Assistive

A new study by North Carolina State University researchers found that people often considered the look, texture and, occasionally, the smell of two assistive devices -- compression gloves and a knee brace -- in online reviews of the…

For all the talk about embedding computers in clothing, here's an interesting option. Make the clothing the computer, and do it without electricity. Mechanical engineers at Rice University's George R. Brown School of Engineering are trying…

Produced jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), The Global Report on Assistive Technology presents new evidence of the global need for - and access to – tech that can make a fundamental difference.…