{"id":1225,"date":"2012-09-07T09:16:58","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T13:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2012-09-07T09:16:58","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T13:16:58","slug":"at-in-the-news-weekly-wrap-up-972012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=1225","title":{"rendered":"AT in the news, weekly wrap up, 9\/7\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AT in the news for the week of 9\/3 &#8211; 9\/7<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2012-09-06\/blind-poised-to-see-in-bionic-eye-drive-for-285-million?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=2ffd5f96-190d-4a14-9168-6d2272d96a10\">285 Million Billion People Poised to See Bionic Eye Bring Sight<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2012\/09\/06\/sport\/london-2012-paralympics-sailing-technology\/index.html\">Paralympic sailing: A tale of triumph and technology<\/a> &#8211; CNN<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/culture-professionals-network\/culture-professionals-blog\/2012\/sep\/06\/disability-arts-digital-technology-access-insight?newsfeed=true\">Paralympics 2012: 13 ways digital and disabled arts can work together<\/a> &#8211; The Guardian (blog)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fb.me\/xrf6DfKS\">NFB and AccuWeather have joined forces to provide accessible weather alerts to the blind and print disabled!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg21528804.000-sharpeared-glasses-let-deaf-people-see-sounds.html\">Sharp-eared glasses let deaf people &#8216;see&#8217; sounds<\/a> &#8211; tech &#8211; New Scientist<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg21528804.000-sharpeared-glasses-let-deaf-people-see-sounds.html\">The Conversational Internet. A project that enables people who are blind to &#8216;talk&#8217; with web pages<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg21528804.000-sharpeared-glasses-let-deaf-people-see-sounds.html\">Stealth cyborgism: pacemakers, cochlear implants and prosthetics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.noblevisiongroup.com\/ehealth-2\/more-apps-eye-care%20\u2026\">More Apps for Eye Care<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gizm.ag\/OmjNT7\">Mind-reading exoskeleton could help rehabilitate stroke victims<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wcfcourier.com\/news\/local\/technology-gives-paralyzed-individuals-an-opportunity-to-control-environment\/article_0511c1e2-96bc-5a26-9f5f-463892cb2c81.html\">Technology gives paralyzed individuals an opportunity to control environment<\/a> &#8211; Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/higher-education\/mandy-shuk-man-lau-wanted-to-design-a-toy-for-blind-children\/story-e6frgcjx-1226465062452\">Braille competency decline led industrial design grad student 2 design educational toy 4 vision-impaired pre-schoolers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.eastersealstech.com\/wheelmate\/?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+INDATAblog+%28INDATA+Blog%29\">WheelMate: app helps wheelchair users find parking spaces and toilets that are accessible<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/news\/study-technology-can-put-autistic-adults-work\">Study: Technology Can Put Autistic Adults to Work<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20120904-us-university-forefront-design-deaf\">US university at forefront of design for the deaf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wcfcourier.com\/news\/local\/article_0511c1e2-96bc-5a26-9f5f-463892cb2c81.html#.UEYuBvQ945Q.twitter\">Technology gives paralyzed individuals an opportunity to control environment<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wcfcourier.com\/news\/local\/article_0511c1e2-96bc-5a26-9f5f-463892cb2c81.html#.UEYuBvQ945Q.twitter\">Why exoskeletons are cool: New technologies that could one day help patients<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.discovery.com\/tech\/sexy-microphone-dress-helps-hearing-impaired-120831.html\">Sexy Microphone Dress Doubles as a Hearing Aid<\/a> &#8211; 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