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Products for Disability
The GlassOuse is an assistive mouse designed for people who cannot use their hands.
The mouse is designed like a pair of glasses and moving the cursor is based on head movements. Clicking the mouse is based off biting the blue mouthpiece.Cities Unlocked: A navigational product which uses 3D sound to guide the visually impaired around the urban landscape
The wearable empowers the visually Read more →What do people with different lifestyle wear?
An interview has been conducted with a selected pool of individuals with the different lifestyle of what types of clothes do they have in their wardrobe.
The results are collected and collated to observe the trends.
Observations: Urban Wheels Challenge @ Scape
This is a one-day event. The Urban Wheels Challenge is organized by MediaCorp’s OOH Media, and it is a cycling competition with a challenging course designed to mimic the outdoor terrain in an urban setting.
Building up from last year’s inaugural challenge, this year’s cycling event throwbacks to the basics of mountain biking, engaging and introducing to the public about the Read more →
Lower & Upper Pierce Reservoir
With Peer’s recommendation, I went tripping to Upper and Lower Pierce Reservoir to observe outdoor activities. Peer referred the preferred entrance to an open area as an unmarked road on Google maps. Not being sure of the location, the first road I picked to enter was Old Upper Thomson Road.
Time: 10.30am Date: 11 September, Sunday
Home-maker with daughter and husband
Drove to Read more →
Inspiration for game tools and Equipments
The tools and equipments that require for the race would need to be scattered around the race track. It will be hard to keep track all of these game tools that will be collected. To facilitate ease and making use of cutting age technology – Augmented Reality (AR).
An example of an AR Equipment that can be used is the hololens. Read more →
Inspiration Video of "Mobility Track Race/Game" - Track Design
Taichi fighting with wooden dummy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgqhuu_80ZQ
Existing Products and Specs
Here are all the more common mobility devices seen around our neighbourhood together with the engineering specifications for research purposes.
Visual & Hearing impaired
Observation:
Deaf & Blind people experience a dark world with no sounds. – They use their remaining senses : Smell & Touch to understand the world that we live in. – Identify people based on smell
The mentor interacts and creates a bond with the disabled through these 2 senses that only she can experience.
Social Stigma faced by People with Disabilities
Individuals with disabilities are faced with stigma and discrimination from the society where they live. Most people look down on them and treat them as special. Disabled people may find it hard to socialize with members of the society. This can lead to depression as well as self pity, if not checked.
(http://www.dmd-aapd.org/people-with-disabilities/)
Most celebrated achievers were born into a life of Read more →