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Assistive
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Technology
and design benefitting individuals with disabilities and older adults in the
local community |
January 12, 2018 |
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Perspectives is the newsletter of the
Stanford course,
Perspectives in Assistive
Technology.
Reflect on the teachings of Dr
Martin Luther King Jr
This
issue invites you to attend the next class session,
submit suggestions for
automotive / driving projects, and
encourages your participation in the
course's Assistive Technology Faire.
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Perspectives in Assistive Technology is a Winter
Quarter Stanford course - now in its twelfth year - that explores the
design, development, and use of assistive technology that benefits people with
disabilities and older adults. It consists of semi-weekly classroom
discussions; lectures by notable professionals, clinicians, and
assistive technology users; tours of local medical, clinical, and
engineering facilities; student project presentations and demonstrations; an
assistive technology faire; and a film screening. Organization of
the coming year's course is underway, with the first class session in
January. |
Course
News
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Student Enrollment - The course
enrollment appears to be stabilizing at 38 students with 6 pursuing the seminar
option, 6 pursuing the individual project option, and 26 pursuing the team
project option. |
Next class
session of the twelfth season - Tuesday, January 16th at
4:30pm:
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Needfinding and Assistive
Technologies
Gayle Curtis
UX Design Consultant |
Abstract: When we look at the drivers of
innovation we see two complementary themes emerging: new technologies or
methods that open the way to new solutions, and new insights or experiences
that bring a better understanding of the problem. With a design thinking
approach, we first look to build empathy with the user and the situation, then
we use ideation, prototyping and iteration to explore, formulate, and test
solutions.
This class session will go into more depth with the
candidate projects and to build an understanding of the problem areas with the
objective of learning more about the user needs, goals, and values around the
problem, as well as the constraints and requirements of the situation itself.
One goal for this session is for students to identify a set of questions to
address through interview and observation with real users of assistive
technologies, as well as some good ideas about people that student teams might
talk to and work with to inspire both innovation and relevance for the team
project.
Biosketch: Gayle Curtis is a design
consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializing in user interface
architecture and design strategy for online ventures and interactive products.
Recently he was Principal Interaction Designer at Yahoo!, where he developed a
practice area in strategic ideation and disseminated it through workshops in
the US and Asia. At Stanford he taught courses in Human-Computer Interactions
(HCI) and Product Design. Gayle is a graduate of the Engineering Product Design
program at Stanford.
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Attend a lecture - The
schedule of guest lectures has been finalized.
Class sessions will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30 to 5:50pm and are open to the greater
Stanford community. You are most welcome to sit in on any class sessions that
interest you. You need not be a Stanford student and there is no required
signup, enrollment, or charge. The class will meet in a large, tiered,
accessible classroom on campus in the Thornton Center, adjacent to the Terman
Fountain and near the Roble Gym, the same venue as last year. Here are the
parking options, maps, and directions to the
classroom. |
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Suggestions for automotive /
driving projects - For the Spring Quarter Mechanical Engineering
senior capstone course, I am seeking student project suggestions related to
automobiles or driving: real problems experienced by an individual with a
disability or an older adult in the local community that affects their ability
to drive or otherwise access transportation. Other suggestions that broadly
relate to walking or mobility are also welcome.
Please email your problem description and important
features of what a solution should do (but not how to achieve them, as that
will be addressed by the students). |
You are invited to participate
in the Assistive Technology Faire - This sixth annual course
event will provide an opportunity for students and community members to get an
up-close look at a variety of assistive technology 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 and information to display, demonstrate, and discuss. Please browse to
the Call for Assistive Technology Faire Participants
webpage and contact me if you would like to be a part of this event as a
user or vendor of assistive technology products or services. Everyone is
welcome to attend the faire.
The Faire will start at 4:30pm on
Thursday, March 1st just outside the
classroom, Thornton 110.
Here are Dave's
and Arne's photos from last year's
Faire. |
Support the course - Funding in
any amount for the course and student projects is always welcomed. Monetary
gifts support approved project expenses, administrative costs, honoraria for
guest lecturers, and the end-of-term celebration. Refer to the
Team Project Support webpage for more
information.
Email questions, comments, or
suggestions - Please email
me if you have general questions, comments, or suggestions regarding the
course. Thank you again for your interest.
Dave
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