AT in the news for the week of 6/24 thru 6/28 Tech Breakthroughs Target Disabled Consumers Technibilt to Make Disabled-Person’s Cart Graduate student’s proposal for Google Glass is accepted by Google Paraplegic man builds his own ramp on a public building when officials wouldn’t Magnolia Company gets $150000 grant to develop device for sight-impaired people […]
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Hurricane Preparedness Contributed by Provi Sharpe, Director of Emergency Management and Reuse Projects According to FEMA, “Over the past two years, our region has seen numerous major hurricanes and tropical storms. In 2011 Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee brought fierce winds and heavy rains…Hurricane Sandy brought battering storm surge to coastal and bay areas, […]
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Line Length Difficulty: Beginner Category: Presentation Pages should be designed so the line length, the number of characters that appear per line, should be neither too short nor too long. Anything more than around 80 characters can introduce reading difficulties in scanning from the end of a line of text to the beginning of the […]
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Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator A while ago, I wrote an article about the impending demise of Google Reader, a popular RSS aggregator service. Reader is apparently meeting it’s maker on July 1st. As I discussed before, this is a disappointment to all Google Reader users, but may be particularly hard felt by […]
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Here’s what’s new on Equipment Link Geri-Chair Recliner (blue, with tray) – $650 HoveRound FWD VR2 Power Chair – $650 Invacare Tilt and Recline Wheelchair w/ROHO cushion – Best Offer Child’s Gait Trainer – Best Offer Check these out and lots more at www.equipmentlink.org.
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AT in the news for the week of 6/17 thru 6/21 Should Dementia Patients Be GPS Tagged? For Those Unable to Speak and Move, Electronic Devices Provide a Voice New website offers recipe for successfully managing Parkinson’s Creating communities around transit will help you age in place easier, cheaper Man and Robot: where will […]
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