PUSH

• 2009-09-17

  Medicare vs. better technology

  

  This NY Times article does a great job explaining the situation many people run into when purchasing assistive technology.  This is the drive behind our efforts with Locabulary.

• 2009-07-14

  

  Locabulary Lite is now available in the iTunes store.  The app can be downloaded for free and will work on any iPhone or iPod touch.  We will be releasing a more complex version of the application in the near future and are hoping that we will be able to gather a large amount of feedback based on the lite version.  To read more about the future of Locabulary and the idea of location based vocabulary, check out the news article below.  To read more about Locabulary Lite, check out the iTunes store.

• 2009-06-22

  

  An Irondale design firm has created a tool for the speech impaired that can be used on Apple’s iPhone.

  “Locabulary” grew out of discussions the team at PUSH Product Design had with Drew Davis, a pediatric rehabilitation physician who is an assistant professor at UAB. Davis and another doctor treat about 4,000 patients in their practice, specializing in children and teens who have physical or cognitive disabilities, such as muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis or traumatic brain injuries.

  Davis was interested in PUSH’s work in design, believing the firm could make affordable technology for the disabled. PUSH, a firm of Auburn-educated engineers and designers, has designed everything from spinal implants to video gaming equipment.

  The result was Locabulary … read more

• 2009-05-04

  We have been working on creating a polished model of Linear Motion that can be assembled from a kit.  The wooden parts of this model were cut out of a 1/4” plywood sheet using a water jet.  The water jet worked well because we were able to get tight inside corners (the problem of CNC machining) and not have darkened ends (the problem of laser cutting).  The hand crank powers ten cams which then move each arm up and down.  The cams can be assembled in several different ways, so the model can show a variety of patterns including two types of waves, two flying wing motions and a several opposing up/down patterns.

• 2009-02-18

  New Sequences Press Release

  

  Official press release about our involvement with Leonardo da Vinci’s Machines in Motion, a traveling exhibition currently at McWane Science Center.  PUSH has donated two new sequences for McWane’s kinetic sculpture to commemorate the exhibition.

• 2009-02-10

  

  PUSH has a side project start-up called KontrolFreek Gaming Accessories.  KontrolFreek just came out with a new product called FPS Freek, that improves gamers’ accuracy and competitiveness in first-person-shooter games for XBOX and PS3.

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  Here is a short video showing the motion of the Da Vinci inspired Flying Machine Sequence.

• 2009-02-09

  

  UAB Visual Arts Gallery show Blank/Decks was featured on the local morning news.  Click above for a link to see the spot on Fox 6’s website.

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  Here is a shot of our skateboard on the gallery wall.