MIT, UC Berkeley research engineers seek individuals with hand impairment for feedback on assistive device study

A team of MIT and UC Berkeley scientists/research engineers are looking for volunteers to take part in a study evaluating the current state of hands-free assistive tech input devices. Specifically, volunteers living with a physical disability that necessitates using a hands-free input device are welcomed. Their goal is to make a more accurate and unobtrusive way for people living with severe motor impairment to control computers, wheelchairs & other electronic devices.

They are specifically looking for individuals:

• Living with any condition that inhibits motor control of the hands (preferred, but not required)

• Who do not have experience using such a device, but have considered using one or may need one in the future

• Who have experience working as caretakers for people living with severe motor impairment.

Your participation would involve one interview lasting approximately 20 minutes. The interview will be conducted at a local place of your choosing, or via video chat. For more information about this work, or to volunteer for as an interviewee, contact: Tomás Vega at tomasero@mit.edu. This work is in collaboration with the MIT I-Corps Program and the National Science Foundation (NSF).