Nobody Asked for a Crab Chair(newmobility.com)
29 points by speckx | 33 comments
New Mobility article by Ian Ruder critiquing a crab-like wheelchair design as an example of disability tech nobody asked for.
#assistive-technology on Hacker News
6 stories tagged assistive-technology, newest first.
MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia(jan.miksovsky.com)
2012 points by pabs3 | 241 comments
Blog post by Jan Miksovsky describing MomBoard, an e-ink display showing family messages, date and time for his mother who has amnesia.
A $1k Wheelchair(newmobility.com)
910 points by bo0tzz | 395 comments
New Mobility article on how the JerryRigEverything YouTubers are making affordable $1,000 wheelchairs while bypassing insurance and regulatory red tape.
BrainGPT turns thoughts into text(iflscience.com)
318 points by 11thEarlOfMar | 180 comments
IFLScience article about BrainGPT, a system that decodes brain signals into on-screen text, offering hope for people unable to communicate otherwise.
If you're interested in eye-tracking, I'm interested in funding you(twitter.com)
347 points by pg | 177 comments
Paul Graham tweet offering to fund an eye-tracking startup to build a better eye-controlled keyboard for a friend with ALS.
MouthPad – In-Mouth Bluetooth Mouse Uses Tongue Sensitive Trackpad(augmental.tech)
532 points by MasterYoda | 150 comments
Landing page for Augmental's MouthPad, an in-mouth Bluetooth mouse controlled by a tongue-operated trackpad, with a waitlist signup.