Electronic technology greatly benefits the disabled

1-12 — elektor january 1982 selektor Electronic technology greatly benefits the disabled The year 1981 was nominated the "Year for the Disabled", a year in which large electronic companies certainly went to great lengths to introduce many new products for the handicapped. However, these developments are not only due to the special status attached to 1981. As soon as microelectronic technology paved the way for "intelli- gent" aids, companies started taking an active interest in this field. If 1981 stands out as a milestone, it is only because the media published more material on the subject that year than in any other. The present era has often been called the "information age". Information in all its forms and manifestations has indeed become increasingly important now that it can be "distilled" into a tiny silicon chip. Not surprisingly, therefore, electronic industry is pay ing considerab le attention to the disabled, who are physically deprived of the means to receive and pr...