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When the touch screen replaced the physical number pad on the mobile phone, imagine how it must have affected those with visual impairments, who rely on tactile feedback to dial-up friends or send text messages. This is just one example of how technology can be alienating to persons with disabilities. Yet, one of technology’s most fundamental purposes is empowering people to do more. For this reason, Tech For good (T4G) is back this year and calling technologists, students, and tech enthusiasts to come together and build solutions for the humanitarian problem.
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What is tech for food (T4G) Festival ?
Tech for Good (T4G) is an annual innovation challenge organized by Engineering Good that celebrates the use of technology in helping people with disabilities and the elderly live a life of opportunities.
This year, T4G is co-produced with Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), where 40 teams of innovators, aged 15 to 25 years will tackle 26 problem statements alongside 40 Mentors and 10 Community Partners to create solutions for persons with disabilities (PwDs) and their families or caregivers. The teams have been tirelessly innovating anything from improving telescope canes for the visually impaired to communication tools for persons with Aphasia, and everything in between!
Few pre-events online talks and webinars will be held to explore various perspectives in design :
- Saturday, 23 October | 11:00am- 12:00pm
James Dyson Foundation: Reimagine Engineering the Dyson Way | Hilsann Yong
Link: https://tinyurl.com/T4G21TDyson
- Wednesday, 27 October | 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Looking beyond the products: Strategy for product success | Sumeet Sawhney
Link: https://tinyurl.com/T4G21TSumeet
- Saturday, 30 October | 11:00am- 12:00pm
Diversity is a Design Requirement | Greg Alchin
Tech for Good innovation challenge festival will be held virtually on 6 Nov 2021. The team presentations and panel discussion will be held on Zoom, while the booths by Tech For Good (T4G) teams and various community partners (CPs) and makerspaces will be held on Gather.town.
Some highlights for festival day includes:
- Various booths and presentations by our T4G teams
- Booths by Makerspaces and Community Partners, and Alumni Teams
- Panel discussion and Q&A from 5 differently-abled distinguished speakers.
Come learn from 5 differently-abled persons showcasing assistive technology they use in their daily lives, plus hear their views, hopes and dreams for Assistive Tech in Singapore!
To know more about Tech For Good (T4G) Festival, and how you could participate, visit website or you can sign up below.
