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We Make Education
Apps
• Children have issues with fine motor
skills.
• Little understanding of onscreen
elements.
• They love to hold things the “wrong”
way.
Stepping Stones
• Create Paths to guide you through the
day.
• Visual, audio or text prompts.
• Designed to harness technology to
increase independence and flexibility.
Current & Future
Advancements
• Touch Screens
• Visual
• Gestures
• Connectivity
Touch Screens
Siri
• Siri can now control basic functions of
your iPhone, like opening apps or
changing settings.
• Reminder + Notes + Maps + Find My
Friends.
• If Apple opens Siri up to 3rd party
developers it becomes very exciting.
Switch Control
• Allows the device to be controlled
through an adaptive accessory, like the
camera.
• It’s a very powerful tool when combined
with VoiceOver.
Haptic Technology
• Creates the illusion that a piece of glass
is a tactile surface to provide non-visual
feedback.
• Apple Dual Motor feedback patent.
• Dynamic haptic buttons.
Visual
Oculus Rift
• Immersive visual environment.
• Enables the creation of virtual worlds.
• Do you have an idea how it could be
used?
Google Glass
• Hands free. Can be used either as a
visual or auditory tool.
• Extremely simple spoken or touch
interface.
• Front facing camera makes it a handy
diagnostic tool via video chat.
Gestures
Kinect
• It can detect any type of gesture with
excellent range.
• Highly customisable. If you can think of
a new way of interacting with it, it can
probably be done.
• Cheap and readily available.
Leap Motion
• Can be used to manipulate a PC without
the use of a keyboard or mouse.
• Can detect up to 10 digits or objects.
• Very cheap and flexible.
Connectivity
Google Hangout
• Fast, reliable and free video
communication.
• Interpreter support.
• Highly accessible with no mouse
controls required.
NBN
• Enables faster & more reliable
communication via higher quality video
and audio.
• Great for removing distance barriers.
• Who knows what the future will hold?
The Distant Future
• Wearable computers - can they help us
monitor medical conditions?
• Human-Machine Interface - the
possibilities are limitless when we can
integrate so tightly.
