Tagged: assistive technology

Frost Sullivan Personal Robots

The robots are coming, bringing with them a $19 billion market by 2020

Derek Malcolm

Published: January 28th, 2019
eSight’s high-tech goggles restore sight to the vision impaired [video]

eSight’s high-tech goggles restore sight to the vision impaired [video]

Losing one's sight can be a terrible and debilitating experience.Eye glasses often aren't enough to come to the rescue of people suffering from degenerative eye diseases. Ottawa-based firm eSight Corp. has the vision

Published on: July 10th, 2012 Christine Wong
Inclusive ICT rich education needs to expand coverage

Inclusive ICT rich education needs to expand coverage

New Brunswick is well known for its inclusive education system. The province’s ongoing effort to successfully integrate children with disabilities into the regular classroom is to be lauded and emulated. Unfortunately, some pundits

Published on: January 6th, 2011 ITBusiness Staff
Brian the robot knows how you’re feeling

Brian the robot knows how you’re feeling

You have to assume that Dr. Goldie Nejat has never seen the Terminator movies nor was a fan of Battlestar Galactica, any of the other fictions depicting a dystopian future after the likes

Published on: September 7th, 2010 Brian Jackson
PDF reading tool helps visually impaired use computers

PDF reading tool helps visually impaired use computers

Each day I turn on my computer in the morning and after moments of waiting for the machine to boot up my eyes are greeted with the familiar icons doting the computer screen.

Published on: April 27th, 2010 Nestor Arellano
PDF reading tool boon for industry and visually impaired

PDF reading tool boon for industry and visually impaired

A new accessibility tool that focuses on PDF documents would be a boon for both companies dealing with high-volume printing and their blind or visually impaired clients, according to technology experts.There are numerous

Published on: April 15th, 2010 Nestor Arellano