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Assistive
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Technology
and design benefitting individuals with disabilities and older adults in the
local community |
February 14, 2018 |
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Perspectives is the newsletter of the
Stanford course,
Perspectives in Assistive
Technology.
Mid-term Student Team Project
Presentations
This issue
invites you to attend the mid-term student team project presentations,
encourages your participation in the course's Assistive Technology Faire,
and announces one new local event.
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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
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Next class
session - Thursday, February 15th at 4:30pm:
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Mid-term Student Team Project
Presentations
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Abstract: Student project teams have selected a
challenge or problem experienced by individuals with disabilities or older
adults and have been working to understand, research, brainstorm, design,
fabricate, and test prototype devices or software to meet an identified need.
Each team will present their project progress.
Teams and Projects: (in presentation
order)
- Uno Dos Trays -
Fernanda's Wheelchair Work Tray
- The Three Cookies
- Magical Bridge Playground 2
- The First Team with No
Name - Hybrid Body-Powered Harness
- Favorite Fighting
Frenchmen - Lighter Leg Braces
- The Trolls -
Magical Bridge Playground 1
- The Fifth Team with No
Name - Wheelchair Camber Project
- Wheelchair Workers
- Projects for Abby's Wheelchair
- Team EmPower - At
Home Monitor
- Danny's Dudes -
Creative Expression for Danny
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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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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. |
Upcoming Local
Events
Start-Up Nation's Technology Fair
Power2ACT, Stanford's
open forum for students with and without disabilities (including invisible
disabilites) is co-sponsoring
Start-Up Nation's
Technology Fair at Stanford.
Two
assistive technology companies will be participating:
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OrCam: "OrCam’s mission is to
harness the power of artificial vision by incorporating pioneering technology
into a wearable platform which improves the lives of individuals who are blind,
visually impaired, and have reading difficulties."
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ReWalk: "ReWalk is a wearable robotic
exoskeleton that provides powered hip and knee motion to enable individuals
with spinal cord injury (SCI) to stand upright, walk, turn, and climb and
descend stairs*. ReWalk is the first exoskeleton to receive FDA clearance for
personal and rehabilitation use in the country.
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Tuesday, February 20th from 6:00 to 9:00pm |
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Free! Walk-ins welcome! |
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Center on Longevity Design Challenge
Finals
Come
for a day of exciting pitches by student teams from across the globe as they
present their ideas for "Promoting Lifelong Healthy Habits through
Design!"
The
Stanford
Center on Longevity Design Challenge offers cash prizes and free
entrepreneur mentorship in a competition open to all university students around
the world who want to design products and services which optimize long life for
us all.
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Tuesday, April 17th from 8:30am to 4:00pm |
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Stanford GSB Cool Product Expo
"The
Cool Product Expo is an annual exposition
of the most innovative products from Silicon Valley and beyond. Every year
exhibitors come to Stanford GSB to demonstrate groundbreaking hardware,
software, consumer tech, wearables, thinkables, driveables - anything and
everything you can imagine."
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Wednesday, April 18th from 3:00 to 4:00pm |
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Free and open to the public |
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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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