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Open source, 3D Printed, thought controlled prosthetic hand

3D Printed, thought controlled prosthetic hand for less than $1000. – Opensourced via Meet Easton LaChappelle, The Teen Building A Cheaper, Better Prosthetic Arm. Related posts: 3D-printed, individually designed prosthetic legs Lego...

Published Mon, Feb 09 2015 11:28 AM by lifekludger

Filed under: Living, Makers, Design, Thought, open source hardware, video, 3d printing, prosthetic

Doorbell sends SMS Message when Pressed

Along the lines of the Notifying Doorbell comes another project to enhance a doorbell. This Project from Martin’s Hobby site has details on a Wireless Doorbell that sends SMS Message when Activated. Includes the code for you to make your own. Via...

Published Sun, Mar 10 2013 1:00 AM by lifekludger

Filed under: Lifekludger Links, Living, Makers, house, Devices, wireless, Monitoring, home, switching, deaf, doorbell, project, sms

X-Mouse Button Control Utility

X-Mouse Button Control is a Windows application to remap your mouse buttons and expand the capabilities of your mouse! Via: highrez Related posts: Wireless Foot Mouse Mouse as a glove Camera Mouse Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 11 2013 2:58 AM by lifekludger

Filed under: Lifekludger Links, Input, mouse, windows, Software, Utilities, utility

Increase maximum cursor speed on Mac

From the macupdate blog: Movez is an application which will enable you to boost your mouse or trackpad speed beyond the maximum allowed in System Preferences. OS X 10.8 or later 64-bit processor Download Now Related posts: Mouse as a glove The Touch Barrier...

Published Fri, Dec 14 2012 12:00 PM by lifekludger

Filed under: Lifekludger Links, Computing, Input, Livers, mouse, Software, Utilities, speed

Maker uses 3D printing to create eye-tracking wheelchair

UK-based maker Patrick Joyce, who has degenerative condition motor neuron disease (also known as MND or ALS), has created an eye-tracking wheelchair controller that allows a user who has lost all motor functions except for eye movement to be able...

Published Sun, May 17 2015 2:15 AM by lifekludger

Filed under: Living, Makers, Design, 3d printing, wheelchair, eyetracking, adaptation, joystick

Handsfree calling from your Mac via Dialogue

I could use this, badly. Pity I don’t have the most up to date Mac OS [10.8+] that it needs… Dialogue Related posts: HandsFree, a Mac app worth $4.99 in the Mac App Store, that uses your Mac as a… Snapvoice – Photos...

Published Sun, Apr 20 2014 3:22 AM by lifekludger

Filed under: Lifekludger Links, Voice, Communication, iphone, links, app, IFTTT, handsfree

Sonamba Wellbeing Monitor for Independence

Sonamba is an easy-to-use, stand-alone device designed to enhance caregiving for seniors or people who need a little assistance living on their own. Sonamba can send and receive messages, track normal activity patterns and warn of any changes. It provides...

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 12:27 AM by lifekludger

Filed under: Living, Devices, Communication, reminder, indepemdent living, sonamba, monitor, gps, wellbeing, Monitoring, elderly, mobile, independence, aging

Teach Access Portal

“The Teach Access initiative has launched a set of best practices for the disciplines responsible for making mobile apps and websites accessible. This tutorial will provide basic training for developers and designers, with more disciplines to come...

Published Wed, May 08 2019 1:12 AM by lifekludger

Filed under: online, ACCESSIBILITY NEWS, tips, tutorial, tool

Homemade footmouse

Homemade footmouse (or “foot mouse”). Summary Idea: 1997. First prototype: 2003. Made with aid of 4 others. See video at source. Source: www.dossierd.nl/… Via: http://pinterest.com/pin/69031806758336569/ via Lifekludger on Pinterest...

Published Fri, Jun 15 2012 5:00 AM by lifekludger

Filed under: Makers, Computing, Input, make, Movement, mouse, foot

Readability plugins for your browser

If you don’t use Safari and it’s built-in “Reader” functionality these web browser plugins could be just the ticket. Readability Redux extension for Chrome Readability addon for Firefox “Readability is a simple tool that...

Published Sun, Nov 28 2010 12:07 AM by lifekludger

Filed under: Computing, chrome, browser, Reading, firefox, extensions, addon, safari, readability, plugins, reader

Snapvoice – Photos With Audio Recordings

Using Snapvoice you can add an audio recording of up to 90 seconds to a single image. I came across SnapVoice and it reminded me of an earlier post on a similar app, VoicePic, and some thoughts I had in that post around Mechanical Turk. I think this would...

Published Thu, Feb 07 2013 1:50 AM by lifekludger

Filed under: Lifekludger Links, Input, Devices, Voice, Communication, Acoustic, app, blind, images, audible, iOS

Captioning Telephone

This Captioning Telephone allows you to “see” the phone calls you cannot hear. It comes with a large display screen and has free voice-to-caption service to produce the text for the captions. No special equipment is required to make it work*, though a...

Published Sat, Mar 09 2013 1:31 AM by lifekludger

Filed under: Lifekludger Links, Livers, Communication, phone, Reading, caption, deaf, Listening, telephone

The Descriptive Camera

The Descriptive Camera works a lot like a regular camera—point it at subject and press the shutter button to capture the scene. However, instead of producing an image, this prototype outputs a text description of the scene. I’d like to see...

Published Fri, Jun 08 2012 3:00 AM by lifekludger

Filed under: Communication

Airline Web Accessibility: Post US DOT Deadline Round Up

Round the world in 8 Days We are pleased to say we can conclude our round the world airline accessibility review, having looked at the six airlines (one from each continent) to see how they have approached the new US … Continued Curated by (Lifekludger...

Published Sun, Aug 21 2016 1:11 AM by lifekludger

Filed under: Access, accessibility, Transport, society, airline, usa, reviews

BreathBird : Breath activated scanning input comes to iPad

Techcrunch report on the (free) BreathBird twitter app for the iPad. BreathBird employs the well honed concept of ‘scanning‘ that’s been used for alternate input selection on software like on-screen scanning keyboards for years and applies...

Published Thu, Jul 14 2011 6:42 AM by lifekludger

Filed under: Input, Livers, Puff/Blow, ipad, mobile, apple, scanning, breath

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