New digital social care alarm to help support UK’s ageing population
Technology enabled care (TEC) specialist Doro has launched its next-generation social alarm, Doro Eliza, which offers a safer and more secure everyday living environment for…
Innovative elderly care devices for personal safety to be showcased at upcoming CES
Senior care technology specialist Essence Group will be showcasing two advanced 5G-connected IoT devices at CES 2021 that aim to keep elderly people safe and…
“Revolutionary” hearing aids recognised at coveted CES 2021 Innovation Awards
Widex has been named a CES® 2021 Innovation Awards Honouree for its pioneering WIDEX MOMENT™ natural-sounding hearing aids, which aim to transform how people with…
Pioneering intelligent wheelchair receives $1m to transform lives of millions of disabled people
Phoenix Instinct from the UK has been unveiled as the winner of Toyota’s three-year Mobility Unlimited Challenge, receiving $1 million to further develop its ultra-lightweight…
AI device for people with vision impairments named CES 2021 Innovation Awards Honouree
Assistive technology specialist OrCam Technologies has been named a CES® 2021 Innovation Awards Best of Innovation Honouree, in the Accessibility category, for its AI-driven, handheld…
First news and entertainment hub for visually impaired people launches on smart speakers
Launching today, the new RealSAM Smart Speaker solution is a dedicated hub for blind and visually impaired people, offering subscribers access to thousands of books,…
New partnership helps holistic care app reach more people with rheumatoid arthritis
Digital healthcare specialist Daman has signed a new partnership agreement that will see its innovative RheumaBuddy app reach more people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Daman…
New platform to help housing providers convert analogue telecare alarm calls into digital calls
Technology enabled care (TEC) provider Appello has launched a new cloud-hosted convertor application, DigitalBridge, enabling housing providers to improve client safety by diverting analogue telecare…
Alexa Show and Tell feature for people with vision impairments launches in the UK
Show and Tell, a new Amazon Alexa feature designed to help blind and partially sighted people identify common household grocery items, has launched today in…
Smart powerchair accessory hailed one of the best accessibility inventions of 2020
LUCI, a pioneering powerchair device that prevents collisions and dangerous drop-offs, has been named one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2020 under the Accessibility category.…