Is the Equalities Act bad for your business - pt 2
25 Apr 2018
In my lifetime technology has ripped apart many of the absolutes that I was taught at school and subsequently grew up with.
Sight Village Roadshow comes to Sandy Park, home of Exeter Chiefs
18 Apr 2018
The Queen Alexandra College organises exhibitions that showcase technology and currently run both the Sight Village & Autism Central. We travelled up to Sandy Park, home of the Exeter Chiefs to spread the news about RoomMate, meet some new and some familiar faces and see what else is going on in the tech world.
Is the Equalities Act bad for your business?
02 Apr 2018
Believe it or not I think it starts when we’re kids. Remember when your parents asked/told/ordered (delete where appropriate) you to do something that you weren’t really a fan of, or couldn’t see the point of? It got done, eventually, but probably not very well, or quickly and only because of the threat of some sanction or restriction of liberty by the our parents. So fast forward to the here and now and not much will have changed for many of us.
Innovation, the RoomMate and the future with VUI & Amazon's Alexa
25 Sep 2017
It’s the back end of 2017 and Innovation is as popular as ever. New and smarter personal gadgets seem to spring up every where you look, some proclaiming to be ‘the next generation of this’ or ‘the new way to do that’ and what they all have in common is the idea that they will free us up from the mundane and allow us to become more efficient and give us more time.
Is this the first civil action of its kind?
30 Aug 2017
The National Federation of the Blind and Two Blind Individuals File Lawsuit Against SSA for Lack of Accessible Kiosks in San Diego, California
Everyone's heard of Jamie Oliver right?
25 Jul 2017
Celebrity chef, campaigner for better nutrition for our kids and a bit of a geezer giving it the old 'Bish bash bosh on our TV screens’. Yep, that’s the one.
Welcome to this months newsletter
25 Jul 2016
It's that time again and this months offering is jam packed with the latest news and newest places that have fitted the RoomMate. The map on our site is starting to spread out now, may it continue!
MARITIME MUSEUM INSTALLS REVOLUTIONARY NEW DEVICE FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED
01 Jun 2016
National Maritime Museum Cornwall has become the first Museum in the world to install a revolutionary new device helping visually impaired people navigate safely around disabled access toilets.
What's all the fuss?
20 May 2016
You’ve probably heard of this new type of currency, the Purple Pound, but do you know what it’s all about? Today I will endeavour to shed some light on this mysterious new phenomena and explain why our society needs to sit up and realise that there’s a new kid in town..
If you think that all Disabled access toilets are identical you should read this
26 Mar 2016
It’s amazing how often we hear this old chestnut “But aren’t all disabled toilets the same though?” This has become a pretty standard reaction when we first meet people and, as we’ve said before, totally understandable if you’ve never had to think about the disadvantages of being Visually Impaired in a Visual world.