This ‘Trackpad For Your Mouth’ lets people with limited mobility use their tongues to control cursors
Putting the edge of computing at the tip of your tongue… Meet MouthPad, it’s exactly what it sounds like. Designed by the folks at Augmental…
Special Needs
Walking aid for the elderly comes with a box for carrying their furry friends
Humans seem to be wired to be social animals, and that is sometimes a difficult problem for certain people. Loneliness affects everyone, but the pain…
This hearing aid’s sleek redesign turns the medical device into a fashion wearable
“Medical devices don’t need to feel like a burden. Glasses are cool, so why can’t hearing aids be too?” The spectacles are a stellar example…
Self-wearing shoe concept automatically opens and closes thanks to a clever low-tech shape memory alloy spring
Designed to look like the spiritual lovechild of the Nike Adapt self-lacing shoes and the Nike GO FlyEase hands-free shoe, this proof-of-concept footwear design from…
This strangely shaped cutting board was designed for people with limited mobility
I always argue that good design shouldn’t be measured by how many people it’s benefitting, but rather by the nature of the problem posed to…
Textured buttons help the visually impaired understand what colored clothes they’re wearing
Just because you have a visual impairment doesn’t mean you can’t look good! These textured buttons allow the wearers to understand the colors of their…
Foot-operated computer mouse design wins the Red Dot Award for its unique approach to accessibility
While accessibility controllers like the ones from Xbox only go so far, this concept mouse by Califor Design provides a better way for the disabled…
Teenage Engineering and Love Hultén debut a heartbeat rhyming machine for World Heart’s Day
Congenital heart disease is a common birth defect most of us are not even familiar with. Lack of awareness maybe? We don’t come across the…
These special eyeglasses by a Japanese startup can cure myopia or nearsightedness
Myopia or nearsightedness is an extremely common vision condition that afflitcs a lot of people, including me. Essentially what this means is that we can…
Absolutely genius medical stretcher can transform into a wheelchair for patients with less serious injuries
Although its name doesn’t quite do it complete justice, the Multi Scoop Pro is a rather novel shapeshifting stretcher that also turns into a wheelchair…
Electric Guitar with Braille fretboard helps the visually impaired master a new instrument
While simply color-coordinating or backlighting parts of an instrument may work for regular novices, it doesn’t translate to visually impaired users. Vitar hopes to solve…
‘Smart Cane’ for Senior Citizens comes with bone-conducting earphones and object-detecting sensors
Designed to help augment an elderly user’s hearing, sight, and situational awareness, the Caregiver is a smart cane that leverages sensor-based technologies to make life…