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Mind Controlled Wheelchair - Gizmodo

Mind Controlled Wheelchair - Gizmodo
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Seeing Shoes Offer Help To Blind

Sounds so incredible, but it could be possible. Guide dogs may soon be out of a job thanks to a high-tech pair of glasses and shoes. This awesome invention can help blind people a great deal. These shoes were invented by Hong Kong scientists to help blind people navigate the trickiest of terrain.

Researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University say the glasses and shoes, which have a built-in computer, can detect objects within close proximity through echo location then send a vibrating warning signal to the wearer.

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Dean Machine Sets Sights on Beijing

Dean Miller has set his sights on the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing.

The talented middle-distance runner, who turns 17 later this month, had originally been targeting the 2012 Games in London.

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Logitech Unveils the Wireless DJ Music System

Logitech today unveiled the Logitech
® Wireless DJ� Music System, which makes it easy for people to stream any digital music from their PC to any stereo system or powered multimedia speakers anywhere in their home and control it all from the palm of their hand.

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MyTobii P10 Eye-Tracking PC

Swedish company Tobii is about to release its MyTobii P10, a PC that can be controlled by tracking your eye movements using its own proprietary hardware and software. Follow a calibrating dot on the screen with your eyes for 30 seconds, and that's all it's necessary to make it so you can control this PC without touching it at all.

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The eye-controlled mouse prototype was unveiled earlier this week

This is an early stage of a project, from Michihiko Shoji of NTT DoCoMo, designed to build humanoid robots that you can touch and talk to -- allowing robots to enter the world of virtual reality. Four years a go, on July 8, 2002 this article was published. Replace your mouse with the eye The computer mouse as we know it may become a thing of the past. This technology, I guess, will help a great deal to PWDs, only if developer make affordable to them. I found couple blogs... Check them out News Blog and adistantsoil.com

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Apple Computer's New Focus on Accessiblity

Live from WWDC 2006: Steve Jobs keynote - Engadget: "Number 7: Universal Access. 'Mac OS X is so great that we want everyone to be able to use it. We've made major enhancements to VoiceOver, Braille support, closed captioning support, faster, better navigation.'"

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Spinnaker project mimics human brain - Engadget

Spinnaker project mimics human brain - Engadget
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Nikon Coolpix P1 WiFi cam vulnerable to attacks - Engadget

Let's hope that not all wifi cams have this problem. ChooseAbility belives that wifi cams could open up the world to quadriplegics.

Nikon Coolpix P1 WiFi cam vulnerable to attacks - Engadget
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