INVENTIVE housing and care leaders have scored a hi-tech hat trick – by creating a showstopping annual event to show how they are transforming lives. Blackwood has earned a reputation for its highly creative and engaging yearly showcases, which feature life-changing technology and innovative displays. Now, it has delivered again by focusing on the social aspect of its work – ... Read More »
National charity Hft is using connected care solutions from Tunstall to enhance the lives of people living with learning disabilities. Hft, a national charity aiming to give people with learning disabilities the opportunity to live the best life possible, is working with Tunstall Healthcare to provide the people it supports with personalised technology solutions that allow them to live more ... Read More »
This year’s Summer of Sport is approaching fast, Invictus Games, FA Cup Final, Formula 1 Grand Prix, Euro 2016, Wimbledon, French & US Open, Tour de France, America’s Cup, the Olympics and the Rugby League Cup Final. What ever your favourite sport, its not great if you can’t hear what’s going on! There are more than 11 million people in ... Read More »
A wheelchair user has spoken of the transformative experience of using a specially designed wheelchair to enable him to play golf standing upright for the first time. Peter McWilliams, a tenant at Blackwood’s Belses Gardens care home in Glasgow, attended the official launch of the Paragolfer at Mearns Castle Golf Academy, where he had the opportunity to test the ... Read More »
National Law Firm, Irwin Mitchell, has recently agreed to become the ‘Commercial Sponsor’ for a UK based team competing at Cybathlon 2016: the World’s first competitive championships for Robotic and Technology assisted paralysed athletes. Team Gray Matter approached the law firm’s head office in Sheffield with a view to obtaining sponsorship, for Peter Gray, a 31-year-old man from Doncaster, who ... Read More »
· UK adults spend almost the equivalent of a working day1 on their own in a typical week · 50-69 year olds and Londoners spend the most time on their own in the UK · World’s first continuously monitoring personal alert system seeks Kickstarter support to help people who feel vulnerable when on their own Brits are progressively spending more ... Read More »
Some gadgets we depend on were developed for people with disabilities, Channel 4 News looks at inventions from the past and products intended for the disabled that could appeal to a mass market. Read More »
The market for telecommunication devices is a reaching full saturation point with limited markets still open to opportunities. A study by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs (G3ict) disclosed that there is a great interest in the untapped market of disabled mobile users. The hope is this will drive more companies to start creating devices and ... Read More »
Although widely expected, there was no iPhone 5 in 2011, though the company did announce the iPhone 4S. So it was surely high time for a total revision of the iPhone, and with an Apple event taking place today, 12 September, we were expecting to see the iPhone 5 break cover. techradar Read More »
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