Tuesday, January 4th
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Course Overview &
Introduction to Assistive Technology
David L. Jaffe, MS
Stanford University
- Mechanical Engineering Design Group |
Abstract: This presentation will
provide an overview of the course and a brief introduction to Assistive
Technology including a definition of terms, demographics, goals of
rehabilitation, perceptions of disability, the needs of people experiencing
disabilities, political correctness, and numerous examples of assistive
technology devices and cutting-edge research projects.
Biosketch: David L. Jaffe holds a BS
degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan and a MS
degree in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University.
He worked as a Research Biomedical Engineer
at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System's Rehabilitation Research and
Development Center. At the VA his interests were designing, developing,
testing, and bringing to market microcomputer-based devices for veterans with
disabilities including communication, mobility, and information systems. He has
worked on several VA assistive technology research projects including an
innovative wheelchair interface for individuals with quadriplegia, an
electro-mechanical fingerspelling hand that serves as a communication device
for people who are deaf/blind, a system that explores virtual reality
techniques to train individuals with gait deficits to improve their walking,
and a project that employs a computer-based simulation to assess and improve
the driving ability of individuals after brain injury.
In addition to organizing this course,
ENGR110/210 Perspectives in Assistive Technology, he currently
contributes to the definition of quarterly course projects in ME218 Smart
Product Design, is a project coach in ME113 Mechanical Engineering
Design, and mentors students working on assistive technology
projects.
- Contact Information:
- Stanford University
- Mechanical Engineering Design
Group
- Thomas F. Peterson Engineering
Laboratory
- Building 550 - Room 113
- 416 Escondido Mall
- Stanford,
CA 94305-4021
- 650/892-4464
- dljaffe -at- stanford.edu
- Lecture Material:
- Slides - 3.28
Mb pdf file
- Videos:
- Stepping Over Responses
video
- Ralph Fingerspelling Hand
video (takes a while to load)
- Ultrasonic Head Controlled
Wheelchair video
- Audio -
1:13:55 - 16.9 Mb mp3 file
- Handouts:
- Who is Disabled? /
Questions for Contemplation
- Candidate
Projects
- Assignment
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