also rate based in your northern most count, the police the free time, but still very much alive. your guy to the special thoughts in germany recognizes where exactly it was fun. learned a lot of our culture history, dw, travel, extremely worth a visit. the. there are many gadgets that help people with disabilities lead more independent lives. for example, glasses backs up title spoken conversations in real time for desk people, or a smart walking stick that detects obstacles with ultrasonic waived for people with low vision tech for more inclusivity. that's our topic on shift today.

the, when you see robots acting as servers and cars face, they're typically replacing human employees. but there's a cafe in japan that does things differently. the robots here enable people with disabilities to take part and work wise, but remotely from their own homes. when customers talk to these little robots, they're not talking to in a nice system that's talking to a real person, like somebody call me or she controls the robot from home. she's one of about 50 people with physical mental disabilities. working as robot offering says up to one cafe in tokyo, japan. she takes customers oldest through the robots and makes recommendations. the big a robot, spence, of the food and drinks. the idea is to give people who comp leave the homes due to health reasons, but want to watch the opportunity to do so. that sounds like look into,

you've got as long as on the lives of i want to give something back to the community by working and then you go come. yes, thank you buddy. you're moving on this reach, your mind says he talks to his customers about everything from his health to the weather. so you put a menu dirty for that. i feel happy if i can be a part of society. she wants to go to go. the more you must re, he may robots are equipped with a camera microphone and speaker allowing customers to talk directly to the operator, put them into a cash deal. what do you mean? customers don't really come here to see a reason they wouldn't come in and we'll go and they come here because of the people behind the rehab and they will come back to see them again. and the cafe is operated by or a level retrieve the tech styles up to then it's rubrics like really made to come about loneliness. the technology helps breakdown battery is for people with disabilities don't have favorites people with and without disabilities together. a

1st step to what grades are inclusion. assistive technology refers to products, but a people who, for example, can't hear or see, or who are missing a body part. the market for this kind of tech is huge because more than the 1000000000 people worldwide live with some form of disability, like jessica smith from australia. she was born without the left for arm. the former paralympic swimmer is now a disability awareness advocate and relies on the help of technology. i'm not trying to hide who i am, i'm adding and sort of expanding on who i am as a pass and by being able to access technology that's never been available before her high tech prosthetic link operates using artificial intelligence and can learn 14 different groups. this next clip of jessica smith's grocery shopping demonstrates just how well this tech works and action. so

all truly. so i have 3 children, 6 year old, a 4 year old and a 2 year old and they all the kids are very excited about it. i think it's amazing that i'm my coffee and humphrey, but fewer than half robots display on it prosthetic can give off that impression. the device converts electrical impulses from the upper arm muscles into finger booth, with a special after associates group patterns, with certain muscle movements, juices can configure with themselves at home or low technicians to do it remotely. so we've tried to build in the technology which allows it to connect to the hand anyway, basically in a world unchanged configuration of the device instantaneously on the fly for the customer. the sensor bracelets is being tested at the university of sydney and australia is designed to detect the slightest movements of attendance which controlled huns the supple movements, and then transmitted by a bluetooth to

a program. who taught you a copy of the tunnel like that and move your fingers a little bit. you will see tiny vibrations happening in your wrist. and this, that's how our party moves so fingers. so all the sensor actually pick up those vibrations and the machine learning a to make sense of those vibrations to figure out which finger is moving and how much due to a medical condition area and shot has limited mobility. in his left hand. he's testing the sensor bracelets by playing simple computer games. this movements are interpreted into the game. it's a lot less movement that you need to use it though it's best to august highest. we can make me a bit more functional with my left hand. like, especially for our computers perspective, like studying and using it all day. there are many projects around the world. it's focused on in the sense of touch at the university of preston buquet. researchers

are working on simulating the different layers of human skin to allow robots to have a real human touch. disc come in handy for making future prosthetics. we 3 d print that similar structure. intel are all sufficient skin so that it can respond cold tasks in a similar way. so you said human skin, but instead of having know if i things, we instead mounts a camera in sight, the sensor where you can see the cable coming from here. so that picks up that movement supposed to pay like the structures inside this office visual skin. so cameras are being used to simulate human touch. what a fascinating approach. cameras are also used as a tool for people who are blind or have low vision. take this scheduled for example . it can be attached to glasses. users can turn on the direction of the given text

