Jul 3, 2025 | Aging, Disabilities, Featured, Technology
Technology often makes lives better, faster, more convenient, safer — and more exciting. But there is also an entire population in our communities today that needs the same technology to simply make their lives possible. In Pittsburgh alone, that...
Jul 3, 2025 | Disabilities, Mobility
Verneeda Moore has a big smile as she takes off just a bit too fast. “Let’s turn the speed down a bit,” Kara Cain said with a laugh. Moore has Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis — a disease better known by its acronym ALS, which results in the loss of muscle control...
May 14, 2025 | Disabilities, Robots
Nine months after a crash left him paralyzed from the chest down, Jaiden Picot walked across the graduation stage at Virginia Union University (VUU) thanks to his determination and a robotic exoskeleton. Picot, 22, suffered a C4 spinal cord injury in August 2024 after...
May 8, 2025 | Disabilities, Featured, Transit
Three area transit agencies are testing a service for passengers who use wheelchairs to travel throughout their combined agency borders. Cincinnati Metro, Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky and Butler County Regional Transit Authority launched their EZConnect...
Mar 17, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Disabilities
In 2023, the team at Feinstein implanted two sets of computer chips in Thomas’s brain. One set detects signals coming from areas that control movement. The other delivers signals to areas that process touch and pressure. These chips are wired to twin pedestals...
Nov 7, 2024 | Augmented Reality, Disabilities
An innovative augmented reality (AR) worker guidance system from LightGuide Inc. has been donated to KANDU Industries Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides employment opportunities and various programs for people with disabilities. Founded in 1961, KANDU has...
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