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[tpsully]’s Radar Glasses are designed as a way of sensing the world without the benefits of normal vision. They consist of a distance sensor on the front and a vibration …read more Continue reading ‘Radar’ Glasses Grant Vision-free Distance Sensing
Many of us will have seen the various active assistive devices which have appeared over the last few years to help people with a hand tremor. Probably the best known …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2023: An Anti-Tremor Handle, With No Electronics
The limited availability of texts transcribed to Braille and the required embossing equipment is a challenge world wide, but especially in poorer countries. To alleviate this problem, a team makers …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2023: Low Cost Braille Embosser From 3D Printer Parts
We’d all love to change the world and make it a better place, but let’s be honest…that’s a pretty tall order. Even the best of ideas, implemented perfectly, can only …read more Continue reading 2023 Hackaday Prize: The Assistive Tech Challenge Starts Now
Video games are a great way to relax, and sometimes get your heart rate up at the same time. But unless you’re playing something like Dance Dance Revolution, the controls …read more Continue reading The Coolest Controller Mod, Hands Down
The coolest part of this year’s Hackaday Prize is teaming up with four nonprofit groups that outlined real-world challenges to tackle as part of the prize. To go along with this, the Dream Team challenge set out a two-month design and build program with small teams whose members each received …read more
Continue reading Gesture Controller for Roku and Universal Keyboard Built By UCPLA Dream Team
If you wear headphones around the house with any regularity, you’re probably missing out on a lot of audio cues like knocks at the door, people calling your name, or maybe even the smoke alarm. What if you had a visual indicator of sound that was smart enough to point …read more
Continue reading This Tabletop Lighthouse Will Get Your Attention
Social cues are tricky, but humans are very good at detecting where someone is looking; that goes a long way toward figuring out where someone is placing their attention. All of this goes right out the window though, when you’re talking with somebody who uses eye-tracking software to speak. [Matthew …read more
We have to hand it to this team, their entry for the 2020 Hackaday Prize is a classic pincer maneuver. A team from [The University of Auckland] in New Zealand and [New Dexterity] is designing a couple of gloves for both rehabilitation and human augmentation. One style is a human-powered …read more
Humans make walking look simple, but of course that’s an illusion easily shattered by even small injuries. Losing the ability to walk has an enormous impact on every part of your day, so rehabilitative advances are nothing short of life-changing. The Open Exosuit for Differently Abled project is working feverishly …read more
Continue reading Open Exosuit Project Helps Physically Challenged Put One Foot in Front of Another