This week at Blue Badge Style we we’re looking at what life could be like in the New Age of Disability (or NAD?). We uncovered how new technologies like 3D printing and robotics could combine to transform and in a way enlarge the world of the less able. Then we went a little bit further…
I remember once sitting in a pub with some friends and having a discussion about whether there’s a chance that one day we might all be enslaved by robots. We imagined a scenario where humans work menial jobs for the robots, in return for drinks and the odd packet of crisps each evening. We would enter…
You may well have seen how the short history of 3D printing has been riddled with controversy surrounding its use in making 3D printed guns. However, concentrating too much on that concerning side of this new technology overlooks the positive things that 3D printing will be able to provide. It appears that being able to…
There’s a brilliant charity auction titled “A Dolls’ House,” curated by the property developer Cathedral Group. The collection features 20 dollhouses created by well-known architects collaborating with an artist. Their design must fit on a 30- by 30-inch plinth. More importantly ‘Each has to include one unique feature that makes life easier for a child with…
The International Robot Exhibition, held in Tokyo last week, demonstrated some of the incredible latest developments in the futuristic world of robotics. Along with the traditional industrial robots, that have been around for years, were robots for painting nails, ‘snake’ robots for search and rescue missions and an increasing number of robots which can care for disabled…
We’re inviting anyone who wants to show support for quality disabled access, World Disability Day and Blue Badge Style to join in with our Guerrilla Sticker Campaign on the 3rd of December. Every year World Disability Day (officially know as International Day of People with Disability) falls on this day and this year we want…
Stylish Interiors with Disabled Features is an oxymoron, usually……but I found this site that you can use to get style ideas for your home – www.houzz.com. It’s mainly US design but that shouldn’t matter as you can point your builders to this site. There are useful tips and quite detailed ‘build’ information as well. They…
The BBS Bonfire has been over a week in the making – a list of the pet peeves of many less able people. We’ve been venting our frustrations and it’s been fun, cathartic and occasionally more serious. Tonight we’re finally off the put these annoying aspects of accessibility and less able life onto our nearest…
It was at about this time four hundred and eight years ago Guy Fawkes was allegedly putting the final touches on his big old pile of gunpowder underneath the Palace of Westminster (we say ‘allegedly’ wisely. It might be over four hundred years since he was hung drawn and quartered but you can never be…