IRB

I finished the IRB training course over the weekend, and hopefully the forms for the survey will be ready to submit tomorrow!

In the meantime, I’ll be researching powerchair mods.

PowerUp

For my Independent Study project, I’ll be working on a project called PowerUp. The end result of the project is to combine a touchscreen interface with a power wheelchair, and develop some useful apps for the system. The ultimate goal being to create an enhanced assistive technology for people with motor impairments.

There is a lot to consider in designing such a system, so my first task is to create a survey for power wheelchair users. The survey answers should give us some idea of  the daily tasks of a power wheelchair user, and also give us some insight into what they wish their chair could do.