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A studio photograph of the "Bike Leg" prosthetic on a white background. The leg features a red bicycle frame for its main structure, with a woven socket at the top made of tan straps and black tire pieces. The foot is a curved section of a bicycle wheel with black tire tread, and it is connected to the ankle area by a network of bicycle spokes.

June 27, 2025 0

The Bike Leg Project: How One Prosthetist is Building Low-Cost Limbs from Bicycles

Ben Hogan, a certified prosthetist and orthotist, is tackling the global challenge of prosthetic limb [...]

AI Alt Text Generator after alt text has been generated. Two image cards are shown with populated alt text fields. For 'import_photos_2801.jpg', alt text describes 'four men in smart casual attire.' For 'natural-bridge.jpg', it describes 'a paved walkway lined with stone walls.' 'Regenerate' buttons are visible.

May 27, 2025 0

Enhancing Digital Accessibility: Introducing Our New AI-Powered Alt Text Generator

Try our free AI Alt Text Generator! Create multilingual alt text for up to 50 images, streamline web accessibility, and learn why your human review is crucial. Discover this experimental tool today. [...]

May 18, 2025 0

Easier for Everyone: A Look at Apple’s Upcoming Powerful New Accessibility Features (2025)

Apple announced exciting new accessibility features for 2025! Discover Braille Access, Magnifier for Mac, Accessibility Reader, Live Captions on Apple Watch & more. Learn how they boost independence. [...]

Team picture in Shankar’s studio. From the left, standing: sound engineer Ameya Mategaonkar; Shankar; producer Soumil Shringarpure; lyricist Tanishk Nabar. From the left, seated: Googlers Arathi Sethumadhavan and Aaron Wade.

May 8, 2025 0

Unleashing Musical Potential: How Google’s Music AI Sandbox Can Harmonize with Accessibility

Discover how Google's Music AI Sandbox is opening doors for musicians with disabilities, offering new ways to create and express through AI-powered tools like text-to-music generation. [...]

April 28, 2025 0

Making a Splash: Olathe Increases Water Accessibility with New Fleet of Water Wheelchairs

Discover how the City of Olathe is enhancing inclusive recreation with the addition of unique water wheelchairs at its pools and Lake Olathe, thanks to a partnership with Variety KC. Learn about the impact of this adaptive equipment on youth accessibility and explore how other cities globally can pursue similar goals. [...]

In a classroom setting with 'Deaf Learn' signage, a Black male facilitator wearing a 'Deaf-in-Tech Facilitator' t-shirt stands and uses sign language, teaching two seated Black students (a young man and a woman in a hijab) who are engaged and looking up at him from a desk with an open laptop.

April 25, 2025 0

Sign Language & Code: Deaf-in-Tech Nigeria’s Approach to Inclusive Tech Training

Learn how Deaf-in-Tech Nigeria uses sign language and visual methods to provide accessible coding and data analytics training, overcoming barriers for the Deaf community in Nigeria's tech sector [...]

Hand resting on a wooden surface, wearing the SpellRing prototype sensor device on the thumb, with colored wires leading towards the wrist.

March 31, 2025 0

SpellRing: Cornell’s Wearable AI Ring Translates ASL Fingerspelling

Key takeaways about the SpellRing project: Wearable Translation: Researchers at Cornell University are [...]

Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz, an ALS patient, demonstrating the Cognixion Axon-R headset, a brain-computer interface device designed to assist with communication.

March 22, 2025 0

Giving Voice Back: Cognixion’s BCI Headset Offers Hope for Late-Stage ALS

Discover Cognixion's Axon-R, a BCI headset that helps late-stage ALS patients communicate. Learn how this innovative technology is restoring voices. [...]

Benjamin Segal, MD, Andrew Jerome, PhD and Andrew Sas, MD, PhD, wearing white lab coats standing in what appears to be a research laboratory. They are positioned in front of laboratory shelving containing various supplies and equipment. All three are smiling at the camera, and there are Ohio State University logos visible on their lab coats.

March 6, 2025 0

Breakthrough in Nerve Regeneration Offers New Hope for Neurological Conditions

Discover how researchers at Ohio State University have found white blood cells capable of regrowing nerve fibers. Dr. Benjamin Segal's groundbreaking study offers new hope for treating previously irreversible neurological conditions through innovative cell therapy approaches. [...]

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