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We introduce the design and preliminary implementation of low-cost brain-computer interface (BCI) to enable movement of a rolling robot. This system will accept and execute basic commands that are generated from three brain condition normal, relax, or happy. The brain condition is determined by brainwaves known as alpha, beta, and gamma waves. The brainwaves are detected using Mindflex, connected...
A growing number of students with special needs have been attending engineering programmes at our university, the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). This is a general tendency, which has been observed in all higher educational institutions in Denmark, like vocational schools, colleges and universities. The situation seems to be the same in many other European countries, however there are different...
In 1997 the Romanian Internet Learning Workshop (RILW) project begun as a challenging experiment: to organize in Romania an International workshop devoted to Internet and using Internet tools only. There were five editions, and from the third one they included a summer school. Just after the third edition, it happens that two very ill kids asked us by email, to help them to learn. They discovered...
This paper presents an overall picture of the current situation of children with special educational needs (SEN) in Ecuador and the development of software adapted to our environment as response to a personal experience of the author.
The Computer technology play a significant role in education for children with disabilities. For every child who has special needs, computers create a bridge over the educational gaps that teachers left behind, that way the children have become much more independent. Children with disabilities may use their skills in many activities to resolve problems from real-world, to help them computers have...
A daily routine for millions of people and a staple of preventative health care, the act of brushing one's teeth is often overlooked. Certain disabilities ranging from the physical to the psychological inhibit people from caring for their teeth traditionally. Few available devices on the market address this sector of disabled users, prompting the need to develop a new device. In order to meet these...
The Internet has opened up a range of new communication opportunities for people with special needs since it is an accessible communication medium that provides an opportunity to exchange practical information and support and to experience an accepting relationship with less prejudice. To date, few computer-mediated support intervention programs have been designed especially to support the socio-emotional...
Distance learning is one of the hottest issues in higher education. Because it depends heavily on digitized information, and because digitized information is displayed independently, distance learning courses are potentially an ideal mechanism for mainstream students with disabilities in education. However, in the rush to move ahead, systems are frequently designed without considering the special...
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