Accessibility sparks innovation: Democratize access to hearing devices
summary
Project claims to cut hearing-aid cost and scale by replacing hand-made molds with a balloon-based ear scan that maps >1 million points, uploads to a cloud STL workflow, and prints 3D-printed custom shells in batches (10–15 in ~45 minutes). Partners include Intel, Accenture, Asiga, DETAX, Queen Noor Foundation and Hack4Impact on AWS. First clinic screens 60 children, finds 20 who need devices; a goal of a 50-child pilot launches with local production, training and speech-therapy follow-up, and technician file prep currently takes 10–12 minutes.
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- 0:00Introduction and context
- 2:00The power of inclusion
- 4:36Defining accessibility
- 6:46Intel's technological role
- 14:113dp for me project
- 24:41Live 3D ear scan demo
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