News: Innovation Center
Inaugural UCF Assistive Technology Fair Connects Students and Community Members to Resources That Improve Lives
The UCF AAC Lab Collaborative, in partnership with the IMOVE Lab, hosted the inaugural UCF Assistive Technology Fair on Oct. 13 at the new CHPS Innovation Center — a convening hub for faculty, staff,...
UCF’s Dr. Hologram: A PORTL to Better Health Care Education
Device Takes Telehealth to New Level with 3D Real-Time Visuals of Patients. “Dr. Hologram” sounds like a character from the pages of a science fiction novel rather than a classroom...
Genius Foundation Awards $300,000 To UCF Interdisciplinary Health Research
Eight interdisciplinary faculty research projects — on health topics including pain management, improving provider-patient communication, and intimate partner violence — have received about $300,000 in grant funding through a new...
Getting Real: Cutting-edge hologram technology is helping train UCF’s future healthcare professionals.
Holograms are no longer the stuff of science fiction. Now, they have the capability of improving our well-being by changing the game in healthcare education. UCF’s College of Health Professions and Sciences is leading...
AAC Lab Receives Gift of Mobile Makerspace to Build Adaptive Toys
Variety – the Children’s Charity of Florida has donated $10,000 to the UCF AAC Research-to-Practice Lab Collaborative – to bring the gift of joy to children with developmental disabilities. The...
UCF Installs Impressive Dr. Hologram Technology to Improve Healthcare Simulation Education
Today’s most innovative hologram technology is now being used in the academic setting to provide unique healthcare simulation education experiences. This Fall, the University of Central Florida (UCF) will be...
New Lifelike Hologram Tech Expands UCF Students’ Skills in Patient Care
The first use of holoportation patients will increase the variety of different diagnoses students can learn from in a “true-to-life” form. The University of Central Florida is incorporating new technology...