The pictures used for scanning can be uploaded and saved to create a more personalized feel for the user. Personal pictures also make it easier for the user to understand the concept.
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Inclusive Play: Accessible Recess Games(Duke University)
We created a large imaginative play box for use under the veranda, which provides our client with a safe, creative, and fun way to engage in inclusive play with her peers.
Students from Penn State and Belgium Campus win 2016 RERC on AAC award
Engineering students from Penn State University (USA) and the Belgium Campus (South Africa) are the winning team in the 2016 Student Research and Design Competition, sponsored by the RERC on AAC. More information is available here.
TREAT Award winner describes internship
In this article, Garrett Kryt, 2015 winner of the TREAT Award at the RESNA Student Design Competition, gives a first person account of his recently completed three week internship in residence at TREAT.
A Shoe-Sock Interface to be used in a Post-Stroke Gait Training Application (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Rebecca White, Benjami Copeland, Kathleen Neighbors, Spencer Herndon With the aging population and poor dietary and exercise habits within the United States, people experience stroke at a more prevalent rate. A segment of stroke survivors experience hemiparesis, which is weakness or loss of motor control on one side of the body. This creates a paretic, […]
Touch Ability Games & Puzzles Designed for People with Deaf-Blindness (California Lutheran University)
Touch Ability is a series of games and puzzles designed specifically to be accessible to people who are deaf-blind
Learning how to use the iPad with KID GLOVZ (California Lutheran University)
ID GLOVZ can transform using an iPad from chore back to child’s play by providing quick success and fostering confidence in the process.
Ice Climbing Tool Mimicking Wrist Flexion (Colorado School of Mines and Colorado State University)
We are designing an adaptation to the Grivel Lil’ Monster ice tool for individuals with upper extremity amputations to use when technical ice climbing.
Interactive Racket Sports Simulator (The University of Texas at Austin)
This paper describes a device that is designed to hit a ball over a net with a racket simulating a serve in racket sports.
Stroke Timing Assistance for Rowers who have a Visual Impairment (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)
Jojo Pfile, Rachel Hunt, Dylan Gramza, Roxie Stein Abstract Adaptive Rowing is a sport used to support athletes with physical and visual disabilities and activity for rehabilitation. This research project explores the challenges associated with rowers who are visually impaired and proposes a solution to overcome these challenges. Through interviews and observations of adaptive rowers and […]