{"id":1458,"date":"2012-12-21T11:52:55","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T16:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2012-12-21T11:53:40","modified_gmt":"2012-12-21T16:53:40","slug":"1458","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=1458","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap-Up, 12\/21\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AT in the news for 12\/10 thru 12\/21<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s just a small sampling of some of the biggest AT headlines from the past 2 weeks. Enjoy, and Happy Holidays from all the staff at MDTAP!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2012\/12\/16\/videogames-for-the-blind.html\">Videogames for the Blind?<\/a> <a title=\"http:\/\/thebea.st\/VIrUv3\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/yBxMffoe\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com\/2012\/12\/university-of-texas-at-arlington-research-institute-launches-new-assistive-robotics-lab.html\/\">University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute launches new Assistive Robotics Lab<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.macleans.ca\/2012\/12\/19\/mind-games\/\">Mind games \u2013 thought controlled smartphones<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/blogs\/inspect-a-gadget\/2012\/12\/haptic-assistive-technology.html#.UNHZZixJlKs.twitter \u2026\">Haptic assistive technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtual-strategy.com\/2012\/12\/18\/tboxapps-release-ground-breaking-multi-featured-aac-communication-aid-app-android-platfor\">TBoxApps Release Ground breaking Multi-Featured AAC Communication Aid<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/news\/research-institute-receives-robots\/article_1bc00fdc-4884-11e2-8757-0019bb30f31a.html#.UNBx5RYExpc.twitter \u2026\">Research institute receives 2 robots<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canberratimes.com.au\/act-news\/technology-lets-disabled-have-run-of-the-house-20121214-2bfos.html\">Technology lets disabled have run of the house<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahherald.com\/newsbrief-mainmenu-2\/sandy\/114-fema\/14467-fema-continues-innovations-to-meet-access-and-functional-needs-integration%20\u2026\">FEMA Continues Innovations to Meet Access and Functional Needs Integration<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/2012\/12\/17\/ibm-cognitive-systems\/%20\u2026\">IBM: Computers Will See, Hear, Taste, Smell and Touch in 5 Years<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/2012\/12\/17\/ibm-cognitive-systems\/%20\u2026\">Visually impaired protest at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.disabilityscoop.com\/2012\/12\/12\/researchers-ipads-accessible\/16943\/\">Researchers Look To Make iPads More Accessible<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rehabpub.com\/news\/18421-smart-shoe-insole-holds-promise-in-combating-gait-abnormalities\/\">&#8220;Smart Shoe Insole Holds Promise in Combating Gait Abnormalities&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2012-12-luminar-bulb-path-augmented-reality.html\">Are we moving closer to a computer age where a touchscreen could be anything in your home?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtual-strategy.com\/2012\/12\/10\/ghotit-releases-its-dyslexia-writing-assistant-application-ghotit-real-writer-pro\">Ghotit releases its Dyslexia Writing Assistant Application, the Ghotit Real Writer Pro<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobilenapps.com\/articles\/5536\/20121211\/access4kids-input-device-allows-disabled-individuals-operate.htm%20\u2026\">Access4Kids Input Device Allows Disabled Individuals To Operate Touch-Centric Tablets<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/emergency20wiki.org\/20121210\/wiki-launches-accessibility-toolkit%20\u2026\">Wiki launches Accessibility Toolkit to empower people with disabilities to use social media in emergencies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/us\/Kindle-Fire-Amazon-Voice-Touch,news-16409.html?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=b8093366-12ca-4741-bebd-7511e1d31643\">It&#8217;s about time. Voice &amp; Touch Accessibility Skills Coming to Kindle in 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.aarp.org\/2012\/12\/05\/matthew-walzer-shoes-for-the-disabled\/%20\u2026\">How a High Schooler Used Social Media to Help Seniors, One Shoe at a Time<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.aarp.org\/2012\/12\/05\/matthew-walzer-shoes-for-the-disabled\/%20\u2026\">Ohio mom creates app for her son who is a gifted cellist, and just so happens to have autism<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=149587675112835\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=1458\" layout=\"standard\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"450\" action=\"like\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AT in the news for 12\/10 thru 12\/21 Here&#8217;s just a small sampling of some of the biggest AT headlines from the past 2 weeks. Enjoy, and Happy Holidays from all the staff at MDTAP! Videogames for the Blind? \u00a0 University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute launches new Assistive Robotics Lab Mind games \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1458"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1461,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458\/revisions\/1461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}