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A.T. Literature- Inventors of Assistive Technology

  1. A New Grip on Life
  2. A Powerful Step Forward
  3. A Step Beyond Human
  4. A Swinging Backpack
  5. Access Technology and Disabilities in the Twenty-First Century
  6. Access: Rollin’ in a Winter Wonderland
  7. Accessible Web Applications and the Implications of Technology in the Years Ahead
  8. Achieving Mobility
  9. Across the UAE in Eleven Days in a Solar Powered Wheelchair
  10. Adding Spring to Robotic Limbs by Doing Away With Some of the Motors
  11. Assistive Technology Boogie
  12. Bionic Glove: Design of a Grasping Glove for a Person With Quadriplegia
  13. Boomers Will Soon Hit Their Stumbling Prime
  14. Brace Advances Clubfoot Treatment
  15. Campus Community Partnerships With People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
  16. Cape Couple Develop Practical Applications for iPhone
  17. Cell Phone Inventor Foresees a Universal Ear
  18. Checking for Identification
  19. Children's Ideas for the Design of AAC Assistive Technologies for Young Children With Complex Communication Needs
  20. Cochlear Prostheses: L'Enfant Terrible of Auditory Rehabilitation
  21. Cool Stuff in Every Pocket: An Interview With Fred Gissoni
  22. Creating Flexible Robotic Hands
  23. Deane Blazie: Forging a New Path for Literacy
  24. Diet Monitoring Device for Diabetes Management
  25. Disability App Designed by London Terrorism Survivor
  26. Do-It-Yourself Tips From Steve Pesto
  27. Don’t Know How? Well, Find Someone Who Does
  28. Door-Opening Device Could Win Gulliver Prep Students a National Prize
  29. Empowerment Through Access: Interview With Tom Jakobs of InvoTek, Inc.
  30. Finding an Adhesive That Protects Vulnerable Skin
  31. Foot-Activated Cause-and-Effect Toy
  32. For the Blind, Technology Does What a Guide Dog Can't
  33. Free Service to Help Blind People Navigate the Web
  34. Friends With SMA Inspire Scouts to Create Wheelchair Device
  35. Get the Picture?
  36. Good Ideas from Jim Fraher
  37. GR Students Invent the Handy Typer
  38. Handy Hints from Mel Nowland
  39. His Robot Legs May Lift People From Wheelchairs
  40. How Braille Began
  41. How Ray Kurzweil Keeps Changing the World
  42. Interview With a Cyborg
  43. Interview With Ray Kurzweil
  44. Inventor Dad
  45. Inventor Designs Sign Language Glove
  46. Jigsaw Puzzle Therapy for Alzheimer’s Sufferers
  47. Kenneth Jernigan's Prophetic Vision
  48. Leg Stretching Device for Persons With Spinal Cord Injuries
  49. Legends and Pioneers of Blindness Assistive Technology, Part 1
  50. Legends and Pioneers of Blindness Assistive Technology, Part 2
  51. Legends and Pioneers of Blindness Assistive Technology, Part 3
  52. Legends and Pioneers of Blindness Assistive Technology, Part 4
  53. Lift Assist: A Device That Lifts a Child With Multiple Handicaps Out of Their Wheelchair to Aid Caregivers
  54. Light Makes Streets Safer for Disabled
  55. Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius
  56. Machines for Living
  57. Mechanical Digit Prosthesis
  58. Medication Reminder Tool: A System to Remind Medical Staff of Medication Administration Time
  59. Minds, Machines Merge to Offer New Hope for Overcoming Impairments
  60. MIT Spin-Out iWalk, Bringing to Market Prosthetic Foot, Raises $15 Million from General Catalyst and Sigma Partners
  61. My Baby Is 20: Reflecting on What Led to the Design of My First EasyStand
  62. Necessity, the Mother of the Cochlear Implant Invention?
  63. No Ramps, No Clamps, and No Straps!
  64. No Small Feat: Engineer Puts His Best Foot Forward
  65. No Sweat
  66. Note-Taking Made Easy for Legally Blind Students
  67. On My Command: Laptop Provides Lifeline for Man Paralyzed by ALS
  68. Palestinian Girls Get Ticket to Intel Science Fair
  69. People in the News
  70. Pneumatic Thought Controlled Prosthetic Arm Created by Students
  71. Quadra and the Lightweight Wheelchair Revolution
  72. Quadriplegic to Debut Virtual Violin at Montreal Concert
  73. Quality-of-Life Technology: A Human Centered and Holistic Design
  74. Questions From End of Stair-Climbing Wheelchair
  75. Range Sensing Wristband With Vibration Feedback
  76. Reinventing the Wheel
  77. Reinventing the Wheel to Help Disabled
  78. Re-Inventing the Wheel: The Balance Sport Chair
  79. Remote Control: A Blind Man Goes Sailing With Help From Afar
  80. Robotic Suit Helps Paralyzed Walk
  81. Robotics Breakthrough: Scientists Make Artificial Skin
  82. Saturday Technology Training Session: Jamal Mazrui
  83. Self Supported Patient Transfer Board
  84. Simple Sensors to Detect Residents’ Activities
  85. Some Tips from Gloria Dunlap
  86. Son’s Autism Leads to Innovation
  87. Student-Made Tablet App May Make Dedicated Braille Writers Obsolete
  88. Supple - The Wheel Chair Becomes the Sphere-Chair
  89. Technology Helps the Blind to See
  90. Teenage Honduran Builds Open Source Eye Tracking Computer Interface for the Disabled
  91. The Adapta-Board
  92. The Bionic Vest
  93. The Future of Intelligent Technology and Its Impact on Disabilities
  94. The Innovation Factor: Innovative Minds: The Prodigal Professor
  95. The Jaws of Success: An Interview With Glen Gordon
  96. The Unstoppable Genius of Michael Graves
  97. Three Innovations to Get You Moving
  98. Toys ‘R’ Us Wants a Robot (to Sell) for Christmas
  99. TRASC: Wheelchair Stair Climber
  100. U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan Develop Simple Prosthetic Leg Using Local Resources
  101. Undergraduate Engineers Use Battery, Motors, and Software to Provide "Helping Hand"
  102. V.S. Ramachandran on Your Mind
  103. Vincent Martin: Health Research Scientist Helps Create Technology for Blind People
  104. Walker With Retractable Wheels, Basket and Hooks
  105. Wearable Mouse
  106. Weighted Body Garment
  107. Wethersfield Students Launch Business: Hoping to Get Inventions on the Market
  108. Wheelchair Bowling Attachment
  109. Wheelchair-Bound Musician Reinvents the Drum
  110. Why We Made a Car for Blind Drivers
  111. Your Heartbeat on an iPhone
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