Emerging Tech – AT3 Center News & Tips

Two museum displays: one of loop jewelry worn on wrist and neck. The other of textured, colorful, stylized prosthetic leg covers

January 22, 2018 Emerging Tech / Technology Spotlight

Access+Ability at the Cooper Hewitt Museum Celebrates and Reframes Assistive Technology

Objects on display are surprisingly novel, commercially-available or prototypes of new innovations, and they inadvertently pose some important questions.

Screenshot of Seeing AI app from Microsoft video. Shows mobile phone with smiling woman and caption that reads "Jenny near, top right, three feet away." Buttons on screen read: Short text, Document, Product, and Person. Person is selected.

July 25, 2017 Emerging Tech

New App Describes Visual World

Thanks to John Brandt at MaineCITE for this post on Microsoft’s Seeing AI app for persons with visual impairments. The app is free and part of an ongoing research effort.

Video screenshot shows heal of SolePower boot and the words These shoes are powered by your steps. These Smart Boots are made for walking.

June 29, 2017 Emerging Tech

Emerging Tech with AT Potential: SolePower

Our AT3 News & Tips community survey showed a strong interest in emerging technology. Here’s a work boot using new technology – a kinetic charger – that has considerable potential as AT…