Jessica Lau, Scott Cole, Elizabeth Harruff, James McManus ABSTRACT Millions of Americans suffer from low vision, which inhibits their abilities to complete everyday activities. In vision therapy, patients complete exercises to improve vision-cognition skills. Patient progress in the clinic must be supplemented by at-home vision exercises, but compliance with conventional assigned homework is low because […]
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EasyOpen (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Sze Cheuk Ching, Hil Tung Lam, Yan Yan Law, Ka Hei Tang Abstract The EasyOpen is a small, inexpensive device that is simple to operate. It aims at helping those with hand tremors, weak wrist stability, poor vision and poor eye-hand coordination to insert the key into the keyhole in a convenient and effortless manner. […]
Spin n' Grin (Duke University)
By David McNaughton on May 31, 2014 in 2014, Semi-Finalist, Tech for Cognitive & Sensory Impairments
Lydia Ran, Morganne Gagne, Jayson Garmizo, Gautam Meka [Duke University] designed the Spin n’ Grin which is a motorized spinning device for a young boy with sensory defensiveness.