Welcome to this edition of Perspectives, the e-newsletter of the
Stanford course, Perspectives in Assistive
Technology.
What
is the course? - Perspectives in Assistive Technology is a
Winter Quarter course at Stanford that explores issues surrounding the design,
development, and use of assistive technology benefitting people with
disabilities and seniors. More information can be found on the
course website.
Invitation to attend - You are invited to attend
all class lectures. They will be held in
Building 530, Classroom 127 on Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons at 4:15 to 5:30pm and are free and open to the
public.
Next lecture - Tuesday, March 13th at
4:15pm:
Final Student Team
Project Presentations
Please plan to attend the
final student team project presentations. Student teams have chosen a problem
experienced by individuals with disabilities and have been working to research,
brainstorm, design, fabricate, and test a prototype device or software to meet
an identified need.
 
Nicole
Torcolini
Accessible
Restaurant Menu Project
Project name is:
Accessible Eateries
Project: Create
an accessible database of restaurant menus that can be accessed via a website
or a mobile application. |
 
Anna Ly and
Hain-Lee Hsueh
Team name is: KinExpressions!
Project name is:
Social Skills for Elementary Students with Autism
Spectrum Disorders
Project: Explore
mechanisms of enhancing social skills for students with Autism.
|
Mia
Davis
Customize the
Wheelchair Project
Project name is:
Customobility: Making the Wheelchair
Personal
Project: Explore
ways to add a personal aesthetic to wheelchairs. |
Krystal
Le
Educational
Activities for Children with Disabilities
Team name is: SuperK
Project name is:
Spin a Story
Project:
Investigate and develop new educational activities appropriate for children
with disabilities. This may include mechanical and/or computer software
solutions that will provide interactive access for these learners.
|
Ntokozo
Bhembe
Piano Pedal
Project
Project name is:
Piano Pedal
Project
Project: Explore
designs that would enable a Menlo Atherton high school student with paralysis
to operate the sustain foot pedal on his electronic music keyboard.
|
 
Nate Wynn and
Cindy Au
Friendly Cane
Project
Team name is: Team Wombat
Project name is:
Project iCane
Project: Explore
designs for a light weight cane that can accommodate the weight of its user and
easily retract and extend with one hand. |
  
Sofia Rojasova,
Nick Akiona, and Rahul Sastry
Low cost transfer
device
Team name is: Transfer-mations
Project: Explore
designs for a low cost transfer device for a wheelchair user. |
  
Tyler Haydell,
Jai Sajnani, and Mark Murphy
Wheelchair
brake
Team name is: ROTAbrake
Project name is:
Project ROTAbrake
Project: Explore
designs for a low cost brake design for a manual wheelchair. |
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