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Monthly Archives: April 2007
Cool-looking all-terrain wheelchair for kids
What kid wants a medical-looking wheelchair? Well, now UK kids have another option: an attractively designed junior jalopy that goes anywhere, and even has a trailer hitch! All-terrain Whizzybug enables mobility for handicapped UK kids – Engadget
AT&T and Verizon cancel “kiddy phones”
Well, they had a good run. But it’s unfortunate that both major wireless carriers have ceased selling the Migo and Firefly, two phones with reduced keypads and functionality. They were designed for kids, but served well for people with impaired … Continue reading
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Cell phone aids night vision and colorblindness
A new cell phone includes a camera (of course) with “special” software that will augment the image in brightness, contrast, and color saturation. One setting will provide help to people who are colorblind. This builds on the trend of using … Continue reading
Public Videophone Available in Central Pennsylvania
There is now a public videophone in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. Sign language users can place video relay calls, connecting them with an interpreter so that they can communicate with hearing, non-signing people. Great idea. I know that ’1′ is larger … Continue reading
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VoIP and E911
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone service cannot automatically detect where you are, because you could be calling from anywhere on the Internet. There is no single set of wires that carries your calls, so there’s no way to trace … Continue reading
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Wireless videophones — new in North America
Some lucky Rogers customers can use their camera-equipped cell phones to place 2-way video calls. Great for sign language, if you can sign one-handed. Europeans have had this feature for a few years now, and deaf users over there are … Continue reading
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