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Have you checked out Ben Heck's Accessibility Mods Playlist?

jwatson — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 12:33:29 GMT

Check out Ben Heck's Accessibility Mods Playlist on Facebook

View Playlist on Facebook https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwO8CTSLTkijL8HhqdjvrvRj4HPt0zG5z

How's the Challenge Going?

cstanton — Tue, 31 May 2016 14:07:00 GMT

Any problems? Whether it's having difficulty blogging on the element14 site, or you're preferring to blog elsewhere, or are the parts or programming just not working how you want?

Problems can come up in any strange and weird way, whether personal or political, but feel free to express any difficulties you're having as part of the design challenge.

sjaak677 , dougwong55 , rsc , armour999 , Anonymous-237891 , grahamwebberjhb , delabassee , alexpls , fyaocn , amgalbu , troush118 , abug , carlosríosramírez

Challengers kit

amgalbu — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 07:41:10 GMT

Hello

I didn't receive the challengers kit yet. Am I the only one? element14Dave could you please check?

Thanks!

The Challengers - Who's Who?

element14Dave — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 15:48:34 GMT

Make Life Accessible Design Challenge
The Prizes	Example Project	Overview Video
The Kit	Terms and Conditions	The Judges

Congratulations to the sponsored Challengers selected to participate in the Make Life Accessible Design Challenge: rsc dougw armour999 delabassee grahamwebberjhb greenben214 alexpls fyaocn amgalbu troush118 abug carlosríosramírez

The basic requirements were (but were not limited to):

• Mandatory use of the NXP FRDM-KV31 FRDM-KV31 and FRDM-MC-LVPMSMFRDM-MC-LVPMSM to create a project to help those with accessibility constraints.

• Documentation of the project on the element14 Community. It is recommended that you produce these weekly, but not required provided the number of quality blogs exceeds 15. You can ask us anything at any time if you have any questions on how and what to post.

To all Challengers: Help others follow and browse all content for your project by including the tag “MLA” in your blogs, videos and documents. All members love video, so vary your posts content types and share your tech imaginatively. Make sure you post your blogs in this space www.element14.com/makelifeaccessible so it displays in this space too.

All those submitting atleast 14 blogs before the close of 5th July 2016 and complying with all other terms and conditions will be eligible for consideration by the judges.

Good Luck!

Dave

Solutions for the visually impaired.

Former Member — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 03:29:00 GMT

Hi! My name is Eric. I am moderately visually impaired and I have a question. I have a friend who is completely blind and has a child who is just starting to run around and tries to get into trouble (Of course she doesn't see it as trouble, she's just having fun)! However, sometimes it is difficult to keep track of the child, and know if she's somewhere she shouldn't be. Does anyone have any ideas on what could help her out? I'm thinking of some type of system that would notify her if the child is going somewhere in the house she shouldn't be without supervision. But also will let her find her if she goes somewhere to hide, or just falls asleep on the floor so she doesn't trip over her. Maybe even tell her the child's location in the house. Suggestions on existing products, or parts that could be used to make the product are welcome. This will be an indoor application, so GPS is probably out. Also, would like something relatively inexpensive. Thanks for your time, and for any suggestions. Eric..

How to get ideas on applications

Former Member — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 15:24:45 GMT

It is all very well going off and putting some great piece of technology together. But it is really important that this will meet the needs of users.

I work at Designability and we spend a lot of time understanding user needs before we jump in and start designing or building things.

Here are some interesting resources when you can find out some unmet needs.

There is this IfOnly (it worked) website with problems submitted by users that we ran a few years ago. https://www.youtube.com/user/IfOnlyApp/videos

Bespoken run a similar forum for people with disabilities http://www.bespoken.me/forum

There is also Enabled by Design http://enabledbydesign.org/

In the USA RESNA have a good list of resources here http://www.resna.org/knowledge-center/peer-organizations

Does any one else have ideas or contacts ?

In my experience, wheelchair users are often pleased to be able to talk about some of the day to day accessibility challenges that they face. If you really want to submit a great application, why not see if you could form a team with some wheelchair users ?

People who have survived a stroke can also have some problems getting around and may be pleased to talk.

When ever you approach someone to talk, please remember to do this sensitively and not make assumptions about what they may or may not feel.

If you cannot do this, design students will often simulate a physical limitation. Go borrow a wheelchair, or get some crutches and see how you get on around home and town!

Have a question about this Design Challenge? Ask it here!

element14Dave — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 17:17:51 GMT

Have a question about this Design Challenge? Ask it here!