X-ray apparatus (c.1940s), Artifact No. 1987.2154.001, CSTMC, Ottawa ON. Photograph taken by Beth A. Robertson, 28 June 2017.
migrant screening
A model of x-ray that may have been used in the medical screening of displaced people and migrants in the 1940s and early 1950s. Artifact No. 1987.2154.001, CSTMC, Ottawa ON
X-Ray Corporation Standard, Ferranti Electric, Toronto Ontario
Canadian Science and Technology Museum Corporation, Artifact No. 1987.2154.001, Ottawa ON
Carleton University's Disability Research Group
c.1940s
Talking ATM RBC orientation kit, part 2, c.1997
Talking ATM, accessible banking, InfoTouch
This is part 2 of the RBC orientation kit for users of the talking ATM, designed by T-Base Communication, c.1997, with c.d. alongside
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson
Sharlyn Ayotte, T-Base Communications, RBC
Carleton University's Disability Research Group
c.1997
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson, use with permission
Ottawa, ON
Swail Sensor, CSTM artifact no. 1985.0809.001
mobility devices and assistive technologies
A hand-held light sensor developed by James Swail at the National Research Council of Canada in 1966.
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson
National Research Council of Canada, Canadian Science and Technology Museum Corporation
Carleton University Disabilities Research Group
c.1966
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson. Use with permission.
Swail Multimeter, CSTM artifact no. 1985.0825.001
assistive technologies
A prototype of an accessible multimeter
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson
National Research Council of Canada, Canadian Science and Technology Museum Corporation
Carleton University Disabilities Research Group
c.1948
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson. Use with permission.
Swail card reader, model 5, CSTM artifact no. 1985.0821.001
assistive technologies, computer programming
The fifth model of a punch card reader invented in 1970 by James Swail of the NRC to assist computer programmers who were blind or partially sighted.
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson
National Research Council of Canada, Canadian Science and Technology Museum Corporation
Carleton University's Disabilities Research Group
c.1970
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson. Use with permission.
Swail card reader, model 2, CSTM artifact no. 1985.0818.001
assistive technologies, computer programming
One of the initial models of a punch-card reader invented in 1968 by James Swail of the NRC to aid computer programmers who were blind or partially sighted.
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson
National Research Council of Canada, Canadian Science and Technology Museum Corporation
Carleton University Disabilities Research Group
c.1968
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson. Use with permission.
Swail calculator, CSTM artifact no. 1985.0822.001
assistive devices
An accessible calculator, designed and adapted by James Swail of the NRC around 1975 that converted the visual digital display through an auditory and tactile board.
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson
National Research Council of Council, Canadian Science and Technology Museum Corporation
Carleton University Disabilities Research Group
c.1975
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson. Use with permission.
Swail Ammeter, CSTM artifact no. 1985.0826.001
assistive technologies
An accessible ammeter, first manufactured by Bach-Simpson and adapted by Swail as part of the NRC program for developing assistive devices for people who were blind and partially sighted.
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson
National Research Council of Canada, Canadian Science and Technology Museum Corporation
Carleton University Disabilities Research Group
c.1970
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson. Use with permission.
Swail "Talking Clock", CSTM artifact no. 1985.0824.001
assistive devices
An accessible clock developed by James Swail in 1975 at the NRC that converted digital display through a auditory and tactile P.C. board.
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson
National Research Council of Council, Canadian Science and Technology Museum Corporation
Carleton University Disabilities Research Group
c.1975
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson. Use with permission.
Street signs at the corner of Bank and Queen, near RBC
Assistive or accessible technology, accessible banking
This is an image of the street signs at the corner of Bank and Queen, near the RBC Branch (99 Bank) where the world's first talking ATM was installed in 1997.
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson
Royal Bank of Canada, Ottawa ON
Carleton University's Disability Research Group
3 June 2016
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson. Use with permission.
Ottawa, ON