Kenyan entrepreneur Elly Savatia has won the prestigious Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation and £50,000 for creating Terp 360, a revolutionary web-based application that translates speech and ...

The WHO estimates that there are over 626 million people around the world with hearing impairment with almost two thirds of them coming from low to middle income countries. With devices like hearing ...

A new British crime drama, “Code of Silence,” has been making waves for its compelling plot and its significant contribution to on-screen inclusion. The series, which holds a perfect 100% rating on ...

For individuals with limb loss, the connection between their body and their prosthetic, known as the socket, is crucial for comfort and mobility. Traditionally, creating this socket is a hands-on, ...

A free online course called “Overcoming Dyslexia”, offered by Yale University, may be of interest to adults with Dyslexia, teachers and parents of children who have dyslexia, and anyone else who is ...

Are you familiar with Guides on Apple Maps? A feature introduced with iOS 14, Guides allow you to make a collection of places based on interests or needs. For example, you can create a Guide of all ...

A group of biomedical engineers, led by associate professor Dr. Ali Tamayol from the University of Connecticut, has developed a handheld 3D bioprinter that can be potentially used to help repair and ...

Essential tremor is a condition that affects 2.2% of the American population – about 1 in 25 adults over 40 and 1 in 10 over 75. For such adults, drinking a cup of coffee without spilling or eating ...

Google is introducing a range of new accessibility features and updates to improve daily tasks for people with disabilities, including identifying disabled-owned businesses, enhancing screen reader ...

Kyungho Jeon is a blind virtuoso percussionist from South Korea who would love to play in an orchestra one day. However, because of his blindness, he has been told that he cannot since he cannot see ...

Tablift is a low tech assistive technology device that can provide relief and relaxation to people with disabilities by giving them the ability to use tablets in a “hands-free” manner. Tablift works ...

Showcased at CEATEC 2011 in Japan, the RoboticBed is the latest invention by Panasonic which is essentially a bed that can transform into a wheelchair as and when needed. This helps people with ...