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Apple Unveils Neural Implant Integration and App Accessibility Labels
Apple announced new accessibility features for iPhones and Macs, including mind control via neural implants using Synchron's technology, and 'nutrition labels' in the App Store, celebrating 40 years of accessibility initiatives.
Apple Unveils Neural Implant Integration and App Accessibility Labels
Apple announced new accessibility features for iPhones and Macs, including mind control via neural implants using Synchron's technology, and 'nutrition labels' in the App Store, celebrating 40 years of accessibility initiatives.
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24% Bias Score
AI-Powered Glasses Aid Blind Navigation
Chinese researchers created AI-powered glasses that use a tiny computer and camera to provide real-time audio and haptic feedback to blind users, improving navigation and independence, with 18 people already testing the device.
AI-Powered Glasses Aid Blind Navigation
Chinese researchers created AI-powered glasses that use a tiny computer and camera to provide real-time audio and haptic feedback to blind users, improving navigation and independence, with 18 people already testing the device.
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32% Bias Score
March 2025: A Month of Breakthroughs in Auditory Accessibility
March 2025 saw Apple's AirPods 4 campaign focusing on noise cancellation for emotional wellbeing, GN Group's Auracast broadcast audio standard for public sound access integrated into new Vivia hearing aids, and Samsung and Google's Auracast support for millions of devices, signifying a major shift t...
March 2025: A Month of Breakthroughs in Auditory Accessibility
March 2025 saw Apple's AirPods 4 campaign focusing on noise cancellation for emotional wellbeing, GN Group's Auracast broadcast audio standard for public sound access integrated into new Vivia hearing aids, and Samsung and Google's Auracast support for millions of devices, signifying a major shift t...
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36% Bias Score
AI Empowers Students with Diverse Learning Needs at County Down School
Teachers at Tor Bank School in County Down are using AI tools like Microsoft Copilot to help pupils with diverse learning needs express themselves creatively, with 14-year-old Keelan using it to write and produce his own music, improving his emotional well-being.
AI Empowers Students with Diverse Learning Needs at County Down School
Teachers at Tor Bank School in County Down are using AI tools like Microsoft Copilot to help pupils with diverse learning needs express themselves creatively, with 14-year-old Keelan using it to write and produce his own music, improving his emotional well-being.
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40% Bias Score
Soft Robotic Hand Offers Intuitive Control for Amputees
Researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Imperial College London developed a soft robotic prosthetic hand controlled by decoding spinal motoneuron activity and finger coordination patterns, enabling more intuitive control and complex movements.
Soft Robotic Hand Offers Intuitive Control for Amputees
Researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Imperial College London developed a soft robotic prosthetic hand controlled by decoding spinal motoneuron activity and finger coordination patterns, enabling more intuitive control and complex movements.
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52% Bias Score
Berlin Exoskeleton Raises Inclusion Debate
Rise-Exo-One", an exoskeleton developed at the Technical University of Berlin, is tested by a paraplegic woman, Jessica Dibady, revealing both the potential and the controversies surrounding exoskeletons' role in inclusion for the approximately 140,000 people with paraplegia in Germany.
Berlin Exoskeleton Raises Inclusion Debate
Rise-Exo-One", an exoskeleton developed at the Technical University of Berlin, is tested by a paraplegic woman, Jessica Dibady, revealing both the potential and the controversies surrounding exoskeletons' role in inclusion for the approximately 140,000 people with paraplegia in Germany.
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44% Bias Score
AI-Powered Glasses Aid Navigation for the Visually Impaired
Chinese researchers developed AI-powered glasses using a Google prototype, providing real-time spatial awareness to blind individuals via bone-conduction alerts and a credit-card sized computer; approximately 18 people participated in the China-based study.
AI-Powered Glasses Aid Navigation for the Visually Impaired
Chinese researchers developed AI-powered glasses using a Google prototype, providing real-time spatial awareness to blind individuals via bone-conduction alerts and a credit-card sized computer; approximately 18 people participated in the China-based study.
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40% Bias Score
AI-powered glasses help visually impaired navigate
Researchers in China developed glasses using AI to guide blind and visually impaired people by providing audio and haptic feedback, enabling successful navigation of obstacle courses in tests with 20 participants.
AI-powered glasses help visually impaired navigate
Researchers in China developed glasses using AI to guide blind and visually impaired people by providing audio and haptic feedback, enabling successful navigation of obstacle courses in tests with 20 participants.
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40% Bias Score
Paralyzed Man Controls Computer with Neuralink Brain Implant
Noland Arbaugh, paralyzed since 2016, became the first person to receive Neuralink's brain implant in January 2024, restoring some motor function by enabling him to control a computer with his thoughts, highlighting both the potential and ethical concerns of brain-computer interfaces.
Paralyzed Man Controls Computer with Neuralink Brain Implant
Noland Arbaugh, paralyzed since 2016, became the first person to receive Neuralink's brain implant in January 2024, restoring some motor function by enabling him to control a computer with his thoughts, highlighting both the potential and ethical concerns of brain-computer interfaces.
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28% Bias Score
VR Headset Enables Writer with Severe Arm Injury to Continue Working
A 60-year-old writer with a severely injured right arm bought a £3,499 VR headset to continue working, highlighting VR's potential as an assistive technology, despite its high cost and potential for misuse.
VR Headset Enables Writer with Severe Arm Injury to Continue Working
A 60-year-old writer with a severely injured right arm bought a £3,499 VR headset to continue working, highlighting VR's potential as an assistive technology, despite its high cost and potential for misuse.
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48% Bias Score
Brain-Computer Interface Enables Nonverbal Child to Make Popcorn, Spurring Wider Accessibility
Eight-year-old Clifford Lester, a nonverbal child with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita and bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria, used brain-computer interface (BCI) technology to make popcorn by imagining a smile, highlighting a $30 million investment to expand this technology's access to childre...
Brain-Computer Interface Enables Nonverbal Child to Make Popcorn, Spurring Wider Accessibility
Eight-year-old Clifford Lester, a nonverbal child with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita and bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria, used brain-computer interface (BCI) technology to make popcorn by imagining a smile, highlighting a $30 million investment to expand this technology's access to childre...
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52% Bias Score
Meta's Brain2Qwerty: Non-Invasive Brain-Computer Interface Achieves Text Translation from Brain Signals
Meta's Brain2Qwerty, a non-invasive brain-computer interface tested on 35 volunteers in Spain, translates brain signals into text with varying accuracy depending on the imaging technology used (MEG achieving 32% CER, EEG 67%), showcasing a potential leap forward in assistive communication.
Meta's Brain2Qwerty: Non-Invasive Brain-Computer Interface Achieves Text Translation from Brain Signals
Meta's Brain2Qwerty, a non-invasive brain-computer interface tested on 35 volunteers in Spain, translates brain signals into text with varying accuracy depending on the imaging technology used (MEG achieving 32% CER, EEG 67%), showcasing a potential leap forward in assistive communication.
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36% Bias Score
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