sexual health videos
These are a few videos we made with Dr. Elliott(sexual health doctor) disguising sperm retrieval and vibro-stimulation with Dr Ip (family doctor). This is basic information for quadriplegics that are going through rehab and want to avoid dangerous Autonomic Dysreflexia while being sexual. More here on TED
better text entry for disability
In past posts, I’ve ranted about resistive vs capacitive screens for typing. Apple’s phone and tablet are great, but as a quad with poor hand function, most will prefer to use a finger nail to type. On my Nokia 5800 this works well and the new firmware has better smooth scrolling (inertia in the flicking...
the world nuked itself over 2,000 times
This made me feel ill…watching the nukes go off as your birthday goes by. Pretty disgusting way to spend allot of money! So now that the cold war is over, how does the MAD Doctrine keep the balance? If a terrorist bomb goes off, no one knows how allegiances will shift. Lots of books (Tom...
super tankers a threat?
Regardless of how you feel about big oil companies, government and hippie activists… light needs to be shed on how many super tankers are in local waters. One good friend that works in the environmental business (yes that’s a business like any other) says that it is not fair to compare the unending leak from...
between a rock and a hard place
Between a rock and a hard place — no problem. National Post Life Style Section I really dislike this photo, but seems that editors like it.
where is my jet pack?
It’s now 2010… So, where’s my jet pack? Disability research integration is not happening. Not like it needs too. I’ve seen the problem from several points of view now and feel justified in a little rant. Scientists generally hate mixing with business, but this is the reality. The business of keeping a lab open and...
shirley wong on quadriplegics and exercise
Candice explains how a paraplegic and a quadriplegic differ in exercise response.
power assisted wheelchair project
Early days on this project, but will be testing all winter on the icord ramp.
observations from an outlier (csep slides)
As part of the Annual CSEP Conference, I was invited to give an hour talk on our rock climbing efforts. Presenter 2: Brad Zdavinsky (VerticalChallenge.org) •Overcoming Obstacles: The Story of a Tetraplegic’s Drive to Beat the Odds and Challenge Beliefs in His Pursuit to Climb (15:00-16:00) (not my title) My slides as a PDF (NOTE:...
dangers of boosting
I’ve seen “Dr K” at his clinic and recommend him to anyone dealing with Autonomic Dysreflexia (AD). I’ve copied an article here to make sure it doesn’t disappear. http://www.webcommunications.ubc.ca/ubc2010/2009/04/28/researcher-aims-to-end-paralympic-boosting/ Dr. Andrei Krassioukov wants the International Paralympic Committee to change how athletes are evaluated – Photo by Martin Dee If Dr. Andrei Krassioukov gets his way,...
windows 7 for the disabled
I never thought I’d say it, but Windows 7 is good, great even! I got my hands on a Beta copy and installed it.. and it all worked. Yes, everything worked first time with no snags. Admittedly I had low expectations thinking of past installs and driver nightmares, but not one dialog box asking for...
nokia java runtime 2.0 for s60
Is Symbian going to make it on mobile devices? I’ve used java a long time now and hoped the fragmentation would be sorted out for by now. My first experience with S60 was pretty shocking. Sun’s SDK for wireless devices is actually really good, but runs on the emulator generally won’t on the actual device....