContinueContinue reading “DIY Touchscreen Stylus using Conductive foam”
Dagi Transparent Stylus for Capacitive Touch Screens
Isn’t it interesting how we are seeing more and more uses where there’s a need for a stylus on these capacitive touch screens? Just when everyone thinks Steve Jobs has liberated them to the freedom of the finger, it seems we aren’t so free after all and that maybe other forms of pointing can beContinueContinue reading “Dagi Transparent Stylus for Capacitive Touch Screens”
Soft Sock Stylus for Touch screens
Over on Instructables is how to make a stylus out of anti-static socks for use on capacitive type touch screen devices – ala iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad etc. The stylus was the creation of dsLabs. Looks neat, but not sure I’d want to put this sock stylus in my mouth for use as a Mouthstick!ContinueContinue reading “Soft Sock Stylus for Touch screens”
Recognition of Lifekludger’s stickytape love
My iStick / iKludge experimenting got a shoutout in a recent presentation at the Science Museum in the UK. And the subject was …. “Stickytape”! Katrina Jungnickel has the full slides and story over on her making cultures blog.
Magnets the TouchBarrier solution for capacitive screens?
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 the current induced by its movementContinueContinue reading “Magnets the TouchBarrier solution for capacitive screens?”
Modded xbox controller
An excellent example of the life enhancing benefits of life kludging. Randy “N0M4D” Fitzgerald, is a tournament gamer born with a rare muscle & joint disability called Arthrogryposis and uses a custom modded x-box controller. From FlatLine via TechBlog
One problem with Stylus for Capacitive Touch Screens
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 because, unlike aContinueContinue reading “One problem with Stylus for Capacitive Touch Screens”
Whamberry Handsized Keyboard/Trackpad
The Whamberry is great mini keyboard/input pad that connects to your computer simply with a USB plug-in dongle. It is wireless and can be used more than 30 feet (10m) away from your computer. You can control the cursor using the touch-pad that is built-in or type with the full keyboard. The size of theContinueContinue reading “Whamberry Handsized Keyboard/Trackpad”
Mouse as a glove
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]
Open-source hardware heads towards mainstream?
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 exist. Here’s a snippetContinueContinue reading “Open-source hardware heads towards mainstream?”
Alternative Input Possibilities – Acoustic skin
There’s always going to be different options required for alternative input devices according to differing abilities. So it’s great to see the research and experimentation going on around this area, mostly driven I suspect by the need for different control of mobile technologies. Here’s one using acoustics of taps on the body. [via: Make -ContinueContinue reading “Alternative Input Possibilities – Acoustic skin”
Mobile Phone Physicality and Inverse Feedback for Input
Thought: Feedback can be turned to alternative input if inverted. Fabian Hemmert does research through and about design and creates projects like shape-changing-mobiles, weight-shifting-mobiles, breathing and pulsating ambient-life mobile device feedback. The mobile concepts are designed to provide different feedback mechanisms that are physical. I’ve often written about the importance of feedback when operating all mannerContinueContinue reading “Mobile Phone Physicality and Inverse Feedback for Input”
Resistive Multitouch Touchscreen tech
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 stylus as easilyContinueContinue reading “Resistive Multitouch Touchscreen tech”
iTouch iStick iKludge
Last year I captured this video, and has been on my youtube channel, yet seems I never posted it here. iTouch iStick iKludge From: lifekludger | August 10, 2009 The iTouch/iPhone needs skin so it doesn’t work with my mouthstick. In this video I show use by running copper wire down the stick from mouth.ContinueContinue reading “iTouch iStick iKludge”
Wireless door access TI watch
Wireless door access using the TI hackable watch What seems “novelty” can often be essential in a different context. This type device could be great for access. The TI Chronos development kit will allow many great projects that cleverly exploit the resources of the Chronos watch. This video shows a hack that wirelessly unlocks aContinueContinue reading “Wireless door access TI watch”
Mac Tutorial Video Subtitles
The goal of the Mac Video Tutorials Subtitle Project is to caption the Apple video tutorials that help users learn to use the Mac. To make this great resource available to non-English speaking users, and to those with hearing impairments or language processing problems. A great use of crowd sourcing. [Mac Video Tutorials Subtitle Project viaContinueContinue reading “Mac Tutorial Video Subtitles”
Make Open source hardware list 2009
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 to open source softwareContinueContinue reading “Make Open source hardware list 2009”
