News

Now in its 10th year, the interdisciplinary and collaborative Studio 930 program asks students to apply what they know, learn what they don’t, and design products that make life, or a single task, more efficient and accessible. Read the RIT News story on Studio 930.

Please join Al Sigl Center and the LiveABILITY Lab as they celebrate over 10 years of innovation by unveiling their new project exhibition space on Wednesday, August 14.

Studio930 program collaborations celebrate innovation for 10th year in a row! Read the RIT News feature.

Students in this summer’s Studio930 design consultancy focused on the development of assistive healthcare solutions by leveraging the use of technology, art, and design. Read more about the 2022 Studio 930 project.

Arduino is challenging Community members to design the most creative, and altruistic solution for times of duress and global disasters. Learn more about Design for a Cause 2021.

As a responsible partnership, Effective Access Technology R&D at RIT is devoted to empowering a more accessible and inclusive world. We just launched our WeChat official account to achieve this goal even further. Follow us by scanning the QR code!

Supporting our partner Al Sigl Community at their first-ever WalkAbout Car Parade.

Juniors in the Industrial Design BFA program spent part of their spring semester working to generate innovative therapy solutions for children with special needs and their teachers. Faculty member Lara Cardoso Goulart; Industrial Design graduate students Andrea Gonzales Esteche, Yueyue Zhang, and Ye Wang; and organizations associated with the Al Sigl Community of Agencies partnered on this project.

For more than a year, third-year interior design student Emma Canny has been working with a multi­­­­disci­plinary team on a universally designed kitchen that meets the needs of people with disabilities. 

We were participating in the TEDx Allendale Columbia School, creating an Access Tech lab, working some of the projects that we are currently working at the LiveAbility Lab. We provide the participants' tools and materials to create their own ideas and mock-ups.

The LiveAbility Lab will be prenting and exhibiting some proyects related to the Accessability projects wroking with different partners.

Come and develop your creativity and tech skills into an interdisciplinary team. February 29th and March 1st.

Twelve groups from Studio930 this summer presented their work to the clients at the liveAbility Lab.

Let's split up into multidisciplinary teams and spend the weekend working on solutions for real-world problems.

RIT has sent representatives to this conference to learn of the latest developments and concerns in the area of Assistive Technology and present work we have done.

Supporting our Partner, the Al Sigl Community of Agencies, at a fun event.

IdeaLab links problems and challenges with problem solvers at RIT. For more information on IdeaLab, please visit the Simone Center's website.

Four projects from Studio930 this summer, LEV, ROAM, KoreX and EZTP, along with two projects from previous studio930 & Summer Startup Programs, Sensory Toys and ThermApparel were selected to be demonstrated.

Access Technology projects from Studio930 this summer were on display in the Simone Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Pictured is Team KoreX presenting their work (Photo Credit: Maulik).