GOLDEN, Colo. — An innovative, new device is helping people who are blind or low-vision feel facial expressions. HapWare uses haptics or vibrations on the wrist to relay visual cues like gestures. It ...

(TNS) — Sometimes traditional health care isn't enough to help people, but new technologies can make a difference, and Wichita State University wants to capitalize on that. That's why the school has ...

Engineering and social sciences are widely considered to be separate fields of practice. However, all technology we develop has the capacity to shape the society in which it is applied. This spring ...

The World Health Organization reports that about 1.3 billion people, or 16% of the global population, live with a significant disability. This figure is rising due to aging populations, as well as new ...

Wichita State University has started the Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine and Assistive Technology to use technology to help patients. Think of things such as artificial limbs or other devices ...

This sentence is illegible to some people, appearing as nothing more than a smudge on a screen. At least, that’s what it looks like to Phill Kirk, born with Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome — a ...

The first time Andrew Bellavia attended a live performance featuring a new assistive listening technology for people with hearing aids, he was blown away. He had become accustomed over the years to ...

At center stage in a new TV commercial, Remi Schreiber uses eye-gaze technology to play a digital piano solo in the “Rocky” song, “Gonna Fly Now.” ...

Students with disabilities may be missing out on valuable assistive technology, a new report finds, due to limited awareness among school staff and other issues. The Individuals with Disabilities ...