The first insulin pump in 1963 compared to the modern one.
I WANNA PRINT THIS OUT SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE START TALKING ABOUT HOW TECHNOLOGY IS RUINING YOUNG PEOPLE AND FUTURE GENERATIONS I GET TO SHOW THEM THIS
this reminds me of an article I read about how right after the innovation of pig insulin to treat diabetics, they used it on a room full of kids who had gone into DKA and were comatose. and as they injected the last child, the first child opened his eyes.
New earbuds that let you turn up or down the sounds around you.
But is not just about volume, you can also raise or lower the bass or adjust specific frequencies.
They also have preset filters that you can use to cancel out crowd noise or enhance the sound a concert venue.
“Riding on a bus? Just tap the “Bus” profile to drown out the low frequency hum. Walking around in a city? Tap the “City” or “Crowd” filters to tune out the murmurs and shouts. (There are also some crazier effects like “Echo” and “Fuzz.”)”
These have been created for the mass market but will have specific benefits to disabled people who want to block out sounds or for those who have hearing impairments.
“When you show up for a flight at an airport, the Here app could automatically suggest you switch to that profile. If you always set it to office mode at a certain location, the earbuds could start suggesting that filter when you arrive. Kraft’s ideas for Here go even farther than that, and they start to sound almost sinister. “I sometimes sit here with [the decibel setting at] +6 with just the door open and eavesdrop on the office, it’s kind of amazing,” Kraft jokes. “You can hear, like, the little conversations that you’re not supposed to hear.“The Here earbuds seem ready to tackle these everyday situations, but Kraft says they’re meant for more aggressive settings like live concerts, or the hustle and bustle of a big city.”
Called the Here Active Listening System by Doppler Labs, there is currently a waiting list to buy them.
Like, 90% of infomercial style products were designed by/for disabled people, but you wouldn’t know that, because there is no viable market for them. THey have to be marketted and sold to abled people just so that any money can be made of off them and so the people who actually need them will have access.
I think snuggies are the one example almost everyone knows. They were invented for wheelchair users (Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a coat on and off of someone in a wheelchair? Cause it’s PRETTY FUCKIN HARD.) But now everyone just acts like they’re some ~quirky, white people thing~ and not A PRODUCT DESIGNED TO MAKE PEOPLES DAY TO DAY LIVES 10000X EASIER.
But if at any point you were to take your head out of your own ass and go “Hey, who would a product like this benefit,” that would be really cool.
This makes informational make so much sense now.
Like… of course there’s no reason for that guy to knock over that bowl of chips. However, the person it was actually designed for has constant hand tremors that would make this pretty rad, but since we don’t want to show that in a commercial, here’s an able bodied guy who can’t remember how gravity works.
Shit. Those commercials suddenly get a lot less funny when you realize it’s pretty much just people ineptly trying to mimic disability.
Or like the thing for the eggs? Like, oh, it cracks eggs perfectly, you only need one hand?
IT WAS DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE WHO ONLY HAVE THE USE OF ONE HAND.
Or the juice bottle pourer? For people who’re TOO LAZY TO POUR THEIR OWN JUICE? Or FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY BEARING WEIGHT IN THE HANDS.
After years of wondering about this completely useless product (for able-bodied people with two useable hands who are WASHING THEIR HANDS WITH SOAP DIRECTLY AFTER TOUCHING THE PUMP OF A NORMAL STYLE SOAP DISPENSER) I think this post has finally explained to me why it exists. It’s so obvious why have Inever considered any of this before?
It used to be that prosthetic limbs and style had little to do with one another. Prosthetic limbs have typically had as much style as
orthopedic shoes, sheathed in beige fabric to cover the metal and
plastic parts within. They lacked originality, they lacked flair and they certainly didn’t reflect the wearer’s personality. Now, that couldn’t further from the truth.
The arm was designed and built just for Isabella by Team Unlimbited volunteer Stephen Davies. On average, prosthetics cost more than $10,000. However, an e-Nable limb ranges from $50 to $150 in price, which means more people can get prosthetic devices!
Holding the Bowl 