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• Drive-Master- adaptive mobility equipment

  Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2015-12-28 19:14

  

  Drive-Master is an operated adaptive mobility equipment dealer in the United States. Over the years Alan, along with his family, created many different types of adaptive vehicle modifications that are available today. The Drive-Master Hand Control, along ...

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• Man invents glove to help stroke patients

  Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2016-08-02 17:12

  

  The innovation- Rapael Smart Glove- consists of a wearable that connects with several software exercises that stimulate the user to recover their hands’ movements in a more fun way. Rapael Smart Glove helps the user to do things such as to pick up a glass ...

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• Team creates app to help disabled patients to communicate

  Forum topic Shared by Ana Duarte on 2019-10-01 17:09

  

  Josep William Widjaja and Ridwan Djuhari, from Indonesia, develop systems to help disabled users. They were inspired Kwa Geok Choo, the wife of Singapore first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, and how they kept communicating after Kwa’s had a severe stroke ...

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• LifeBank- an interactive storage of medical details on a fully encrypted USB

  Solution Shared by LifeBank on 2018-04-22 03:00

  

  2 years ago my wife was diagnosed with multiple cancers and then started various treatments, including chemotherapy. The oncologist wanted to know how my wife was "travelling" between treatments- temperature, reaction to the treatment, etc. I ...

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• Patient develops a braille printer to analyse graphs to keep working as a scientist

  Solution Shared by Sara Di Fabio on 2020-03-02 15:05

  

  John Gardner, a physicist at Oregon State University (OSU) in Corvallis, was blind in one eye but he became completely blind after having surgery to remove the pressure of his good eye. John’s job involved interpreting graphs precisely, “Getting it ...

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• Graduates team creates an app to help visually impaired in their education

  Solution Shared by Sara Di Fabio on 2020-02-11 10:51

  

  Many visually impaired students from India struggle to find inclusive schools to pursue their education. The main reason relies on the lack of resources of the education system that miss giving these students the support they need. Lack of education ...

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• Blind artist challenges the idea of visual arts by improving a cane

  Solution Shared by Maria Inês Lobato on 2017-11-08 13:06

  

  Carmen Papalia attempted to produce a system of access for himself that would better serve his needs than a white cane. He created Mobility Device, a collaborative performance that allows him to claim agency by abandoning his white cane for a marching ...

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• Paraplegic man develops system for easier vehicle access

  Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2019-07-05 13:31

  

  Phil became paraplegic after a diving accident when he just a teenager. He has limited mobility in his arms. He developed this solution because he used a ramp to get in his car for years. But one day he accidentally fell backwards three feet down and ...

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• Shower Soc- Waterproof PICC garment

  Solution Shared by Patricia Pereira on 2015-05-19 15:34

  

  The diagnosis required chemotherapy for nine months, and then a stem cell transplant. Doctors put a PICC line in Pavuchak's upper arm to deliver the chemotherapy. The line stayed in place throughout his treatment. During that time, he got discouraged ...

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• Man invents Speech Synthesizer for the Language Impaired

  Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2015-12-02 21:52

  

  Sherif’s project is a Speech Synthesizer for the Language Impaired. It is an embedded device that helps people with speech impairments to communicate with others easily. The device converts the deformed speech into normal speech for the general public to ...

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