Assistive technology

The tech transforming the Paralympics for disabled fans. Video, 00:02:56
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Disability Sport
Posted
3 September
Fifty-Fifty Vision. Audio, 28 minutes
How has our rapidly changing world altered blind and partially sighted people's lives?
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Man with robot voice finally finds his Walsall accent
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England
Posted
22 April
Can touchless tech create 'equitable' gaming?
Posted
22 April
Deaf woman says project made 'life worth living'
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Norfolk
Posted
6 February
Smart home shows how tech can help disabled people
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Wear
Posted
18 January
Disabled students using AI to gain independence
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Gloucestershire
Posted
25 October 2023
Council's automated phone system ageist, says caller
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Derby
Posted
11 October 2023
'My AI bionic arm is giving me my freedom back' Video, 00:01:28
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London
Posted
3 August 2023
In Touch. NHS Backlogs and Avoidable Sight Loss; The CSUN Assistive Technology Conference. Audio, 19 minutes
Backlogs in NHS eye appointments are resulting in hundreds of people losing their vision.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Digital Planet. What happens when the Bitcoin miners leave? Audio, 41 minutes
Bitcoin mining was booming in Kazakhstan, but what now after the currency’s collapse?
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Digital Planet. The Tech of 2022. Audio, 41 minutes
The Digital Planet team look back on their favourite tech stories of 2022.
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
5 Live Science Podcast. Fract or Fiction: We drill down into the science of fracking. Audio, 52 minutes
Will fracking solve the energy crisis? Plus Exoboots and spotting Alzheimer's earlier.
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BBC Radio 5 Live
Available for over a year
Inventor's Microsoft trademark dispute 'resolved'
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Northampton
Posted
7 October 2022
Business owner in trademark dispute with Microsoft
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Northampton
Posted
22 August 2022
Digital Planet. Is disability tech delivering? Audio, 37 minutes
Is technology designed to help people with disabilities any good?
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
The video game prescribed by doctors to treat ADHD
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Business
Posted
11 July 2022
The chip implants that let you pay with your hand
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Business
Posted
11 April 2022
Digital Planet. India to launch digital rupee. Audio, 48 minutes
India to launch digital rupee and plans to tax digital assets at 30%.
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Bionic eye tech aims to help blind people see
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Business
Posted
14 February 2022
The device that helped a paralysed man become a dad. Video, 00:02:04
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Science & Environment
Posted
7 February 2022
Using virtual reality to treat pain and anxiety
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Technology
Posted
6 December 2021
Facebook and Instagram encryption plans delayed
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Technology
Posted
22 November 2021
Digital Planet. Census goes digital in India. Audio, 45 minutes
Census goes digital in India, but who will be excluded?
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year