The WHO has released a major report on assistive technology. It says almost 1 billion children and adults can’t get the glasses, wheelchairs, technology, devices or other supports they need.
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The WHO estimates that only about 15% to 25% of those in need of assistive technology products in Africa have access to them.
Audiologists recommend enhanced communication strategies in the time of coronavirus to help the nearly 60 million Americans living with hearing loss in one or both ears.
Despite his fears artificial intelligence might one day overtake humanity, Stephen Hawking knew from his own life how profoundly AI could improve humans’ daily lives.
You can probably hear Hawking’s famously computer-generated voice in your head. His example showed tech as a tool that enables people with disabilities to fully participate in and contribute to the world.
Robots could free human carers to focus on the more personal parts of the job.
Depending on where you live, having a disability can cost thousands of additional dollars per year. Government programs often don’t account for that.
Not everyone agrees on how artificial intelligence will change the way we live. But it’s not all doom and gloom either.
For those with reduced mobility and even just the normally aging, stairs can pose a big problem. A cheap and efficient new prototype could help.
After the Paralympics comes the Cybathlon, where disabled athletes use bionics to compete.
People with disabilities are often disappointed with their devices’ performance, and choose not to use them. To encourage innovation, a new competition tests assistive technologies.
The advent of social robots is giving rise to new possibilities in paediatric health care. But will they replace human specialists?
We live in a visual world and build environments that rely heavily on visual perception. Want to find somewhere? You look on a map or read a road sign. Perhaps the GPS on your touch screen smartphone can…
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Associate Professor, Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living Research Centre and Occupational Therapy Department, School of Primary and Allied Healthcare, Monash University
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Professor Emeritus, Swinburne University of Technology
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Research Associate, University of Bath
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Reader in Psychology; Visiting Researcher in Meta Reality Labs Research, University of Bath
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Senior Lecturer of Computer Science, Swinburne University of Technology
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Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Essex
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PhD Student in Robotics, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Physiotherapist, Royal Children's Hospital
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Adjunct assistant professor and Statewide Medical Director VPRS, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Sensory-Motor Systems, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
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Professor of Law, Villanova School of Law
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Executive Director of the Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities, and Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, University of Montana
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Assistant Professor of Design and Robotics, Trinity College Dublin
