Dear Professor, This kind of device could come in very handy in a home automation setup. It is not only a person with disabilities who could benefit using this device. I would be curious to know what feedback you want. Without testing the device, I don't think any of us could give you the kind of information you desire.
Pranav -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Prof. Prabhat Ranjan Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 6:56 PM To: accessindia Subject: [AI] Universal remote control for persons with cerebral palsy This is my first mail on this forum and I wanted to share about some of the assistive devices we have been developing. In particular I would like to mention one device, which is a universal remote control. However this device monitors body part movement (such as hand movement) and works without pushing any button like in a normal remote control. Currently we provide support of 4 devices at one time and we have tested it with TV and Digital Photo Frame. It can be used to operate any device which uses IR based remote control. Even light/fan can be operated using this by having a remote control based (commercially available) regulator/switch. We are in discussion with National Trust for supporting further development of this device. However we have not had any experience of working with persons with disabilities. I have a feeling that it may be possible to make this device useful in many other cases as well. I would like feedback from members of this forum about the usefulness of such device and what other facilities they would like to see in this. I can share more information if members require. Thanks for your cooperation, - Prabhat Ranjan -- ******************************************************************** Prof. Prabhat Ranjan, Professor, Ph.D.(UC Berkeley), Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar - 382007 (Gujarat) - India Web Page : http://www.daiict.ac.in Research Group : http://intranet.daiict.ac.in/~ranjan/research/ Phone : (079) 30510553 (Direct) (079) 30520000 (PBX) Fax : 91-79-30520010 ******************************************************************** To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
