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
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
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
“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
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
