Seating system uses colours to positively influence children’s emotions
Mobility equipment supplier AAT GB is exploring the potential to use specialist seating to positively impact a child with physical, emotional, or sensory impairments. Gravity…
Council launches Christmas campaign to promote assistive technologies
Staffordshire County Council has launched a campaign showcasing assistive technology gift ideas that promote independence and wellbeing. The campaign stars the council's very own 'Happy…
EXCLUSIVE: The power of brain-computer interface assistive devices for motor impairments
Naeem Komeilipoor, CTO of AAVAA, discusses how brain-computer interface assistive devices are working to overcome the limitations of current assistive products and how these devices…
Over one-tenth of people look to purchase devices to increase independence at home
New research has found over one-tenth of respondents are looking to purchase smart home technologies that increase independence at home but feel overwhelmed with the…
£400k funding to enable the development of a new upper limb device in £2m project
Prosthetic technology specialist Össur has gained support from Scottish Enterprise to support partial hand technologies and enable the development of a new upper limb device.…
Health secretary visits care home in Tokyo to find out how assistive technology improves patient care
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of the United Kingdom, Steve Barclay, visited Silver Wing care home in Tokyo, while visiting the G7…
Assistive technology organisations invited to submit entries for Med-Tech Innovation Awards 2023
Innovators of assistive technologies can now submit entries for the Med-Tech Innovation Awards across six categories, including 3D Printing, Design and Connected Health. Organisations with…
New study finds that the look and feel of assistive tech products are important to potential users
A new study by North Carolina State University researchers in the US found that assistive technology users often considered the look, texture and, occasionally, the…
OrCam gifts “life-changing” assistive tech to charity to support paediatric treatment pathways
Assistive technology specialist OrCam Technologies has donated pioneering devices to Alder Hey Children’s Charity to improve the lives of children with visual impairments and reading…
Government announces review into potential bias in design and use of medical devices
A review has been launched by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) into the impact of potential bias in the design and use…