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This second issue of the WIPO Technology Trends is the first publication of its kind to explore a wide range of assistive technologies from an intellectual property (IP) perspective. It highlights innovation trends in conventional and emerging assistive technology for persons with disabilities and aging populations and presents a new taxonomy on emerging assistive products. The Report also covers assistive products in mobility, vision, hearing, communication, cognition, self-care and environment and identifies a list of enabling technologies, which play an important role in the development of the assistive technology field. Finally, it incorporates a new feature for assessing how close such technologies are to commercialization, including the technology readiness level (TRL) of the identified emerging assistive applications.
The launch event includes:
