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Toyota creates robots to assist and support ageing populations

Robin.Christopherson | 07 May 2017

Not satisfied with racing competitors to be first at the starting line with self-driving cars, Japanese automaker Toyota is looking to a robotic future for its ageing population.
Five days to enter the Tech4Good Awards 2017

Catherine.Grinyer | 04 May 2017

Digital tech inventors and innovators have just five days left to enter the seventh AbilityNet Tech4Good Awards.
AbilityNet supports Mental Health Week

Alex.Barker | 03 May 2017

One in four people in the UK will have some sort of mental illness in their life time. As this week is Mental Health week we want to encourage everyone to be open about their problems.
WCAG2.1 Is the web about to become more accessible?

Claudia.Cahalane | 02 May 2017

Global web guidelines are being updated to make web content for people with disabilities including blindness and loss vision, hearing loss, mobility and learning and cognitive disabilities.
Tech4Good winners: "Our current mission is testing eye controllers for Minecraft"

Claudia.Cahalane | 25 Apr 2017

We catch up with winners of the 2014 AbilityNet Tech4Good Accessibility Award, charity SpecialEffect, who customise gaming systems so that disabled people can still enjoy Tetris, Mario, Minecraft, Call of Duty or perhaps an online jigsaw.
WCAG2.1: Web guidelines set for makeover, enabling better mobile and web access for disabled users

Robin.Christopherson | 24 Apr 2017

It’s a mobile-first world. The global web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG), first created by the founder of the web, are being updated to make sure that sites and apps are now inclusive for all users on the go.
Charities' top tech for good innovations, and why we need even more

Claudia.Cahalane | 18 Apr 2017

Ellie Hale, associate at CAST, which works with organisations on tech and digital development hails some of the fantastic Tech4Good awards winners and beyond but says, we need plenty more charities who are willing to embrace tech for good.
Here's how government can help disabled people in a digital world

Robin.Christopherson | 17 Apr 2017

A new report confirms that there's been twenty long years of legislation and very little action on the part of the government when it comes to helping disabled people in the UK get equal breaks. AbilityNet's head of digital inclusion says, let's start with the easy steps the government can take...
Deaf film student, James, reveals the keys to his communication

Claudia.Cahalane | 14 Apr 2017

City College Brighton deaf student James Blake reveals how he communicates in the third part of the Me, Myself & IT tech disability series made by film students at the college in collaboration with AbilityNet.
The main reason why most web homepages are inaccessible and how to change this with an accessible carousel

Claudia.Cahalane | 11 Apr 2017

Lots of websites still have a carousel feature on the homepage - ie, a box featuring scrolling slides highlighting the latest/ most interesting content on the site. The problem is that most web developers and designers don’t make carousels accessible, so a whole range of people - from those using...

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