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While there are already apps that guide blind users to a bus stop’s approximate GPS coordinates, those people may unknowingly end up standing too far away from the actual stop. A new app addresses that shortcoming, by letting the smartphone’s camera in… Continue reading App uses a smartphone’s camera to guide the blind to bus stops
Late last year, San-Fran’s Humane launched a wearable AI gadget called the Ai Pin. Now tech startup Rabbit has partnered with Teenage Engineering for a bright orange personal assistant for your pocket called the R1.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyT… Continue reading Rabbit R1 puts an AI-powered personal assistant in your pocket
People with Parkinson’s disease frequently develop a problem known as “gait freeze,” in which their legs simply stop stepping forward as they’re walking. A new powered exoskeleton, however, has proven to be very effective at keeping such individuals’ legs going.
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Tags: Exoskeleton, Assistive Technologies, Parkinson’s Disease, Harvard, Boston University, Walk
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Shift Robotics aimed to get folks walking faster back in 2022, with a Kickstarter project for strap-on powered wheels called Moonwalkers. Now the Carnegie Mellon spinoff is launching a business-specific variant called the Moonwalkers X.Continue Reading… Continue reading New Moonwalkers designed to get workers around a warehouse faster
While blind people are able to enter text into computers via braille keyboards, their options are more limited when it comes to using smartphones while on the go. The Fintin V1 is designed to help, by compressing a full QWERTY keyboard into just six ke… Continue reading Fintin offers a non-braille alternative for blind smartphone users
Table tennis is one of those sports that most people would likely assume is simply unplayable by the blind. An Australian student, however, is now using cameras and speakers to get unsighted individuals in on the ping pong action.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Student-designed system could allow the blind to play table tennis
The traditional white cane may never become completely obsolete, but there certainly are a number of devices that could give it a run for its money. One of the latest is the GUIDi, which guides blind users via cameras and buzzers on a belt.Continue Rea… Continue reading GUIDi belt uses computer vision and haptics to guide the blind
Most of German Bionic’s power suits are designed to assist workers in industrial facilities, but the company’s latest device is aimed at supporting healthcare professionals in hospitals, elderly care or rehab units.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, T… Continue reading Powered exoskeleton designed to take the strain out of senior care
Over the years, we’ve heard about several experimental systems which would allow people to control computers or other devices via their mouth. One such tool should soon be commercially available, however, in the form of the MouthPad.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading MouthPad lets users put their mousing where their mouth is
People suffering from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) often have difficulty raising their arms, due to deterioration of cells in their brain and spinal cord. A new wearable system is designed to help, utilizing a pair of under-arm balloons.Continue… Continue reading Soft-robotic wearable helps people with ALS to raise their arms