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Aidex - Intelligence to aide Dexterity

for hackABILITY challenge

Vision and Objective

Integration of off-the-shelf technology to provide hands free controls. Target beneficiary is the tetraplegia community (individuals with limited or no movement of 4 limbs approximately 140 thousand in North America)

Target system cost below $1000.

Target User Characteristics

  • Persons with spinal cord injuries resulting in quadriplegia: little physical movement except for voice, eyes, breath (respirator-cycle limited) and possibly limited motion in a finger (no movement when cold)
  • Hearing and vision is functional.
  • Requires respirator 24/7 via tracheostomy.
  • System needed for both wheelchair and bed reclining positions
  • Currently uses a mouth pointer stick to control touch screen.

Solution Set Functionality: Complete hands free control

  • Environmental control: temperature, cooling, lights, appliances, etc.
  • Cell phone – dialing call lists or by number and rapidly answering incoming
  • Computer control –keyboard and mouse
  • Media remote control
  • Wheel chair controls – alternative to thumb control (control may be lost due to degrading physical ability & fatigue)
  • Voices commands primary with emergency back-up (possibly eye control), in case of voice loss.
  • Control device must be mobile and include power back-up in case of outage.

Solution Impact

Reduces time to activate controls and minimizes effort and physical fatigue on user.

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