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Design, Technology , and Engineering benefitting individuals
with disabilities and older adults in the local community |
February 15, 2021 |
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Perspectives is the newsletter of the
Stanford course,
Perspectives in Assistive Technology.
Mid-term Student Project Presentations
This issue announces the next class session
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 - entering its
fifteenth year - that explores the design, development, and use of
assistive technology that benefits people with disabilities and older adults.
It consists of semi-weekly online discussions; lectures by
notable professionals, clinicians, and assistive technology users; virtual
tours of local medical, clinical, and engineering facilities; student
project presentations and demonstrations; and a Virtual Assistive Technology
Faire. |
Course
News
Course Statistics -
Forty-three students have enrolled in the course, four students are auditing,
eleven vendors plan to participate in the Virtual Assistive Technology Faire,
and twenty-six students have chosen to work on nineteen projects, ten suggested
by six community members. |
Next class session -
Tuesday, February 16th at 4:30pm PST via
Zoom
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Mid-term Student
Project Presentations
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Students working on projects have chosen a problem
experienced by individuals with disabilities and have been working to research,
brainstorm, design, fabricate, and test a prototype device or software to
address an identified challenge or problem.
Students will give an informal (ungraded) three-minute
presentation in class that does not include PowerPoint slides or
screen-sharing.The presentation should include the following elements for those
working on fabrication projects: project title, background, problem,
aim, design criteria, "understanding the problem" & design criteria &
brainstorming activities, and selected solution(s) to be pursued. Students
working on the same project will present together. For students working on
non-fabrication projects the presentation should include: project title,
background, activities performed, and future plans.
Presentation order
| Order |
Project Name |
Student(s) |
| 1 |
Social Media and
Disability |
Aiyana
Herrera |
| 2 |
Autism in
Tennis |
Alex
Rotsaert |
| 3 |
One-Handed Brass
Instrument Accessories |
Bradley
Immel |
| 4 |
Abby’s Vegetable
Cutting |
Drew Dalman / Jayla
Kilsen |
| 5 |
Prosthetics and
Orthotics in Sports |
Kyle
Petrucci |
| 6 |
Advances in Wheelchair
Mobility |
Jake Lynch |
| 7 |
Eye Play |
Jason Torres |
| 8 |
Assistive Technology
Lab |
Ugyen Lama |
| 9 |
Abby’s Voice
Box |
Marco
Vasquez |
| 10 |
Austin’s Kitchen
Knives |
David Gonzalez / Bennett
Lewis |
| 11 |
Tilly’s Phone
Holder |
Allison Cong / Bryce
Huerta / Rachael Flam |
| 12 |
Cot Me
Outside |
Brian Su |
| 13 |
Abby’s Pooper
Scooper |
Senn Nwakudu / Dylan
Woodhead |
| 14 |
Magical Bridge
Playground |
Kyle Feliciano /
Cristina De La Cruz / Disney Rattanakongkham |
| 15 |
Storage Organization for
Great Grandma’s Walker |
Chloe Huang |
| 16 |
Safe Patient Interaction
w/ National Children's Hospital |
Sam Good |
| 17 |
Disability in Sports:
High Fives Foundation and Adaptive Skiing |
Zach Sehgal |
| 18 |
Autism - PACE Center
(video) |
Shane
Griffith |
Zoom Attendance
This class session will not
be open to community attendance - This decision has been made
due to the loss of audio quality during the first class session - mostly likely
due to the large number of attendees and a poor WiFi connection. For these
reasons, I must restrict Zoom attendance to enrolled students. Individuals
affiliated with Stanford can request to be invited to the class session.
However, I will provide the link to this recorded video session to anyone who
requests it. |
Upcoming class sessions:
Assistive Technology Faire
You are invited to participate
in the Virtual Assistive Technology Faire - This ninth annual
course event is scheduled for Thursday, February 25th and 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 join in on this virtual event. Please browse to the
Call for Assistive Technology Faire Participants
webpage for more information and contact me to register. Each vendor will
have 5 to 10 minutes of unopposed Zoom time to display, demonstrate, and
discuss their assistive technology products or services. Everyone is welcome to
attend the Faire. Ten vendors have signed up to participate so far.
Here is the line
up and slides from last year's
Faire. |
Other
Email
questions, comments, or suggestions - Please
email me if you have general
questions, comments, corncerns, or suggestions regarding the course. Thank you
again for your interest.
Dave
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