Welcome to this edition of Perspectives, the e-newsletter of the
Stanford course, Perspectives in Assistive
Technology.
What
is the course? - Perspectives in Assistive Technology is a
Winter Quarter course at Stanford that explores issues surrounding the design,
development, and use of assistive technology benefitting people with
disabilities and seniors. More information can be found on the
course website.
Invitation to attend - You are invited to attend
all class lectures. They will be held in
Building 530, Classroom 127 on Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons at 4:15 to 5:30pm and are free and open to the
public.
Next lecture - Thursday, February 16th at
4:15pm:
Mid-term Student Team
Project Presentations
Student teams 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 meet an identified need.
  
Sofia Rojasova,
Nick Akiona, and Rahul Sastry
Low cost transfer
device
Team name is: Transfer-mations
Project name is:
Project name
Project: Explore
designs for a low cost transfer device for a wheelchair user. |
  
Tyler Haydell,
Jai Sajnani, and Mark Murphy
Wheelchair
brake
Team name is: ROTAbrake
Project name is:
Project name
Project: Explore
designs for a low cost brake design for a manual wheelchair. |
  
Nate Wynn and
Cindy Au
Friendly Cane
Project
Team name is: Team Wombat
Project name is:
Friendly Cane
Project: Explore
designs for a light weight cane that can accommodate the weight of its user and
easily retract and extend with one hand. |
Mia
Davis
Customize the
Wheelchair Project
Team name is: Team name
Project name is:
Project name
Project: Explore
ways to add a personal aesthetic to wheelchairs. |
Nicole
Torcolini
Accessible
Restaurant Menu Project
Team name is: Team name
Project name is:
Accessible Eateries
Project: Create
an accessible database of restaurant menus that can be accessed via a website
or a mobile application. |
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Anna Ly and
Hain-Lee Hsueh
Project
Team name is: Team name
Project name is:
Social Skills for Elementary Students with Autism
Spectrum Disorders
Project: Explore
mechanisms of enhancing social skills for students with Autism.
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Krystal
Le
Educational
Activities for Children with Disabilities
Team name is: SuperK
Project name is:
Spin A Story
Project:
Investigate and develop new educational activities appropriate for children
with disabilities. This may include mechanical and/or computer software
solutions that will provide interactive access for these learners.
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Ntokozo
Bhembe
Piano Pedal
Project
Team name is: Team name
Project name is:
Project name
Project: Explore
designs that would enable a Menlo Atherton high school student with paralysis
to operate the sustain foot pedal on his electronic music keyboard.
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