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As a response to Waldemar Januczszak’s London Times article, ‘What is Art for?,’ Adam Parrish and I created the following participatory event for one of Marina Zurkow’s classes at ITP. Everyone got under the table and described specific place they remembered from childhood. It was an interesting mix of stories about: beaches, bamboo groves, laundry [...]

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Device
Your Usage
Use w/o Hearing
Use w/o Vision
Use w/o Ability to Walk
Use w/o Ability to Use Hands

 
 
Use
Modification
Use
Modification
Use
Modification
Use
Modification

cellphone
34
4.5
2*
5
4
1
n/a
5
4.5

laptop
21
2
1.5
5
5
1
n/a
5
4.5

radio
5
5
5
1
1
1
1
2
2

lights
14
1
n/a
5
n/a
3
?
4
4

train
2
2
2
5
5
5
2
4
4

train ticket kiosk
1
1
n/a
5
maybe modified
1
1
5
4, v/o

subway
3
1
n/a
5
4
2
1
2
1

metrocard
7
1
n/a
1
1
2
1
5
4**

taxi
1
5
5
4
4
5
3
3
4***

elliptical machine
3
1
n/a
2
3
5
5
2
?

stereo
1
5
5
4
2
3
2
5
4

soldering iron
3
1
n/a
5
5
2
1
5
5

video projector
3
1
n/a
5
5?
1
n/a
1
n/a

street crossing light
154
1
n/a
5
5
2
1
1
n/a

bus
4
2
2
5
4
3
3
4
5

*purchase pre-existing technology
**RFID?
***use pre-existing technology of automatically opening/closing taxi doors, like those in Tokyo.
Cell phones
I found several pre-existing cellphone options for the hearing impaired, that use the state Relay Service for [...]

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