Technology

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Paralysed woman moves robot with her mind – by Nature Video

Video description “Cathy Hutchinson has been unable to move her own arms or legs for 15 years. But using the most advanced brain-machine interface ever developed, she can steer a robotic arm towards a bottle, pick it up, and drink her morning coffee. The interface includes a sensor implanted in Cathy’s brain, which ‘reads’ her … Continue reading »

‘Automatic Sign Language’

Video description: “Helen Bowyer, IBM Emerging Technologies Manager, explains and demonstrates “Say It, Sign It” project which uses an avatar to translate spoken English into sign language.” Continue reading »

Blind Man vs. DVD Player – Tommy Edison

Video description “Tommy Edison demonstrates whether or not a new SONY DVD player is accessible for someone is visually impaired. Tommy’s DVD player was nearly 10 years old, so he decided to purchase a brand new SONY DVD upscaling player (model number DVP-SR500H) to see if it would be more accessible in the year 2011. … Continue reading »

“App helps blind to send text messages”

“New technology to help blind people text using touchscreen mobile devices has been developed.Researchers at Georgia Tech produced the app – to be made available on Apple and Android devices – based on the Braille writing system.” Continue reading »

Robot Arm with Voice Control

Using Open Source software and an off the shelf robot costing only £30 pounds, Arthur Amarra, an aerospace engineer, build a voice controlled robotic arm. Continue reading »