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Special Needs
We love it when designers and brands think of using their products and helping make life easier for users with special needs. We cover stories of products specifically created to be more inclusive and aid those that need a little extra help.
Disability-friendly Aircraft seat design by PriestmanGoode folds up to fit a wheelchair in its place
Meet the hug cup, an evolution of the traditional tableware that allows you to easily hold your warm mug on those chilly days!
This Dyson-inspired inclusive ticket machine adjusts its height, increasing convenience for its users!
This inflatable stretcher designed for emergency missions decreases the chance of panic-induced injuries!
This redesign of the kitchen sink was built on a scheme of chamfers and angled edges for one-handed users to use as leverage!
James Dyson Award-winning chair was designed to hug people with autism to help relieve their stress
The ViXion is a mixed-reality headset designed specifically for people with low-vision and night-blindness
This wearable assistive device designed to help stroke patients relearn muscle movements is modular and adaptable!
This transparent display for captions designed for the DHH community makes sure facial expressions aren’t missed!
Award-winning e-unicycle attaches to any analog wheelchair, turning it into an electric vehicle
A Honda-incubated startup designed this genius in-shoe GPS navigation system that can guide the visually impaired
This induction stovetop uses voice commands + haptic feedback to make cooking safer for the blind!
The LED traffic signal gets redesigned with a single screen stoplight for the 21st century!
Face Masks are not going anywhere, so this mask is built with an opening for drinking liquids safely during travel
Engineer designed and built his own functioning mechanical prosthetic hand and it looks like a steampunk beauty!
