Overview
- Covers the developments which have taken place in the field in the last four years
- Provides practical examples and methods of application of inclusive design
- A broader perspective than other literature in the field
- Offers an international perspective on inclusive design and assistive technology from leading researchers in the field
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Table of contents (24 papers)
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Front Matter
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Design Issues for a More Inclusive World
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Enabling Computer Access and the Development of New Technologies
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Assistive Technology and Rehabilitation Robotics
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About this book
Rapid and unprecedented population ageing poses a serious social and economic challenge across the developed world. Shifts in dependency ratios point to escalating welfare and pensions costs which require radical and imaginative responses from Government and industry. Key to this is a healthy population able and willing to work longer before retirement and who can be independent for as long as possible afterwards as well as bringing disabled people into mainstream life and employment.
This book was stimulated by the 3rd CWUAAT workshop (the CWUAAT workshops have a general focus on product and solution development). It was held in Cambridge, UK in April 2006. Contributions from leading researchers focused on:
- design issues for a more inclusive world;
- enabling computer access and the development of new technologies;
- assistive technology and rehabilitation robotics; and,
- understanding users and involving them in design.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
This proceedings of the 3rd CWUAAT conference/workshop is edited by three of the editors who have worked on the previous proceedings. The proceedings from the 1st and 2nd CWUAATs were published with Springer under the titles "Universal Access and Assistive Technology" and "Designing a More Inclusive World". This volume will represent developments in the field from the past 4 years.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Designing Accessible Technology
Editors: John Clarkson, Patrick Langdon, Peter Robinson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-365-5
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-84628-364-2Published: 05 April 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-84996-588-0Published: 13 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84628-365-9Published: 02 August 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 250
Topics: Engineering Design, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Image Processing and Computer Vision, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Control, Robotics, Mechatronics, Rehabilitation