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Assistive technology

Wheelchair user wearing VR googles holding a controller leaning to avoid hazards in the VR game, Beat Saber

MotionBlocks offers accessibility to VR games

According to charity Sense, almost 24,000 deafblind people in the UK are aged 0-19 years old, many of whom were born with a condition that caused the disability since birth

Smart textile gloves enable deafblind people to understand live conversations

The AI system learns the ‘signatures’ or ‘features’ that the EEG signals create for different imaginations

Brainwave reader helps people with MND communicate with thoughts

From left, Cagdas Onal, PhD student Gabrielle Conard, and post-doctoral researcher Shoushan Chiang

Soft robotic arm could put objects in reach for wheelchair users

Researchers in Germany unveil robot shorts for the elderly

Comment: Why wearable robots need machine vision

RoboGuide was tested for the first time with volunteers at the Hunterian museum

RoboGuide walks and talks to assist blind and partially sighted people

UTS researcher tests DeWave technology

World-first tech translates thoughts into text

Bioliberty's glove tunes in to muscle activity and predicts the 3D position of the user's hand

Bioliberty secures funding to accelerate robotic glove stroke rehab tool

Tech that reads lips through masks offers boost to hearing-impaired