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Thursday, February 19th
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Assistive Technology
Faire
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Abstract: This event will provide an
opportunity for students and community members to get an up-close look at a
variety of devices and learn about available services. Users of assistive
technology products as well as small companies and agencies serving individuals
with disabilities and older adults are encouraged to bring assistive technology
devices to display, demonstrate, and discuss. Please browse to the
Call for Assistive Technology Faire Participants
webpage if you would like to participate in this event as a vendor of
assistive technology products or services. Everyone is welcome to attend the
faire.
Participants:
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Visual Touch
Therapy Visual Touch Therapy - Eric
Medine Visual Touch Therapy is a software
program and game platform that uses standard computer inputs, web-cams, and
motion tracking devices as an affordable, at-home therapy regimen for people
with difficulty using their motor skills, such as those with spinal cord
injuries, head injuries, nerve damage, or stroke patients. It features
conventional video game challenges that can be met by using repetitive movement
exercises to provide a method of therapy that (unlike exercise) is constantly
rewarding, and gives more immediate feedback than traditional methods. It also
features a "patient dashboard" that allows users to track in-game achievements,
high scores, and a ton of micro-rewards. This provides constant positive
feedback and encouragement every time they use their therapy
regimen. |
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Service Dog
Training Service Dog Tutor - Jean Cary and
Service Dog Ranger Service Dog Tutor
adapts clients' own dogs to do specific service tasks for their owners. Clients
include seniors and children who have mobility and balance challenges as well
as cognitive disabilities. |
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Digital Accelerator Ring and
the Main Hand Brake Kempf -
Martine Kempf The Digital Accelerator Ring and
the Main Hand Brake are hand controls that can be installed on most cars
with automatic transmissions to allow a person who has lost the use of both
legs to drive with both hands on the steering wheel. |
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Podna Rover
Podna
Designs - Elaine Levin The Podna Rover
is an innovative all-terrain mobility device for individuals who need
additional support to maintain balance or stability while walking. The device
offers confidence to outdoor travelers over gravel, uneven surfaces, and
inclines. It features compliant wheels, a self-centering frame, a suspension to
soak up bumps, and self-locking brakes. |
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Magnifiers, Mobility Aids,
Computer Hardware & Software AT Exchange - Joe Escalante
The AT Exchange is a free service of the
AT Network that connects Californians to the
assistive technology devices they need to live independently. They provide new
and used low and high-tech devices for people with disabilities to
borrow. |
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Beyond Exoskeletons -
Wearable Exosuit Technologies SRI International - Roy Kornbluh
SRI is developing wearable "exosuits" that can augment the
musculoskeletal system for performance and strength enhancement and assistance
to overcome or prevent damage from injury or disease. SRI's exosuit differs
from exoskeletons by using new muscle-like actuation, comfortable and soft skin
attachment, and electronically releasable spring elements to minimize mass,
bulk, and noise. As part of DARPA's
Warrior
Web program, the technology is being applied to prevent and reduce
musculoskeletal injuries caused by dynamic events typically found in the
warfighters environment. We are exploring other military applications and
beginning to use the technologies to assist individuals with musculoskeletal
disease. |
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Eyefluences
Eye-interaction Platform Eyefluence - Peter Milford
Eyefluences
eye-interaction platform provides technology that can be integrated
into any head mounted device to realize the potential for wearable computing by
connecting your brain to the internet through your eyes. Head-mounted displays
equipped with Eyefluence's eye-interaction technology have the potential to
expand human intelligence, enhance social interaction, and revolutionize
entertainment. |
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PEAT
BrainAid -
Richard Levinson & Sandy Gabrielli PEAT helps
individuals with executive function disorders complete more real-world tasks,
improving their quality of life and independence. It is an smartphone or tablet
application that provides cueing and scheduling assistance for individuals with
memory, attention, and cognitive disorders. PEAT users include individuals with
traumatic brain injury, stroke, hypoxia, neurodegenerative conditions including
Autism, MS, Alzheimers disease, and attention deficit and hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD). PEAT employs NASA technology developed to provide executive
functions for autonomous rovers and is currently being used by veterans at the
VA Palo Alto Health Care System. |
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Whill Wheelchair -
unable to attend
Whill, Inc. -
Satashi Sugie The Whill is an
omnidirectional four-wheel-drive mobility device meant to give wheelchair users
a sleek alternative to standard chairs, which many believe reinforce
stereotypes of weakness or helplessness. |
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RoScooter and Rota
Wheel RotaMobility - Chris Bayne and Daphne
Bayne RotaMobility creates innovative wheelchairs
that users row - driving users to better health and wellbeing. The
RoScooter is
a manual lever propelled, geared scooter that provides exercise while traveling
at moderate speeds. The Rota Wheel is a lever propelled add-on that attaches to
the user's manual wheelchair to provide steering and propulsion using the same
mechanism as the RoScooter. |
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Emergency Response
Systems Vital Link Medical Alert Systems -
Timothy W. Harris Vital Link Medical Alert
Systems' products allow those who are elderly or disabled to live
independently with help at the touch of a button 24 hours a day.
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- Assistive Technology Faire
Material:
- Photos -
2.20 Mb pdf file
- Brochures:
- Kempf-Darios - 2.81 Mb pdf file
- Rota-Mobility - 1.92 Mb pdf file
- SRI
- Robotics - 192 Kb pdf file
- Tauris - 191 Kb pdf file
- Wearable Exosuit
Technologies - 329 Kb pdf file
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