and either give a voice command or press their finger down to have it read aloud. the i can be trained to recognize certain products and faces to the development of these devices often involve the same technology that's used in other sectors like autonomy, us driving. the technology that's used to keep a ton of miss vehicles on the road is also useful for pedestrians. this 5 had got just helps blinds and people with low vision navigate the cities. the cameras imbedded in the device detect obstacles within the 170 degree angle woman uses with 3 d sounds. and mentioned that like this, if an object is moving towards the user and there's the risk of a collision bypass warren's done with a sound. similar to parking assisted modern cars. if there's an object on your left, you'll hear the obstacle on your left hand side for sounds indicate where the obstacle is. there a different sounds, depending on whether it's a call person,

open steps in the way. the defendants as the bypass, as a supplement to a walking stick with one big advantage it wounds uses about obstacles that had level to this smoke gadget has 7 of features, but instead it attaches to a classic walking stick. we walk, uses ultrasonics tense isn't vibrates. when there are obstacles nearby uses can connect the device to the phone by a bluetooth and then use the touch pod to access google maps and virtual assistant all while keeping the phone tucked away. a smart walking stick. that's cool. and for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, they're a smart glasses. they neighbor users to read conversations in real time by converting spoken words into sub titles. is nice, diana martin is deaf. she's trying on smart glasses for the 1st time with a friend. jacqueline press from x ray class, can you see, i think what i'm talking to you cuz

this is a new way of being able to communicate and be included. but the idea behind this tech is one that's already well known for movies subtitling. but these augmented reality classes convert spoken words into text and projected instantaneously. this enables spoken conversations to be more inclusive to death. people. as the founder of death kids international steve croup explains. i might not quite catch everything, but this has given me a real time. now to which enables me to be informed it may lead to be involved in with me to make decisions because i know what is being said. voice recognition algorithms quickly converts spoken language into beautiful text, which i think that audio stream from the microphone on the gloss as we're running

through a piece of transcription software, which users have probably seen before. and the ability to set the audio insights up captions. well, we're doing that, we've been taking those captions. i'm putting them into open to the reality impact system. the connect to your connected people with sign language interpreter's via video called the interpret spoken language into sign language and sign language and speech. this helps staff people lead more independence lives scenario for the cause, our bank interview opening an account problem with any account hospitalized, and now use some emergency scenarios where uh, communication is very important. of course, communication is crucial in creating a society that's more inclusive to people with disabilities. and communication can happen through music to american dance. a robert wexler aims to make music accessible to all people, no matter their physical or mental capabilities. most everyone could dogs and even

the slightest movement produced a sound that was the goal american dumpster roman wexler, set for himself in developing the motion composer. it's been a minor with this, or i believe we're all done. there's, there's more all musicians, and that's the principle behind the motion composer. think about it, enables us all to experience those instincts on people with all the capabilities mentioned it all a face type. a ready, back in the mid 19 seventy's, robert wexler began experimenting with motion tracking in new york. you recall the dumpsters movements using body centers and then convert to the movement data into sounds that lead the foundation for the motion composer which create sounds based on people's gestures. to achieve this, a 3 d camera film,

the person's movements software then converts to sequences into corresponding sounds. the system detects even the smallest motions. the motion composes used in therapeutic clinics and intrusive schools. many are moved by the ability to express themselves autistic lee through movement. the mice and ray and most people are overcome with emotions and joy. so it's not unusual to see people crying, their workshops via tears of joy and bounce of workshops, arthritis as a tom. so robert wexler has often stood in the spotlight with the motion composed though she's created a stage for people, 2 or 2 of them overlooked. i last seen technology act as an aide for people to better express themselves and if it helps people with disabilities feel more secure, confident, and included in society, we've made a small step of progress. what kind of tools would you want brighten and let us

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