MiRo MiRo, by Sebastian Conran Associates, is marketed as a “biomimetic companion robot”. Modelled on a dog – albeit a dog that will transmit news of any problems in the home to a hub, remind you to take your medicine, and remind you of your visitors’ names – MiRo was met with derision recently by…
Tag: Assistive Technology
Is the Internet of Things the Future of Care?
By Sinéad Nolan Last week The Guardian ran an article on how the care we need may come from the Internet of Things. The article was interesting and while I didn’t necessarily agree on all points, it was food for thought. It got me thinking about today’s society with our smart phones, self-service tills, contactless…
Upcoming event – Robots vs Humanity
The CHIRON project are excited to be hosting an event called Robots vs Humanity at Google Campus, London on the evening of 1st December 2016! Attend Robots Vs Humanity to enjoy talks from robot engineers, psychologists, inventors and tech entrepreneurs as they explore the next generation of robots, technology, and humanity. There will even be…
Technology vs Humanity
by Sinéad Nolan Working on the CHIRON project, thoughts of the future and technology progression are never far from my mind. That’s why last week I decided to attend the launch of Gerd Leonhard‘s new book ‘Technology vs Humanity‘ at the Cass Business School in London. As a seasoned journalist, I know that book launches can be…
Misconceptions about designing technology for dementia – it’s simple or it’s impossible!
This article has been reblogged with the permission of Designability – original article available here. Hazel Boyd, User Interface Engineer at Designability, specialises in designing technology with and for people with dementia. She wants to tackle some myths that are commonly assumed when designing for dementia. I often hear the same contradiction from people about…
Paralympics and Assistive Tech: The Cybathlon
by Sinéad Nolan. You can’t throw a table tennis bat this August without hitting the Olympic games. It’s everywhere, from TV screens to newsfeeds to the front of your local rag. While for some the Olympics is the ultimate in competitive sport, for the more technologically passionate (read: nerdy) among us, there are bigger fish…
Art vs Science
Art and science can often be thought of as opposing fields. However, here in the CHIRON team we like to get creative with science. Below, Dr Praminda Caleb-Solly, Head of Electronics and Computer Systems at Designability (and one of our project leads) shares her poem about assistive technology… Where did the inspiration for the…
Experience: Assistive Technology and My World
Elle* is a wheelchair user and technology lover who has agreed to be a pioneer for CHIRON. She speaks to Sinéad Nolan about the future of assistive technology… A 75-year-old grandmother with two sons and four grandchildren, Elle is an unlikely candidate for a robotics enthusiast. Yet as a user of an electric wheelchair,…
SILVER
Posted by Jobeda Ali Earlier this week I had the pleasure of attending the dissemination event for the SILVER project in Amsterdam on June 7th. Like CHIRON, the ultimate end goal for SILVER was to create new technologies to assist elderly people to live independently. Their tagline ‘Technology with a human touch’ approaches the assistive…
‘Robots Helping People’
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