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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"accessible design"”.
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Developing Visual Accessibility Options to Empower Grade School Students in Designing Inclusive Mobile Applications
… general public, it is important that it be as accessible as possible. Accessibility for mobile apps is crucial given how pervasive smartphone use has become. For students who use MIT App Inventor -- an online platform that enables users to make their own mobile apps -- part of being an …
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The Relationship Between Web Accessibility Policy and Practice in Postsecondary Institutions
… on campuses and represent prime examples of accessible policy adherence, but what affect do accessible website design policies have on practice? The answer is monumental for the students with disabilities that rely on the integration of electronic curb cuts into institutional websites. In …
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Development of a low-cost, low-volume alternative for purification fraction collection
… to customize. This research sets out to design, build, and test a small, low-cost system that can be deployed in a variety of lab settings as an alternative to a larger industrial system. This research focuses on the chemical process of separation and fraction collection, as well as the …
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Foregrounding accessibility for user experience design
… in creating generative tools and techniques for designing accessible user experiences for end users. As a user experience designer, I am working on embracing the web accessibility standards and guidelines and including them from the beginning of the User Experience (UX) design process. My …
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Improving Accessibility of Fully Automated Driving Systems for Blind and Low Vision Riders
… which will result in this technology being inaccessible to populations that it would otherwise greatly benefit. The current study sought to address this gap in the literature by explicitly evaluating the information and interactions that BLV riders will require from L4+ ADS. Specifically, we …
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Evaluating inclusive design within a zoological street furniture framework
Inclusive design caters for the needs and aspirations of as many end users as possible, regardless of their age or ability, positively influencing product design and the built environment, and thus society as a whole. By conducting an inclusive design analysis, with reference to zoological street …
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Home Not Hospice, an integrated community for young and old in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia
The following thesis presents the design for a housing complex. The complex provides homes for two different segments of our population: single families and older or disabled persons and couples. Located in Old Town Alexandria Virginia, the project sits on the banks of the Potomac River. The …
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Space suit simulator for partial gravity extravehicular activity experimentation and training
… mobility of various pressurized space suit designs. A space suit simulator exoskeleton is a novel method for simulating joint torques while offering a lightweight, portable, and easily accessible design. This thesis describes early work towards development of the S3 exoskeleton. A space suit …
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Experiences of the Students with Blindness and Visual Impairments in Online Learning Environments with regards to Instructional Media
… Burgstahler, Corrigan and McCarter (2004) unless design of the courses are accessible to all students, including those with disabilities, the ultimate goal of distance learning to make education available to everyone cannot be accomplished. However, accessibility is rarely a priority for online …
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Inclusive : a human centered approach to accessible architectural design
… to certain spaces because most places are designed without any consideration of their needs.. Universal design, a new concept in architecture, asks how can we design in a way that makes life easier, healthier, and friendlier for all by putting people with disabilities on an equal playing …
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Design and Validation of an Accessible and 3D-Printable 24-Channel Peristaltic Pump for Cell Culture Research
… and repair costs, however they are especially inaccessible for labs with limited research funding and excessive importation time. 3D printing has been shown to be an accessible method of fabrication worldwide [1]. In 2020, a 3D-printable peristaltic pump was developed to address these concerns, …
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Reshaping concrete: Empowering development through low-carbon structural design
… challenges with a set of strategies for the design and analysis of materially efficient concrete elements that can reduce the economic and environmental costs of urban construction. Developed to meet the constraints of LEDCs, structural elements are optimized to reduce the embodied carbon …
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Development of low-cost in situ gas sensors for oceanographic applications
… and another for novel DIC quantification, both designed to be affordable, reliable, and scalable tools for advancing our understanding of ocean chemistry and the global carbon system. First, the development, calibration, and open-ocean deployment of a miniaturized Dissolved Multi-Gas Sensor …
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Development of Low-Cost In Situ Gas Sensors for Oceanographic Applications
… and another for novel DIC quantification, both designed to be affordable, reliable, and scalable tools for advancing our understanding of ocean chemistry and the global carbon system. First, the development, calibration, and open-ocean deployment of a miniaturized Dissolved Multi-Gas Sensor …
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Usable Accessibility and Haptic User Interface Design Approach
… the failure to meet user needs. Whether existing design approaches properly reflect assistive technology user needs should be explored, especially for haptic technology. Existing design approaches have rarely considered the heterogeneous needs of users in the same disability category (i.e., visual …
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Accessibility of Thai university websites: Awareness, barriers and drivers for accessible practice
… to lifelong learning and the creation of accessible materials, this thesis sought to investigate to what level Thai universities were implementing web accessibility in their websites and e-learning materials. A mixed method approach was employed in order to explore the level of …