Alexander Lo, a researcher in the Purdue Center for Paralysis Research, uses an iPad on the RoboDesk. The RoboDesk is an assistive technology being developed at Purdue University to help people with ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue startup has received federal funding to further develop an assistive wheelchair technology that allows power wheelchair users an efficient and easy-to-use method to ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s T.K. Martin Center for Technology and Disability is hosting a hand-on training session to explore the emerging technology of sensors for power wheelchairs.

The importance of building capacity in assistive technology extends beyond individual health outcomes. As the population ages and the prevalence of non-communicable diseases rises, the demand for ...

Thick gravel, mud, snow, steep ramps or hills ... they might get a pedestrian a little dirty or out of breath, but to someone in an electric wheelchair, they could mean terrain that's simply too ...

Caregivers of wheelchair-bound people face a lot of challenges, and one of them is simply getting the person out of the wheelchair at the end of the day and into bed. Repeated heavy lifting in this ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. TJ McCue is Seattle-based and covers tech & productivity tools. This article is more than 8 years old. The World Health ...

A labor of love by a father, Barry Dean, and uncle, Jered Dean, has turned into a company employing cutting-edge technology and what is being hailed as one of the year’s best inventions. About three ...

After trials in Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, Tokyo’s Haneda airport and Abu Dhabi airport earlier this year, WHILL, the developer of autonomous wheelchairs, is bringing its robotic mobility tech to ...

Robert Riener receives funding from Swiss National Science Foundation, Swiss Department of Inner Affairs, and private sponsors. Millions of people worldwide rely on orthotics, prosthetics, wheelchairs ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are some of the buzziest terms in tech and for a good reason. These innovations have the potential to tackle some of humanity's biggest obstacles ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue startup has received federal funding to further develop an assistive wheelchair technology that allows power wheelchair users an efficient and easy-to-use method to ...