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Sometimes, you have to wonder what major manufacturers of assistive tech are thinking when they design their products. [Niklas Frost]’s father has MS and uses an electric mobility scooter to …read more Continue reading Magnetic Power Cable Makes Mobility Scooter Much Better
You know, sometimes dreams really do come true. When I told you about the DataHand keyboard almost four years ago, I never imagined I’d ever get to lay my hands …read more Continue reading Inputs of Interest: the Svalboard Could Be Your Salvation
We don’t often think of medicine and engineering as being related concepts, and most of the time, they aren’t. But there’s a point where medicine alone may not be enough …read more Continue reading Better Living Through Biomedical Engineering
Compared to their manual counterparts, electric wheelchairs are far less demanding to operate, as the user doesn’t need to have upper body strength normally required to turn the wheels. But …read more Continue reading Autonomous Wheelchair Lets Jetson Do the Driving
Time and tide wait for no hacker, even if they happen to spend their spare time working on the sort of eco-friendly projects that qualified for the Green Hacks challenge …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2023: Green Hacks Finalists
If you’re still toiling away at your entry for the Gearing Up Challenge of the 2023 Hackaday Prize, don’t panic! No, you haven’t lost track of time — due to …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2023: Meet the Assistive Tech Finalists
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
Sign language is a language that uses the position and motion of the hands in place of sounds made by the vocal tract. If one could readily capture those hand …read more Continue reading Sensor Glove Translates Sign Language
Most of us use our hands to interface with computers, but the human body is capable of many types of input other than that of fingers and feet. But what …read more Continue reading Morse Keyboard Communicates with the Blink of an Eye
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