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Weddings and Wheels – New Mobility

When planning your wedding, the most important part is finding ceremony and reception venues that fit your style and budget — and for wheelchair users, accessibility is another box to tick off. Trending venue options include getting married outdoors on...

Published Fri, Jun 10 2016 1:06 AM by lifekludger

Filed under: Transport, car, mobility, wedding, wheels, vehivle

Microsoft release Kinect for Windows

Microsoft released the Kinect for Windows. Basically, it’s designed expressly for hacking. The Kinect for Windows can reliably ‘see’ objects 40 cm (16 in) away, and supports up to four Kinects connected to the same computer. Source:...

Published Sat, Feb 11 2012 10:00 PM by lifekludger

Filed under: Lifekludger Links, Input, Movement, kinect, microsoft

iPad/iPhone Conducitve Stylus Roundup

Over on the “Cool Quirks” blog, there’s a good post on stylus pens for iPad/iPhone etc. It gives a good general look at “7 of the Best iPad Stylus Pens of 2011“. It has good photo’s too which is helpful info. for any...

Published Sat, Apr 09 2011 10:30 PM by lifekludger

Filed under: Touch, stylus, review, roundup

Robotic Exoskeleton

Rex Bionics exoskeleton [via Roy] Related posts:Exoskeletons Related posts: Exoskeletons Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 26 2010 1:29 AM by lifekludger

Filed under: Living, Movement, rex bionics, bionics, exoskeleton

Mouse as a glove

Mouse parts mounted on a glove. This is interesting as alternate input is can’t grasp a mouse. You only need to place your hand on any surface and start mousing. [via hackaday] Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Share this on Reddit Stumble upon...

Published Wed, Mar 17 2010 8:32 PM by lifekludger

Filed under: Lifekludger Links, Input, Computer, glove, mouse

Resistive Multitouch Touchscreen tech

Touchco was a New York company that, according to it’s now closed website title, was developing “IFSR* multi-touch resistive sensors”. It has now reportedly ben bought by Amazon. The impressive thing [...] Related posts: Pressure Sensitive...

Published Mon, Feb 08 2010 9:17 PM by lifekludger

Filed under: Lifekludger Links, Input, Touch, Design, Suppliers, resistive, screens, technology

Blow scrolling

Wired Gadget Lab has the full report on a breath-enabled interface recently shown at CES. To scroll blow steadily. To click, blow a forceful puff. Using ’suck, puff, blow’ switches is [...] Related posts: Puff – Blow Concept for phone...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2010 11:48 PM by lifekludger

Filed under: Lifekludger Links, Input, blow, ces, Puff/Blow, puff, interface

New ceiling lift raises the bar for universally accessible coach travel | MAN Bus Germany

The MAN Bus Modification Center has achieved a first, equipping an MAN Lion’s Coach with a ceiling lift for Voyages Emile Weber. This will make trips safer and more comfortable for passengers with physical disabilities. People with reduced mobility can...

Published Wed, Oct 24 2018 2:51 PM by lifekludger

Filed under: Transport, bus, hoist, lift, environment

Make Open source hardware list 2009

Make has put together a list of Open Source Hardware projects. These are projects in which the creators have decided to completely publish all the source, schematics, firmware, software, bill of [...] Related posts: Open-Source Hardware for Prosthetics...

Published Sun, Jan 24 2010 1:37 AM by lifekludger

Filed under: Lifekludger Links, Makers, prims, open source hardware, make

Magnets the TouchBarrier solution for capacitive screens?

Looking at this post re HTC and stylus patents, I'm going to start looking at a kludge for my mouthsticks using magnets. HTC has a solution ready for the market. They have patented an ordinary stylus but with a twist. The stylus has a magnetic head...

Published Tue, Mar 30 2010 7:06 PM by lifekludger

Filed under: Lifekludger Links, Input, Touch, stylus, touchbarrier, magnetic, magnet, patent, htc

Webcam Swiper – swipe your hand to turn pages

Found this neat experiment that you point your webcam at yourself and swipe your hand left or right to turn the pages of the book. It’s called the Webcam Swiper. Chrome is the only stable browser which supports webcam access at this time, but Firefox...

Published Wed, Oct 31 2012 1:00 PM by lifekludger

Filed under: Lifekludger Links, Access, Design, Movement

Occupational Therapy Apps for iPad

Over on 9 to 5 iPad blog they have a post on the 10 best occupational therapy apps for the iPad Occupational Therapy Apps - http://www.9to5ipad.com/10-best-occupational-therapy-apps-for-ipad/ Via Living Life to the Fullest – Occupational Therapy...

Published Wed, Nov 07 2012 12:00 PM by lifekludger

Filed under: Lifekludger Links

Former Microsoft design director on Hololens, Xbox and Cortana and inclusive design thinking

Kat Holmes is the former principal director of Inclusive Design at Microsoft. In this episode, we talk about the definition of inclusive design, take an inside look at her “special ops” design unit, and dive into the best method for deploying human-centered...

Published Wed, May 10 2017 4:15 PM by lifekludger

Filed under: Thoughts

New Vision-Impaired User Interface – Virgin Australia

Virgin Australia has become the first airline in the Asia Pacific region, and the second airline in the world, to introduce an in-flight entertainment (IFE) user interface for passengers who are blind or have low vision. … The new interface increases...

Published Fri, May 26 2017 12:27 AM by lifekludger

Filed under: Transport, environment, device, services, Virgin Australia, airline

Windows 10 free upgrade offer still on for AT users

Microsoft continues to support a free upgrade to Windows 10 for people who are using Assistive Technologies (AT) in Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, despite officially ending their promotional offer on 29 July 2016. Curated by (Lifekludger) Read full...

Published Wed, Mar 29 2017 10:19 PM by lifekludger

Filed under: lifekludger, Access, Software, AT software, at, upgrade, free, Windows 10

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