New portable homes billed as a game-changer for people with disabilities

In a bid to keep young people with disabilities out of aged care facilities, an organisation in Melbourne has launched a new type of portable house. via Source

Google Maps now lets users add wheelchair accessibility details for locations

Back in December, Google finally added accessibility details to Maps. It was a long awaited addition, but an extremely welcome one for the more than three million people in the U.S. who require wheelchair accessibility. As we noted at the time, however, the available information still left a lot to be desired. Maps has currently

Apple Watch to Offer First Wheelchair Fitness Tracking Feature

For athletes who use a wheelchair, and everyday wheelchair users looking to track their exercise and calories burned, Apple has good news for you. Apple Watch will include manual wheelchair fitness tracking in its free watchOS 3.0 update, to be released later this year. Apple made the announcement at their annual WWDC (Worldwide Developer Conference)

Google Maps will now Earmark Places That are Wheel Chair Friendly

Google Maps now has an accessibility feature that tells whether or not a given place is wheelchair friendly. The feature is currently available only in select locations. … Google Maps has been ushering in new features on a regular basis and now the map is aiming to be wheelchair friendly. The maps have picked up

Accessibility Isn’t Just For Wheelchair Users – YouTube

Some people with disabilities don’t require the use of a wheelchair, some have no mobility issues at all, but lots of people benefit from accessibility… Curated by (Lifekludger) Read full article at Source.

How this portable wooden ramp is changing wheelchair accessibility – The Globe and Mail

You don’t really know the meaning of accessibility unless you use a wheelchair or hang out with someone who does. I only started to understand one fall evening while wandering the streets of downtown Montreal with my friend André, in search of a bar or restaurant where he could get his wheelchair through the door.

Maker uses 3D printing to create eye-tracking wheelchair

  UK-based maker Patrick Joyce, who has degenerative condition motor neuron disease (also known as MND or ALS), has created an eye-tracking wheelchair controller that allows a user who has lost all motor functions except for eye movement to be able to control their wheelchair and an onboard computer. With Joyce, fellow Maker David Hopkinson, helped

Wheelchair tyres that never go flat

Wheelchair tyres should be made like this…. “Military Inspired ATV has tires that won’t stop…or be popped” Via: Coolest Gadgets

Wheelchair hack for foot control

Alejandro who was born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy which limits his ability to move. Rather than wait five years for a powered wheelchair, his father [Shea] took it upon himself to hack a wheelchair his son could control. He used a second hand adult-sized motorized wheelchair on eBay and the sensors from a digital kitchen scale as

Avatar Facebook Wall Discussion

Interesting discussion on my wall on Facebook around Avatar movie. Wanted to capture it. (Even if I did miss spell avatar on the hashtag) (Faces have been blurred and names blocked to respect commenters privacy – walled gardens and all) Dave avatar-fb-wall.jpg Originally uploaded by dnwallace