Stevie Wonder: Geek Musician
Tech-savvy artist pushes for gadgets that everyone can use Twenty-two-time Grammy winner Stevie Wonder has created new sounds, even genres, by absorbing and reshaping every musical and audio...
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Control a Robot with Your Mind
Technology Mind control technology reads thoughts, prompts a robot's actions What: Brain-Machine Interface by Honda, which lets you control a humanoid with your mind Where: Tokyo Why: Disability...
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Toyota Demonstrates a Wheelchair Controlled With Brain Waves
Science For those in a wheelchair with limited mobility, Toyota's new brainwave technology is a marvel. The rider of the wheelchair wears a cap that sends signals via a brain-scan… For those in a...
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REX, the Robotic Exoskeleton, Gives Paraplegic Man a Bionic Set of Legs
Technology We've seen robotic exoskeletons before -- there's Lockheed's HULC that's designed to augment soldier performance, and then there's Raytheon's XOS that's more like an actual… We've seen...
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Robotic Arm Designed to Make Quadriplegics Lives Easier is Actually "Too...
Technology Patients seek balance between challenge and assistance A new robotic arm system designed to help people in wheelchairs is apparently too easy to use, frustrating paraplegics who are used to...
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Meet RatCar, a Japanese Robot Car Controlled By a Rat's Brain
Technology Robots are a major part of the cultural fabric of Japan; they’re performing weddings, buying groceries and keeping people company. A team of researchers at the University of… Robots are a...
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First Steps of a Cyborg
Technology Austin Whitney didn’t want to graduate from college in a wheelchair. So he and the student engineers at U.C. Berkeley’s “Kaz Lab” built a machine that allowed him to stand up and walk...
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SXSW 2015: How Extreme Bionics Will Rid The World Of Disability
Health Robotic limbs will become an advantage, not an impediment At South by Southwest on Sunday, MIT professor and double amputee Hugh Herr shared his vision of a future without disability. In the...
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Designing for accessibility: From Frida Kahlo's corsets to Franklin...
Technology Small innovations can go a long way. To make the most out of life, people turn to design. Here are the stories of some of history’s most famous individuals and the state-of-the-art designs...
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