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Category: Technology Spotlight
Double Robots Go for a Dress Rehearsal in Connecticut
The Connecticut Tech Act Project (CTTAP) is getting ready for its annual conference with help from two virtual-presence robots!
Accessible Video Making with Clips
Videos are powerful tools for raising assistive technology awareness, but only if they reach persons with hearing and visual impairments, too.
The Wonderful World of Adapted Pens
Recently I interviewed an AT Specialist and asked her for a favorite client success story. To my surprise, she immediately recalled providing an adapted pen to a man with ALS.
Xbox for All
Microsoft’s Xbox Adaptive Controller came out in September and already it’s popping up in State AT Program device loan libraries. Ben Jacobs, Accommodations Specialist at GA Tools for Life, and a gamer since childhood, doesn’t mince words about the significance of this release.
A Unique Partnership Brings the Jaco II Robotic Arm to AzTAP
The Jaco II attaches to a power wheelchair and makes simple daily activities possible: holding a fork or glass, picking up something from the floor, getting a snack from the fridge, whatever a person needs and wants to do.
The V.ALRT Personal Emergency Alert Device
Thanks to Tami Terns at North Dakota Assistive for this technology spotlight on an affordable emergency alert device for smartphone users.
