SINGAPORE - An easy-to-use switch adapted to operate toys for children with special needs was among the assistive technologies recognised for innovation and cost-effectiveness at SG:Digital Wonderland 2019 on Sunday .
The projects included We Hack Care! community workshops that teach people how to"hack" effective assistive devices for disadvantaged members of the society at a lower-cost. Engineering Good's executive director Johann Annuar said:"The inculcation of using technology as a tool from young is important but, for children with disabilities, some things are impossible to do with technology. There are not enough commercialised services that can help them so a lot of assistive tools have to be customised for them."
A prototype of an on-demand autonomous scooter service, Whizz, by students from Nanyang Technological University, also clinched the Best of Show award in the inaugural Youth Innovation Awards at the event. "While at a national level, the government is working with enterprises and ministries to bring digitisation to all sectors, we also want to ensure that this message is carried through to society at large and have many opportunities like this where people can learn in a fun and non-threatening environment," he said.
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