Microsoft macht das Betriebssystem Windows 8 bedienungsfreundlicher für behinderte Menschen.
Ausführlicher Artikel findet ihr auf venturebeat.com “Windows 8 adds more features to help disabled users”
LookTel Money Reader is an app for the iPhone that uses the onboard camera to instantly recognize currency and speak the denomination. Perfect for people with visual impairments or blindness, this app helps quickly identify and count bills.
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Modiv is a electric wheelchair design concept by Jake Eadie. It is specifically designed for paraplegics and aims to increase mobility and access, making it easier for wheelchair users preform the simple acts of shopping and socialising.
In the standing mode, the chair enables eye to eye conversation and increased public access. Greater distance travel is possible in the seated mode. Modiv enables it’s users to become more integrated in the community, bolsters self confidence and self esteem and provides much greater manoeuvrability and access to public facilities.
More details on the Modiv Wheelhair Concept.
BlindSide, a non-visual computer game has been funded by Kickstarter, and the first beta test is out! This is one of the first games to bring a brand new gaming experience to sighted players, that can also be fully enjoyed by visually impaired gamers. There has been a handful of audio-only games before, but nothing like this!
wheelmap.org ist ein Verzeichnis für rollstuhlgerechte und weniger bis nicht rollstuhlgerechte Orte.
Orte eingeben, suchen und finden!
Und so funktioniert’s:
Tübinger Wissenschaftler des Forschungsinstituts für Augenheilkunde entwickelten ein Sehprotesenmodell für blinde Menschen. Derzeit werden die ersten in Deutschland und den USA hergestellt.
Mehr dazu in einer Sendung im Deutschlandfunk und zum Lesen (auch für Screenreader) in dem Manuskript der Sendung “Licht ins Dunkel“.
Institut in Tübingen: www.eye.uni-tuebingen.de
A watch for blind people, that allows them to check the time without an audible disruption is trying to raise funds on Kickstarter. The watch will eventually cost a little over US $250 once it is finally produced.
New exoskeleton called eLegs by Berkely Bionics will people who are confined to a wheelchair the possibility of walking again, assisted by crutches. eLegs has been listed as one of the best 50 inventions of 2010 by Time Magazine.
Trials will begin next year at Valley Medical Rehabilitation Center in San Jose:
Valley Medical Center is the public hospital of Santa Clara County, and provides care to more children and adults than any other hospital in Silicon Valley. Our mission is unique – to treat everyone regardless of ability to pay.
Berkeley Bionics has also built The HULC, a completely un-tethered, hydraulic-powered anthropomorphic exoskeleton military exoskeleton for Lockheed Martin.
Einige Smartphone Apps können blinden und sehbehinderten Menschen ein wenig mehr Unabhängigkeit geben. Wie genau könnte ihr auf dem Nachhaltigkeitsthemen Blog von Social Up! lesen. Wenn Sie noch andere hilfreiche Apps kennen, hinterlassen Sie einen Kommentar.
Aujourd’hui, le Conseil fédéral a adopté son programme d’économies 04 à l’attention du Parlement. Il y prévoit de nouvelles mesures qui entraveront la mobilité des personnes handicapées. AGILE ne trouve pas cela seulement insensé mais aussi injuste.