Search results for disabled users
Mobile users make same mistakes as disabled PC users
Jul 01, 2008 |
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Mobile phone owners make similar mistakes to physically impaired computer users when using the technology, according to new research from The University of Manchester.
Disabled Spanish athletes reach South Pole: report
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 01, 2009 |
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Three disabled athletes from Spain have reached the South Pole unassisted by animals or machines, in what a Spanish newspaper said Sunday was a world first.
Aerobic exercise for the wheelchair-bound
Sep 10, 2008 |
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University of Texas at Austin alumnus, Chris Stanford (MSEE '91), and Electrical & Computer Engineering undergraduates are working on making exercise fun for wheelchair users. For the last year, Stanford has ...
'Chilling' hardship rates among families raising disabled children
Aug 18, 2008 |
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Families with disabled children are struggling to keep food on the table, a roof over their heads, and to pay for needed health and dental care. But according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel ...
Siblings of mentally disabled face own lifelong challenges, according to researchers
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 09, 2008 |
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People who have a sibling with a mental illness are more likely to suffer episodes of depression at some point in their lives, say researchers who analyzed four decades of data.
Japan robotics experts unveil sci-fi wheelchair
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Robotics and medical experts in Japan on Wednesday unveiled the prototype of a new hi-tech electric wheelchair that resembles a scooter and promises greater mobility.
Questions from end of stair-climbing wheelchair
May 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The nation's first stair-climbing wheelchair hit the market with a bang but disappeared with a whimper, a casualty of price that raises a big question: How much will society agree to pay for high-tech ...
Facebook unplugs "I Hate Muslims in Oz" group
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Facebook has done away with a Muslim-bashing group that had been set up at the popular social networking service.
Efforts under way to make Web more accessible
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Imagine not being able to use a mouse to open a Web browser or a keyboard to type an e-mail. What if you couldn't distinguish colors on a computer screen or type the distorted letters in order to ...
Blind Japanese woman receives IBM's top award
Jun 05, 2009 |
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US computer giant IBM has named Chieko Asakawa as the first blind engineer -- as well as the first Japanese female -- to receive the company's highest technical honour.
Certain skills are predictors of reading ability in young children
Nov 20, 2008 |
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A new study in the journal Learning Disabilities Research & Practice reveals that differences found between pre-kindergarten reading-disabled children and their typically reading peers diminish in various measures by pre-first ...
Software allows disabled to work on computers
May 13, 2009 |
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For Christine Bakanoff-Adams and Gloria Kaswen too much of life has been about loss. Losing vision. Losing the use of their legs, then not being able to use their arms and ultimately not being able to work their hands.
iPhone disappoints in China launch: analysts
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 08, 2009 |
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The official launch of Apple's iPhone in China has been disappointing at best for mobile operator China Unicom, with the grey market still booming and competitors offering worthy alternatives, experts say.
Bringing gaming to the disabled
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Ironically, it was located in one of the least-accessible areas of the Games for Health conference held a few months ago in Boston. Up a set of stairs and around a corner from the large conference halls and breakout rooms ...
Georgia Tech and Shepherd Study Wireless for Disabled
Oct 12, 2006 |
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Wireless technologies add flexibility and mobility to most users’ lives, but disabled people often find access to these new technologies beyond their grasp. To address these challenges, Georgia Tech’s Center for Advanced ...
