{"id":1739,"date":"2013-04-19T09:50:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T13:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=1739"},"modified":"2013-04-19T09:50:34","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T13:50:34","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-41913","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=1739","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap Up, 4\/19\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AT in the news from the past two weeks (since we didn&#8217;t get last Friday&#8217;s post out) &#8211; 4\/8 thru 4\/19<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/1681674\/a-prosthetic-arm-controlled-by-your-thoughts%20\u2026\">A Prosthetic Arm, Controlled By Your Thoughts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpax.com\/news\/paralympic-experience-offers-activity-support-for-visually-impaired\/\">Paralympic experience offers activity, support for visually impaired<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coataccess.org\/node\/10140\">FCC issues new rules to make TV emergency info more accessible to blind and visually impaired people<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nextbigfuture.com\/2013\/04\/lighter-exoskeleton-will-allow-disabled.html\">Lighter Exoskeleton will allow disabled to more independent<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lj.libraryjournal.com\/2013\/04\/technology\/ebook-accessbility\/\">Accessibility Upgrade: The Library\u2019s Role Making Ebooks More Accessible<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuaw.com\/2013\/04\/15\/iphone-app-used-to-control-touch-bionics-prosthetic-hand\/\">iPhone app used to control Touch Bionics prosthetic hand<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/04\/12\/tech\/innovation\/orig-ideas-laser-keyboard\/index.html?sr=sharebar_twitter\">Rule your computer with a head-mounted laser beam<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/04\/12\/tech\/innovation\/orig-ideas-laser-keyboard\/index.html?sr=sharebar_twitter\">Children of Blind Mothers Learn New Modes of Communication<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/10346150.Charlotte___s_loving_a_chance_to_dance\/?ref=twtrec\">Charlotte\u2019s loving a chance to dance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedp.com\/article\/2013\/04\/living-life-one-letter-at-a-time\">Living life, one letter at a time<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/storify.com\/abledbody\/telecommuting-is-more-than-a-perk-for-people-with\">Telecommuting: More than a &#8220;perk&#8221; 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