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| Hackcessible 2018 - students and co-designers meet for the first time |
Hackcessible 2018 is off to a fantastic start!
Last, week saw the first meeting of co-designer’s and
students in The Diamond. The co-designer’s presented a number of challenges to
the students that they would like solved. It was a chance for everyone to meet
and brainstorm ideas for the first time.
They were some truly inspiring stories from the co-designers
and how they would like assistive technology to help in their lives as
potential users of the products.
Hackcessible 2018 is a make-a-thon that will give engineers,
designers, computer scientists, students and others a unique opportunity to
collaborate with individuals with disabilities and create workable products
that support their needs. Inspired by the AT-Hack at MIT, one of the first disability-related hackathons, and the
popular BBC program The Big Life Fix, it will be the University of
Sheffield’s first disability-focused make-a-thon.
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researcher Aejaz Zahid is leading the innovative new project that aims to bring
together the most talented and creative students from across the University to
help change people’s lives.
The students
will then have five weeks to develop a deep understanding of the challenge and
to mock up possible solution ideas.
On 1st and
2nd December, the teams will create their prototype assistive
technology solutions at the iForge makerspace in The Diamond.
To find out
more about this exciting event check out the Hackcessible 2018 website. If you would like to get involved
as a sponsor, judge or mentor contact the team here.
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