| NO FINGER TYPEWRITER Typewriter for disabled people operated by beam from torch attached to special spectacles. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5021 | |
| Catalog #: | 138543 | |
| Clip Number: | 138543-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 68/9 | |
| Timecode: | 01:12:28 - 01:13:38 | |
| Location: | Roehampton, London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1968 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | COMMUNICATIONS: Typewriter DISABILITIES: Inventions DISABILITIES: Paralysis LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | NO FINGER TYPEWRITER (aka NEW AID FOR HANDICAPPED PILOT CONTROL SYSTEM) Typewriter for disabled people operated by beam from torch attached to special spectacles. Roehampton, London. Another invention uses light-activated switches to operate a typewriter for a paraplegic woman; the woman wears a small infrared 'flashlight' on the side of her head; she moves her head slightly to direct the beam of light onto a board of sensors, one for each letter of the alphabet & other keyboard symbols; in this way she is able to 'type". LV Woman in wheelchair sitting in front of typewriter with pilot control panel. CU The pilot control panel. CU Magnifying lens is put on typewriter. CU Woman with torch attached to glasses. CU Ditto as torch beam flashes into camera. CU As torch beam goes over pilot control panel to operate typewriter. CU Typewriter working. SV Ditto. LV The woman operating the typewriter. LV Patient lying flat on his back operating the pilot typewriter by reflecting beam from torch into mirror and onto pilot panel. VO discusses how this principle could be used to make other devices to give more independence to handicapped people, with remotes to operate other household switches; Small model of a room; board with infrared sensors labelled with actions like "close door" "turn on radio" etc. | |
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