The Meta Ray-Ban AI glasses serve as assistive technology, allowing users to communicate via text and phone, capture images, and use their camera to read text for them. The glasses can be used hands-free, allowing users to access their phone seamlessly. The glasses aid people with visual or mobility disabilities in navigating easily. Meta glasses […]
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What’s Cooking? is a recipe app created by Kraft Heinz that helps users discover new meals and cooking inspiration. This post explores how the app’s design supports everyday cooking interactively, highlighting features that work well while also noting opportunities to enhance the overall user experience using Don Norman’s design principles.
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Design Critique: Too Good To Go (iOS App) By Annie Huang / February 9, 2026 / Design Critique Too Good To Go is a mobile app designed to reduce food waste by connecting users with surplus food from local vendors at discounted prices, and has become a widely adopted platform for everyday sustainable consumption. This
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The EmbracePlus wristband by Empatica is a wearable device that helps people with epilepsy monitor physiological signals to detect potential seizures. It sends real-time alerts to the wearer and caregivers, tracks vital data for insight into triggers, and provides discreet, wearable support, empowering users to live more independently and confidently. The EmbracePlus wristband is a small, wearable device designed
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The rollator was created by Aina Wifalk in 1978 as a response to fatigue using walking sticks and walkers. With features such as large swivel wheels, a seat, and handlebars with brakes, the rollator is an assistive technology that helps people with physical disabilities move through spaces safely, efficiently, and independently.
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Hume AI is a text-to-speech (TTS) product whose primary selling point is its advanced emotional intelligence (EI). Emotion is, after all, the most powerful tool of voice—amplifying meaning, tone, and impact in text. Since achieving natural-sounding TTS has become largely a solved problem, the differences between products in basic voice quality are shrinking (or just
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About Daak is a personal finance tracking app designed to help users log daily expenses, categorize spending, and visualize patterns over time. It also offers features like exporting data to spreadsheets and adding bank account details, though some of these functions feel incomplete. At its core, Daak aims to make budgeting simple, structured, and enjoyable
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Chewy is an e-commerce company that offers businesses such as pet food retail, pet supply and accessories retail, medicines and health products, and other pet-related products. From Chewy, users could document their pets’ information and get the needed accessories. Its mobile app is aiming to offer users a convenient shopping experience Imperfect Shopping Details Items
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is an agency of the United States Department of Labor. Its website is home to labor and economic data and data tools available for public use. This article serves to critique the general accessibility and usability of the BLS Popular Series Data Retrieval Tool. Accessing Data Tools from the
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Procreate is known by digital artists worldwide. Its low one-time only cost, as well as a lack of subscription service, makes it a popular choice among users who simply want to create digital art on the go. It’s often used for drawing illustrations, designing logos, creating custom brushes, and even animating!
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