Ways in which technology can assist persons with disabilities
Assistive Technologies (21)
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- ARS Technica
- 2019
Google records some audio and has language experts review it to improve language skills of the technology. However, this may raise privacy concerns as sometimes they record by accident when users aren’t trying to use the Google Assistant.
- ARS Technica
- 2019
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- ARS Technica
- 2019
Google workers listen to your “OK Google” queries– one of them leaked recordings
Google records some audio and has language experts review it to improve language skills of the technology. However, this may raise privacy concerns as sometimes they record by accident when users aren’t trying to use the Google Assistant.
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Do you use a virtual assistant? What for? Are you always conscious of what you are asking, or do you say things that you think no one is hearing?
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- Science Daily
- 2019
New Robots could help elderly adults over 85 live independently in smart homes, rather than relying on nursing homes or health assistants for care. While these robots are still in the testing phase, they have so far been rated favorably.
- Science Daily
- 2019
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- Science Daily
- 2019
Smart Home Tests First Elder Care Robot
New Robots could help elderly adults over 85 live independently in smart homes, rather than relying on nursing homes or health assistants for care. While these robots are still in the testing phase, they have so far been rated favorably.
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What are the dangers of robots doing previously-human jobs, such as care-giving? What is needed to trust robots to take care of loved ones?
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- University of Houston
- 2015
The article explains what a BCI is, how it helps amputees, and how BCI technology continues to innovate.
- University of Houston
- 2015
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Researchers Build Brain-Machine Interface To Control Prosthetic Hand
The article explains what a BCI is, how it helps amputees, and how BCI technology continues to innovate.
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As BCI technologies continue to develop, what are ways that they could harm or benefit users or other stakeholders? Why do you think this study used the test subjects it did? What are the potential short and long term benefits and/or harms of using this particular group of subjects?