Single-Button Remote

About this project

The team created a voice-activated remote which allows users like Dwight, who have limited mobility to cycle through TV and light functions. The remote also provides a large, accessible, single selection button large enough to accommodate limited hand mobility. The team’s device provides Dwight greater independence and the prototype has the potential to control additional home devices.

The challenge

The challenge was to create a solution for a standard remote where buttons were too close together and changing channels was difficult without pressing more than one button.

Who it helps

Dwight is a quadriplegic maker and need-knower. He has difficulty pressing individual buttons on his TV remote. He teamed up with local makers to design a single-button remote.

Project details

• Stage: Working Model
• Built by the Cornell University community, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
• Team: Dwight
• Category: Daily Living
• 15 downloads

The build files for Single-Button Remote are free to download from this page - open source, shared by TOM: Tikkun Olam Makers.

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