Drone app aims to open the skies to aspiring filmmakers with disability
Christopher Hills, a design student with quadriplegic cerebral palsy, has developed a mobile app that enables people with disabilities to pilot drones using head movements. This innovation aims to increase accessibility in the filmmaking industry for aspiring creators with physical limitations.
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Assistive technology innovations empower individuals with disabilities to participate in creative fields that were previously inaccessible.
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Add as preferred source Christopher Hills talking with a journalist about his drone app (Dr Leah Barclay). Credit: University of the Sunshine Coast Christopher Hills has a long-held ambition. "I would love to be part of producing a full-length feature film one day," he says in a video on his YouTube channel. Hills, 30, was born with quadriplegic cerebral palsy. He can't walk or use his hands, and he has significant speech difficulties. But he's now another step closer to achieving his goal.
The University of the Sunshine Coast design program student has invented a mobile app that allows people living with disability to fly drones using head movements and switch-based controls.
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