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Mobile users make same mistakes as disabled PC users

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 01, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mobile phone owners make similar mistakes to physically impaired computer users when using the technology, according to new research from The University of Manchester.





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University of Texas Students Show Off TrekEase

Aerobic exercise for the wheelchair-bound

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 10, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


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Facebook change gives users more privacy controls

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Facebook is giving users better control over who sees information on their personal pages.


Japan robotics experts unveil sci-fi wheelchair

Japan robotics experts unveil sci-fi wheelchair

Electronics / Robotics

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 5

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 (AP)

Questions from end of stair-climbing wheelchair

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 25, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(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

Technology / Internet

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

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 (AP)

Efforts under way to make Web more accessible

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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 ...


Software allows disabled to work on computers

Technology / Software

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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.


Posters promote Apple iPhones at a store in Beijing

iPhone disappoints in China launch: analysts

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.


BlackBerry users dealing with e-mail outage

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- BlackBerry users in North America faced delays in receiving e-mail on their devices Thursday.


Georgia Tech and Shepherd Study Wireless for Disabled

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 12, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...



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