1. Help us, adapt a tandem bicycle,  to an autistic child that has problems with his motor skills.  The child and a parent may both paddle, stop and steer,
but the child steering will take effect only after the parent approves the child intention. For more information please go  to our projects site 

 

2. A person with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) sometimes uses laser pointers to communicate. Help us design a laser pointer that is low cost, easy and safe to wear hold and navigate as well as to turn on and off. For more information please go to our projects site 

 

3. Due to the progressive nature of ALS, communication methods with the environment for a person with ALS will change dynamically as well. Help us create a dynamic body language and gesture vocabulary( can be updated on demand)  that maps alternative and compensatory communication elements used by our Need-Knower into clear meaningful intents.  For more information please go to our projects site site

 

 

4. A Need-Knower with a hand tremor is looking for an assistive device that will minimize the tremor impact on everyday activities involving the use of the hand.

Help us provide an adaptive and modular assistive solution that will help make the effective lifting, holding, and moving items more stable for that person.

For more information please go to our projects site

 

 

5. A person with Narcolepsy may fall asleep suddenly during regular activities. Help us detect acute early bio-indicators ( like a sharp drop in the heart rate)  that will trigger an alert for the person while operating a machine, like driving a car, or while engaging in other essential activities that require being awake. Among others, you may use APIs of wearable technology devices. For more information please go to our projects site

 

6. A person with significant hearing loss may have problems hearing in a noisy environment, causing disruption of communication with the environment. Help us design a device that will help reduce background noise while increasing audio signals from the desired source. For more information please go to our projects site

 

7. Help a person with Tinnitus ( a non-auditory, undesired internal sound) by designing a device that will modulate any appropriate sound of choice. The goal is to create an audible modified sound that may, over time, alleviate the perceived burden of tinnitus. Go to project site. For more information please go to our projects site

 

8. A person with ADHD ( attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ) has a decreased ability to maintain concentrated attention over prolonged periods of time. Help us measure the attention period as well as train an individual with ADHD to increase that period of concentrated attention. For more information please go to our projects site

 

9.Help a cognitive impaired person communicate with the human surrounding better, utilizing non-verbal cues. The solution may involve assistive technology that will be not only adaptive to an individual but that will also use additional signals like vital signs, brain waves, other sources, as well as an adaptive algorithm to enhance this bidirectional communication. For more information please go to our projects site

 

10. Help us design and implement a digital personal assistant for people with autism.

Digital Personal Assistants like Amazon's Echo or Google Home are becoming mainstream. People with autism have certain needs whether to be reminded of certain tasks daily or playing specific music when requested from a genre that is not met with the commercially available versions. For more information please go to our projects site

 

11. Help us create a Disability solutions marketplace website. People with disabilities might not be aware when some new solutions become available for them and this platform would serve as an educational site for them. Registered users would be able to provide feedback on existing solutions, what works for them and what does not, which would feed into the solutions provided< Users will also be able to interact socially on related domains.  For more information please go to our projects site

 

12. Help us create a free nationwide accredited mental health counseling community.

Mental health is increasingly important because without it people cannot function in society, hold down a job or get through depressions, anxiety, breakups, divorces, job losses etc. However, counseling sessions could be costly and often the most vulnerable people might not have the means to participate in counseling. 

GFor more information please go to our projects site

 

13. Help us design a versatile disability accessible exercise adaptor for exercise machines. The average gyms do not have any machines that are accessible for people with disabilities. Having exercise machines that are accessible would enable people with different disabilities to use them easily. This would enable them to visit their local gym to exercise and come regularly.  For more information please go to our projects site