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DIY Tacit Haptic Glove: Now You Can Be Like Daredevil

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Being visually impaired or blind isn’t something easy to deal with, but hopefully with future tech like this haptic glove, it will get easier. While it doesn’t replace a lost sense, it will help out trying to get around obstacles. The Tacit is a wrist-mounted sonar device, that offers haptic…

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August 20th, 2011 by: Range

Willow Garage Studies Ways to Help the Disabled Using its PR2 Robot

Willow Garage PR2

From the time I was born, my grandfather was paralyzed from the waist down and spent his days sitting in a wheelchair. I never really thought it was strange that he couldn’t walk growing up; it’s just the way he was to me. I do remember him having a hard…

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July 15th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Breath-Controlled Kick Pedal for Guitar Heroes

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Mods and hacks aren’t always about looking good; often the more clever and crafty individuals among us will bend their minds to  making something more versatile in order to fill a need. In this case, a wheelchair-bound Guitar Hero… enthusiast needed to find a way to circumvent the kick pedal

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March 3rd, 2009 by: Alisha K.

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