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Autonomous Vehicles, New Mobility & the Built Environment

IoT to Improve Accessibility

An open and crowd-sourced accessibility lab is how Joe Speed, CTO of ADLINK’s IoT Solutions and Technology group describes #AccessibleOlli. The commercial promise of this autonomous, low-speed (<25 MPH) electric mobility pod is to provide high-quality, on-demand transportation to all people, regardless of an individual’s ability. The #AccessibleOlli display at CES2018 was a culmination of […]

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Autonomous Vehicles, New Mobility & the Built Environment CES2018

#AccessibleOlli – A Living Laboratory #CES2018

The old saying about walking a mile in one’s shoes to understand another person’s world echoes in comments made by Erich Manser, Accessibility Researcher at IBM. Manser is well suited for his role of understanding the requirements to improve accessibility, as he has been unable to drive for the past 15 years due to a gradual […]