Editors:
- Offers a multidisciplinary approach to assistive technologies and considers the entire cycle of design,
- evaluation, knowledge transfer, and use
- Presents theories on assistive technology from experts in a number of varied fields, ranging from
- engineering and computer science to occupational therapy and neurology
- Discusses assistive technologies in a broad scope that presents designs and theories that are universal
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Development and Commercialization
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Meeko Mitsuko K. Oishi
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Dept. Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Ian M. Mitchell
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, Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
H. F. Machiel Van der Loos
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Design and Use of Assistive Technology
Book Subtitle: Social, Technical, Ethical, and Economic Challenges
Editors: Meeko Mitsuko K. Oishi, Ian M. Mitchell, H. F. Machiel Van der Loos
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7031-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-7030-5
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8980-2
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-7031-2
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 117
Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Biomaterials, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Control, Robotics, Mechatronics