Enhancing the Human Experience through Assistive Technologies and E-Accessibility

Enhancing the Human Experience through Assistive Technologies and E-Accessibility

Christos Kouroupetroglou

Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 345

ISBN13: 9781466661301|ISBN10: 1466661305|EISBN13: 9781466661318

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6130-1

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Information Communication Technologies (ICT) have become an increasingly prevalent part of everyday life. Today, there are many cases in which ICT assist the elderly and people with disabilities to complete tasks once thought impossible.

Enhancing the Human Experience through Assistive Technologies and E-Accessibility discusses trends in ICT in relation to assistive technologies and their impact on everyday tasks for those with disabilities. This reference work provides different perspectives on upcoming technologies and their impact on e-accessibility and e-inclusion, essential topics for researchers, businesses, and ICT product developers in the field of assistive technologies.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Advances in Medical Technologies and Clinical Practice (AMTCP) Book Series

Foreword: Accessibility for All and Accessibility for More

Preface

Acknowledgment

Chapters

Technological Game-Changers

Chapter 1

Sensors, Networks, and Clouds (pages 1-18)

This chapter presents an overview of the latest developments in sensor technologies and discusses issues, challenges, and potentials that sensors present for eAccessibility technologies. Going a step further, it also presents the...

Chapter 2

Keyboards, Screens, and Mice (pages 19-33)

This chapter deals generally with the developments in various interaction technologies. Interaction paradigms have shifted in the past from command line interfaces to graphical user interfaces exploiting heavily metaphors from the...

Chapter 3

Robotic Exoskeletons and Social, Companion, and Service Robots (pages 34-48)

Robotics is an emerging technology presenting great opportunities for the future of eAccessbility and Assistive Technologies. This is why this chapter aims to present the current state of the art in the domain together with the...

Chapter 4

BCI, BNCI, and BMI (pages 49-62)

Brain Computer Interaction and Interfaces is another emerging technology that is presenting interesting potential for people with disabilities in their interaction with computers and machines in general. Combined with robotic arms...

Chapter 5

Advanced Prosthetics, Neuroprosthetics, and Artificial Limbs (pages 63-77)

An area of research that is very close to invasive BCI presented earlier is the area of neuroprosthetics. This involves the use of invasive BCI systems aiming to control prosthetic devices (i.e. an artificial hand) or help in...

Assisted and Independent Living Applications

Chapter 6

Health and Human Services (pages 79-111)

Persons with disabilities and the elderly present an increased need for health and human services such as care taking, remote monitoring for hospital care, etc. Moreover, people's perceptions of the notion of disability and...

Chapter 7

Transport and Mobility (pages 112-132)

One of the most common needs for persons with disabilities and elderly is the need for transportation and mobility. It is a need that penetrates many aspects of a person's life. From travelling to another city or country...

Chapter 8

Training, Teaching, and Learning (pages 133-166)

We are constantly being educated, learning, and getting training for new skills. People with disabilities and the elderly are no exception to this rule. Moreover, they might need additional training and education on how to use...

Chapter 9

Employment, Employability, and Entrepreneurship (pages 167-195)

Employment and employability are some of the most important problems that people with disabilities face throughout their lives. Employers are often afraid or unaware of the abilities that people with disabilities might have for a...

Chapter 10

Consumer and Lifestyle (pages 196-217)

Consuming is an important aspect of our lives. It is part of our lifestyle. People with disabilities and the elderly, however, face problems in everyday transactions in shops, ATMs, vending machines, etc. This chapter focuses on...

Chapter 11

Media and Entertainment (pages 218-240)

Media and entertainment is an area currently undergoing serious changes in its business models due to technology. Web TV channels, Smart TVs, new gaming consoles, new trends in gaming, and mobile computing are affecting the future of...

Chapter 12

Democracy, Citizenship, and Activism (pages 241-265)

Issues of participation of people with disabilities in politics and public administration are the focus of this chapter. People with disabilities can have an effective impact on society and policies if they are allowed and encouraged...

Common Issues

Chapter 13

Human Performance (pages 267-273)

This chapter looks into horizontal issues in ICT advances and discusses how the factor of human performance could help in increasing the impact of eAccessibility and assistive technologies in the future. More specifically, it...

Chapter 14

Systems and Complexity (pages 274-287)

Past efforts in e-Access, e-assistive, and e-inclusive technologies have largely focused on “parts of a problem.” That is to say, they have identified key tasks in day-to-day living and working or key elements in the experience of...

Chapter 15

Innovation (pages 288-309)

This is the third chapter looking at the bigger picture of eAccessibility and inclusion technologies. In this chapter, issues dealing with innovation and how this can be boosted in the next years are discussed. More specifically...

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