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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. More >

Arduino is challenging Community members to design the most creative, and altruistic solution for times of duress and global disasters.  More Information>

As a responsible partnership, Effective Access Technnology 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 with faculty member Lara Cardoso Goulart, Industrial Design graduate students Andrea Gonzales Esteche, Yueyue Zhang &  Ye Wang and organizations associated with the Al Sigl Community of Agencies to develop innovative designs that included.

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.

To view all the projects, please go to here

For more information on IdeaLab, please visit the Simone Center's website here

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.

Team KoreX presenting the work (Photo Credit: Maulik)