For the week of September 6, 2011, check out articles on assistive technology apps, adapted Kindles, innovative wheelchair prototypes, and so much more!
- Application that Turns Apple’s iPhone Into a Hearing Device – http://bit.ly/pJggsi
- Taiwan researchers unveil intelligent wheelchairs – Taiwan Today http://tinyurl.com/4x9hf3r
- Texting Towards Independent Living – PR Web (press release) http://tinyurl.com/3t46nse
- Frankenkindle (Richard’s Notes) http://tinyurl.com/3o547q6
- Sonar for the blind – http://grathio.com/2011/08/meet-the-tacit-project-its-sonar-for-the-blind/
- The HRIAA Project: Behind the mission to help people and bots Kinect (Wired UK) http://bit.ly/nxABY8
- Bookstream–New Cloud-based Library Delivers eBooks to Students’ iPads, Smartphones, and Laptops http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/9/prweb8770966.htm
- Apple Filing May Signal Focus On Disability Market http://tinyurl.com/3lxepue
- Successful blind #entrepreneurs using eBay (Reuters) http://goo.gl/YDZ7QHT
- This Wheelchair by Ivo Tanchev Pushes Fashionably Forward http://tinyurl.com/3fpr8x5
- Music from Your Mind: A Preview of Things To Come http://tinyurl.com/4yrqszb
- Self-confessed eyeborg Rob Spence’s story is a real eye opener – Herald Sun http://tinyurl.com/3uxuu3j
- Hopkins County Schools Choose Wizcom’s Research-Based Reading Pen 2 Assistive http://tinyurl.com/3ze6dzb
- Thought-Controlled Robot Avatars Provide New Help for the Disabled – Fox News http://tinyurl.com/3dautzc
- Online Bachelor’s Degree To Cater To Students With #Disabilities http://bit.ly/mUY8Bo
- Student-Designed Device Helps Kids Gain Independence http://bit.ly/pmemsc
- NPR: Blind Teens Tap Into Senses At Chemistry Camp; one of our star scholars is running this program. http://bit.ly/r1w9z2
- Enabling the disabled with tech : Tech Podium by Hosted by Eileen Yu http://bit.ly/plZDPC
- Paralyzed Veterans is the only #veterans organization w/ on-staff #architects providing design assistance to veterans. http://www.pva.org/accessibledesign
- Change People’s Lives Design Competition http://tinyurl.com/3zov75b