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happy mutants Silver Ring Splints: stylish custom jewelry/medical appliance for people with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Seventh grader's Lego-based Braille printer Cory Doctorow
Science Wearable tails help elderly folks keep their balance Rob Beschizza
Science Augmented reality glasses can aid dementia patients — and their caregivers Gail Sherman
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robots Fourier GR-3 "care-bot" is a squishy, pint-sized companion Gail Sherman
amazon Kindle quickly and quietly removes "Assistive Reader" Jason Weisberger
Latest Kindle firmware includes "Assistive Reading" Jason Weisberger
Science The delicious sizzling noise is your brain on ChatGPT Rob Beschizza
generative AI Woman banned from assistive AI app after teaching it to say "arse" Thom Dunn
gadgets MouthPad is a tiny tongue-operated mousepad for the top of your mouth Rob Beschizza
News Whistleblower claims Tesla doesn't even follow its own safety guidelines Jason Weisberger
microsoft The man behind Microsoft's Clippy shares its backstory Rusty Blazenhoff
Technology AirPod Pros are functionally pretty close to hearing aids David Pescovitz
apple watch Watch: Apple Watch now has cool "assistive touch" functions for people with limb differences Mark Frauenfelder
Audio How the oil industry accidentally created autotune Thom Dunn
babies MIT's "Smart Diaper" alerts caregiver when it's wet David Pescovitz
CES Segway announces a new egg-shaped hover chair, because why not Thom Dunn
assistive technology Assistive tech can't handle the unusual fonts people use on Twitter to be cute Mark Frauenfelder
amazon Amazon: 'Unlikely' string of events led to Echo recording a family's private chat & sending to some random guy Xeni Jardin