Access to assistive technology 1 comment
UN General Assembly adopts landmark resolution on access to assistive technology The United Nations General Assembly has adopted its first ever resolution on access to assistive technology, a move campaigners [...]
Smart and Connected Places 0 comments
Sensors gave four hours’ warning before a boiler failure at Scottish retirement housing scheme Staff at a retirement housing development in Biggar, in the Scottish Borders, had four hours’ notice [...]
Better than a human hand? 0 comments
Complexity foils attempts at robotic hands The human hand is incredibly complex, with 27 bones and many tiny muscles, not to mention great sensitivity to heat, pressure and texture. Building [...]
AI could widen inequality 1 comment
Warning that AI could widen inequality Autistic people and adults with learning disabilities risk being left behind by the AI revolution, according to the group behind AI Can, one of [...]
Assistive software under threat 0 comments
The proposed DSA software cut fails the government’s own test The Treasury sets the rules for judging decisions like this one. On the government’s own figures, removing specialist software from [...]
Disabled children risk digital exclusion 0 comments
Disabled children at risk as digital exclusion remains widespread Nine in ten families raising disabled children on low incomes are either digitally excluded or at risk of digital exclusion, according [...]
Who will be your digital carer? 1 comment
Who will be your digital carer? As government departments, banks, utility companies and the NHS increasingly move services online, a new role is emerging in households and communities across the [...]
Regional Environmental Control Equipment Service 3 comments
Regional Environmental Control Equipment Service (RECES) (external links below will open in a new browser tab or window) Part of the NHS, RECES is a regional service that provides environmental [...]
Longitude Prize on ALS 0 comments
Update: Longitude Prize on ALS – Discovery Award winners announced The Longitude Prize on ALS is awarding £2 million to 20 of the world’s most promising multidisciplinary teams of innovators [...]