The MA23 (Austrian munincipal department) funded research project “AsTeRICS Academy” has ended in August of 2016. We are convinced, the developed and researched technologies should not just disappear into oblivion. Therefore we founded the non-profit association “AsTeRICS Foundation” in 2017 … Continued
The Hackaday blog can be considered as something like “the unofficial bible for the usual electronics aficionado / computer nerd” (so obligatory reading matter for us). The “Hackaday price” is an international competition of DIY-/open source projects which yields an enormous … Continued
The WinTec Price is a national competition among austrian universities and academic institutions in the sector of applied Assisitve Technology, funded by the Austrian Government. We are happy to announce that we won the second price of this year’s WinTec Award … Continued
The Maker Faire is described as “The Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth – a family-friendly festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement” and we were right in the middle of it. On April … Continued
Our research project AsTeRICS Academy was chosen as best practice example for Open Innovations, an initiative of the Austrian government to support new approaches which think outside the box. One goal of this initiative is to remove existing barriers in … Continued
Overwhelming impressions at the fifth Zero Project Conference on “Inclusive Education and ICT” where our project AsTeRICS Academy was honored with an Innovative Practice 2016 award. We are very proud that the project was chosen, as the international field of projects was just outstanding.
During a 7-days journey through Kenya, two members of the AsTeRICS Academy Team visited the MERU University of Science and Technology (MUST) and several special schools and small homes for children with disability in Kenya. Together with the academic partners at … Continued
The 7th ICT Innovation Conference in Ohrid, Macedonia took place from 1st to 4th October 2015. The AsTeRICS Academy presented their work at an exhibition stand where conference participants could try out, among other things, a music interface controllable with head … Continued
We are very proud to announce that Therese Willkomm, Ph.D., known as “The McGyver” of assistive technology, will come to our Summer School and give a guest lecture about creating assistive technology solutions in five minutes or less. Therese Willkomm … Continued
From 7th to 21st of April, three team members of the AsTeRICS Academy went to Zimbabwe to hold workshops and meet cooperation partners, including the Signs of Hope trust Zimbabwe, the Miracle Missions Trust, the Jairos Jiri Association, the King … Continued