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Designing for accessibility: From Frida Kahlo’s corsets to Franklin Roosevelt’s leg braces

Small innovations can go a long way.
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SXSW 2015: How Extreme Bionics Will Rid The World Of Disability

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First Steps of a Cyborg

Austin Whitney didn’t want to graduate from college in a wheelchair. So he and the student engineers at U.C. Berkeley’s...
By Oct 4, 2010
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Meet RatCar, a Japanese Robot Car Controlled By a Rat’s Brain

Robots are a major part of the cultural fabric of Japan; they’re performing weddings, buying groceries and keeping people company....
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For those in a wheelchair with limited mobility, Toyota’s new brainwave technology is a marvel. The rider of the wheelchair...
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Mind control technology reads thoughts, prompts a robot's actions
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