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On July 2, 2011, SmartHomes project manager Sterling Wind presented at the No Barriers USA Summit on “Designing for Exceptional Needs.” Sterling presented with University of Colorado Associate Professor Melinda Piket-May and students from her class who have worked on projects to design simple adaptive technologies that aid increased independence for some of the folks Imagine! serves, including some residents of our SmartHomes. This is a great example of how other organizations are seeing that the technologies we are using to serve those with developmental disabilities can be applied to those with other disabilities. Great job, Sterling and Melinda!
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Sterling, James, Lauren, and Melinda
IMAGINE! Strategic ProcessSystematic Approach for Incorporating
Individual TechnologySmartHomesRemote MonitoringTechnology Included into Individual Services and SupportsResearch and Development Create New Service Models
Individual Technologies•Universal Interface – Tablet PC•Environmental Control System•Universal Design•Communication – VOIP•RFID, IR and GPS Capable•Teaching and Prompting Systems •Family Information Systems
IMAGINE! Areas of DevelopmentIntegrating Multiple IT Platforms (GPII)DSP Training Product Development and Assessment
• Adaptive Equipment• Behavioral Supports• Behavioral Patterns Recognition
through Energy Usage• Social Networking
Capturing Life History
IMAGINE A room that tells you what room number it isA Building or Store that tells you it’s nameSolution: RFID’s
cell phone …blue tooth
What about Scuba Diving?Inhalers built inHigher levels of Oxygen
Why not?
IMAGINE •People of all ages can participate in engineering design at different levels.
•Designs done by first year engineering students in all disciplines. The class is one semester long.
•Often the hardest part is defining the problem. •We have clients and often contacts. •IMAGINE! is a huge resource in assessing needs.
Ball BoxThe need : something that responds to how loud you make your voice
Student Idea: The level of the ball responds to the loudness of your voice
Outcome: Makes you aware that your voice level can control something
The Hand Grip- Or is it an exerciser …
Batters gloveFishing lineBungee cordsVelcro
Wii Fit for Power Wheelchairs
The Laundry Cart for Anthony
Using a pulley system his laundry is dumped into the washer or dryer
Collapsible Upright Stroller
Choice BoardTilt-sensing wristband wired to white
boardTilting the wristband lights up a
colored LED on the wristband and on the white board
Each color corresponds to a written-in choice on the board
Choice Board
Non-specific clientele
Introduction to basic assistive technology
Made from individual electrical components
Wireless InfraRed Mouse (WIRM)Made specifically for
GeraldDelivered and used
successfullyUsed existing
hardware/software making product design more user-oriented
Wireless Infrared MouseUses an infrared LED mounted in a case worn
on wrist, a WiiMote (infrared receiver), and a computerWiiMote Whiteboard
translates wristband movement
into cursor movement
Wireless Infrared Mouse
How to try this in your neighborhoodWho?
Higher Ed Schools Companies Retired Engineers Engineering Societies
SchoolsEngineering Electrical and
Mechanical Freshman Design Capstone Design
Computer ScienceApplied Mathematics
Contact [email protected]@colorado.edu
