Tuesday - January 8th
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Introduction to Assistive
Technology
David L. Jaffe, MS
Stanford University - Mechanical Engineering
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Abstract: This presentation will provide a quick
overview of Assistive Technology including a definition of terms, demographics,
goals of rehabilitation, perceptions of disability, the needs of people
experiencing disabilities, political correctness, and numerous examples of
assistive technology devices and cutting-edge research projects. Stanford
student projects involving assistive technology from previous years will be
described.
Biosketch: David L. Jaffe was a Research
Biomedical Engineer at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System's Rehabilitation
Research and Development Center. He has an interest in designing, developing,
testing, and bringing to market microcomputer-based devices for disabled people
including communication, mobility, and information systems. He also assists in
teaching Smart Product Design, a graduate-level course in Mechanical
Engineering at Stanford University. He holds a BS degree in Electrical
Engineering from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) and a MS degree in
Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL). He has
worked on projects including an innovative wheelchair interface for individuals
with quadriplegia, an electro-mechanical fingerspelling hand - a communication
device for people who are deaf/blind, a system that explores virtual reality
techniques to train individuals with gait deficits to improve their walking,
and a project that employs a computer-based simulation to assess and improve
the driving ability of individuals after brain injury.
- Contact Information:
- Stanford University
- Terman Engineering Center
- 380 Panama Mall, Room 567
- Stanford, CA 94305-4021
- 650/892-4464
- dljaffe -at- stanford.edu
- Lecture Material:
- Slides - 6.172 Mb pdf
file
- Audio - 55:43 - 12.7 Mb mp3
file
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