LipSync Update: Fix a LipSync tonight at Vancouver Hack Space
On October 5 and 6, Chad aims to complete building 20 LipSyncs with the help of UBC students and Vancouver Hack Space members. Everyone is welcome!
Assistive Technology Funding Allows British Columbians to Continue Working
Programs are currently in place to assist with funding assistive technology for people who are experiencing a barrier in the workplace due to a disability, an injury, or a chronic medical condition such as back, neck, and/or shoulder pain or carpal tunnel syndrome. Employees and employers are urged to take advantage of them. Approximately 550,000 British Columbians identify as having a disability and over 80% of them use some kind of aid or assistive device on a daily basis.
LipSync Update: A mother gives back
It’s been a busy couple of weeks. We were amazed with the Seattle Maker Faire and won first prize at Accessibility Camp Seattle! We had build events with nonprofit disability organization’s in Washington State, Provail, and in the BC Interior at UBC Okanagan. We’ve met and reconnected with a lot of great people, and have built another 20 LipSyncs. But it’s the stories of the people impacted – both volunteer and people with disabilities – that really touched us.
LipSync Update: Mounting Progress
While we’re always refining the LipSync, the mechanics and the design are largely set. But there is still one part of the process we’re really figuring out — mounting.
LipSync Update: Open-Source Assistive Technologies
We are excited to share with you some new, open-source assistive technologies (new window) that we’ve been developing. We’ve showcased some of them at tradeshows and conferences, but are now releasing them more broadly for makers and people with disabilities to trial. These assistive technologies are low-tech solutions that can be made with a 3D printer, and address barriers to daily living […]