Glasses plus Mouse equals GlassOuse!

GlassOuse is a new computer input device controlled by small head movements

Tom Yendell, who you probably know as a talented mouth and foot painting artist, or as the driving force behind Flat Spaces, totally accessible holiday accommodation, is enthused about a new accessibility project.

Mehmet Turker, a young man from Turkey, who writes software for the military as a day job, has a friend who broke his neck in a diving accident, and wasn’t able to access his computer. So Mehmet designed and built GlassOuse (the name came about by conflating Glasses and Mouse), which allows any Bluetooth device to be accessed by head movement.

Worn like glasses, GlassOuse is less tiring – and cheaper than alternatives

As you can see, GlassOuse is designed like a pair of glasses, and only slight head movements are required in order to move the cursor around on a phone, tablet, laptop, computer or Smart TV. A small mouth-controlled blue device which is connected to the GlassOuse enables the user to click the left hand mouse button, using their teeth or lips, so that they can type, surf the web, etc.

There are, of course, other assistive devices on the market which use eye control (which is very tiring) or head movement with 3-D cameras, but these are all very expensive (£800-£2,800).

Some key features of the system

GlassOuse is very responsive, with three progressive sensitivity settings, to suit hardware and software requirements, and a fast response time, writing one character per second. It is compatible with Android, Windows, LINUX and Apple operating systems, allowing you to control most Bluetooth-equipped devices.

Helping as many people as possible to take control

Mehmet Turker wants his invention to enable as many severely disabled people as possible to access their computers, so it is being sold initially for just £199 + £20 p&p. He has also set up a crowd funding project so as to enable people who can’t afford GlassOuse to have one.

If you would like to find out more about buying, you can contact Tom Yendell by email tom@glassouse.uk or visit the website, GlassOuse.com
You can read more about supporting the development and sales of the device on this Indiegogo page (links will open in a new browser window)

 

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