Solutions

Here you will find an archive of many previous REMAP solutions. These may be pieces of bespoke equipment or adaptations that have been made by REMAP volunteers. To find out more about an item, please click view details.

All Solutions

Push Button Control for Powered Door

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The client's mobility means she is a wheelchair user or bed bound within her lounge/bedroom. Her property has a powered external door which she can operate with a push button to allow access to visitors. The client can no longer... View Details

Model car remote control adaptation

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On a holiday a few years ago, Leon watched a family member having fun with a high speed remote control model car and really wanted to have a go! However, Leon has damage to his spinal cord, which results in... View Details

Steering wheel handle with horn button

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Our client has a VW T5 Transporter based camper van which had been been adapted in the past for hand control. A combined hand throttle and brake is operated by the right hand, and the client steers mainly with the... View Details

Wheelchair speed restrictor

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Our client has multiple sclerosis and has suffered from the condition for 50 years, and it affects her co-ordination. In this case, the problem was an inability to finely control the position of the joystick on her electric wheelchair which... View Details

Scalextric control adaptation

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Our young client has CP and was unable to grip and operate a conventional Scalextric trigger control. View Details

Mixer desk button

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A college with a recording studio asked us if we could help with the operation of a particular button on a Mackie Onyx 1620i sound mixer. Users with disabilities were finding the "Talkback" button difficult to press. View Details

Touch sensitive remote control

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The lady in this case suffers from MS, Arthritis, and is on Oxygen due to respiratory problems. She was unable to operate the press buttons on the electric bed remote and if, in the night, she needed to lift the... View Details

Chin controlled sewing machine

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John has a spinal chord injury at chest level and uses a manual wheelchair. He is an engineer and very much likes to work problems through himself. John bought an electric sewing machine so that he can sew bespoke articles... View Details

Xbox Controller for client with tetraplegia

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The available modified controllers on the commercial market were not suitable so we had to custom-make the item. Due to limited dexterity it was impossible for this client to hold an Xbox controller let alone operate the numerous small buttons... View Details

Bedside light with multiple switches

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The client has some mobility issues and had not used his bed for some time because he could not easily and quickly locate his bedside light if he needed to get up during the night. He did not want to... View Details

Electric bed custom hand controller

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The client has a Volker 2080 electric powered bed and has been able to get hold of replacement plug in hand controllers in the past, these do not last too long it seems. He has had to adapt these using... View Details

Motorised Easel

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A well known mouth painting artist required a multi way adjustable and 360 degree rotating easel so that she could try new techniques in painting. The easel had to be lightweight, collapsible and portable in order to be used in... View Details

Cookie Monster Toy-Jelly Bean Switch

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The small boy was not able to activate his Cookie Monster toy himself. It needed it's mouth squeezed closed to make it talk. View Details

Voice Control Of Electronic Device

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As I have been on furlough this is a learning exercise as to how to control a device via a web page.# Voice control is a common requirement for many - and many commercial devices are now available via Alexa... View Details

Push Button Sewing Machine, Juki

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The servo motor can be programmed somewhat to control peak speed and accel / decel profiles.  There is a lever on the back case of the motor which sets the speed demand.  At first the lever was relocated onto the... View Details

MaMa T4CE

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The simple domestic oven presents particular design challenges for the engineer.  No more so when the design has to allow for the individual capabilities of a client who is differently abled. The latter means that no one solution will fit... View Details

Scalextic Lever Adaptor

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End user has severe Cerebral Palsy and finds fine motor control such as holding and pulling a trigger on a Scalextric controller impossible. User was effectively excluded from playing with this toy. View Details

Earswitch: assistive technology switch

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Description : Ear switch as an assistive communication and control device / gaming switch and HCI A USB otoscope camera detects voluntary movement of a middle ear muscle (tensor tympani), to control assistive technology software (Grid3), the Microsoft On-Screen Keyboard... View Details

Sewing Machine Speed Controller

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The client, who is a wheelchair user, was not able to use the foot operated speed controller for her new overlocker sewing machine. View Details

GPS Tracker

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The client is a power wheelchair user who wishes to go out on his own but is unable to grasp and use a mobile 'phone to call his wife if he needs assistance. View Details

Dog Treat Feeder (Mk 1)

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A client was a lady in a powered wheelchair and training her new assistance dog. She needed a method to deliver reward treats to the dog but unable to do so. She was pressing a 'clicker' with her right hand... View Details

Neptune bath lift control replacement

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Our client is in her 90's and a little frail and with arthritis. She was having difficulty pressing the thick rubber membrane covered switches to move her bath lift up and down. View Details

Light Switch Adaptation

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The Client had curvature of the spine which meant that they could not operate the light switches in the home without assistance.  The client had the following requirements: A means of operating standard light switches in the living room, bedroom... View Details

Servo assisted sailing

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RYA Sailability is a large well established organisation that enables those with disabilities to enjoy getting on the water in a variety of ways. This project is particularly concerned with dinghy sailing, either accompanied or single-handed. Early adaptations of dinghies... View Details