Invention

eSchool News 
To help spur interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, many schools have begun to integrate robotics into the curriculum—but are younger students and their teachers ready for a new wave of robotic teaching assistants?
Many researchers and robotics experts agree that robot teachers are no longer the stuff of science fiction—they’re part of a [...]

NY1 (New York City) 
A new device is being tested to help people with visual impairments walk with canes. The WiiCane features Wii motion-tracking technology to help users practice making turns indoors and walking in a straight line — offering audio signals based on whether they’re off course. “Evidence shows that once learned, those skills are [...]

A group of engineering students has developed a portable, low-cost Braille printer that lets the blind and visually impaired easily label objects that feel similar to the touch, like DVDs.
The 6dot Braille Labelmaker is cheaper and easier to use than other label makers, according to the students from MIT, the University of Toronto, and Stanford [...]

A pen that can read information on labels aloud for people who cannot see has been developed in England. The PenFriend scans small bar codes on adhesive labels to play recorded MP3 audio files. Users can record up to 70 hours of audio, labeling items such as medication for identification or later reference.
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Project Enable is a class project at San Jose State University where mechanical engineering students, as part of their learning, design and build real-life solutions to the everyday challenges encountered by the elderly and the disabled.
Click here to read the full story from the Mercury News and learn more about Project Enable.

Dennis Lembree has re-built Twitter with web accessibility and strict web standards. Check out this accessible web application here.

gh is an AT business success story. Find out how Dave utlized an incubator opportunity and venture capital to get started and how gh stays involved in standards and ahead of the development curve.

A laser-based approach could make cochlear implants, which currently use electrical signals, more effective. . . . Technology Review reports.

New Standard Keyboards (NSK) recently signed several distribution agreements to make the company’s ergonomic, 53-key, alphabetical keyboard available throughout mainland Europe and to two key assistive technology resellers based in the U.S. . . . HomeToys.com reports.