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The world can a pretty disheartening place, but it’s also pretty spectacular. Case-in-point: helpful robots, teensy health-monitoring patches, customized 3D printed AT, cameras on eye glasses for those with low vision, and so much more! Read some of these stories and feel better about everything 🙂  AT in the news for the week of 8/1 thru 8/5

Mountain Pointe grad working on breakthrough communication device

First Cyborg Olympics Will Celebrate How Technology Can Help Disabled People

Jess plays to a standing ovation at the Opera House

The Hearing Aid’s Pursuit of Invisibility

Picture a health-monitoring patch you wear like a tattoo that doesn’t need a battery

Amazon expands VoiceView accessibility tool for users with vision disabilities

3D Printing a better prosthesis

Mini-Camera Mounted on Glasses Helps People with Vision Disabilities Read

Design for your future self—knowing that we all experience different abilities throughout life

Accessibility-focused stations for Win10 and Xbox at University Village in Seattle

Making games accessible for disabled people with the Aidis Trust

Illinois Tech Invents Voice Guided Deposit for Visually Impaired Combat Veterans and Other Visually Impaired Users 

HHS New Regulations Regarding Equal Access for Individuals with Disability Under Section 1557 of the ACA

Make Online Courses Meaningful and Accessible

Measurement of Pupil Size Leads to Advancement in Hearing Aids

Some robots independently sing, others help babies

City’s LinkNYC Kiosks Discriminate Against the Blind, Lawsuit Says

New Commercial Showcases Paralympics Racing Wheelchair Custom-Designed by BMW Using 3D Technology

Windows 10 update still free for Assistive Technology users

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