{"id":182,"date":"2011-09-09T10:58:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=182"},"modified":"2011-11-29T14:30:01","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T19:30:01","slug":"weekly-wrap-up-this-week-in-at-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=182","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Wrap-up &#8211; this week in AT News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the week of September 6, 2011, check out articles on assistive technology apps, adapted Kindles, innovative wheelchair prototypes, and so much more!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Application that Turns Apple\u2019s iPhone Into a Hearing Device &#8211; <a title=\"http:\/\/www.groupalim.net\/tag\/assistive\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/lYMFkGn\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/pJggsi<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Taiwan researchers unveil intelligent wheelchairs &#8211; Taiwan Today <a title=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url\/?ctNode=445&amp;fd=R&amp;sa=t&amp;url=http:\/\/www.taiwantoday.tw\/ct.asp?xItem%3D175574&amp;usg=AFQjCNGJyRzJyiYwGZdrjlu8bT5-8IxxGQ\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/0vEGc9L\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/4x9hf3r<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Texting Towards Independent Living &#8211; PR Web (press release) <a title=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2011\/9\/prweb8776319.htm\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/yTBS602\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3t46nse<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Frankenkindle (Richard&#8217;s Notes) <a title=\"http:\/\/www.wikio.com\/info\/?id=284307536\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/3KVhbYL\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3o547q6<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sonar for the blind &#8211; <a title=\"http:\/\/grathio.com\/2011\/08\/meet-the-tacit-project-its-sonar-for-the-blind\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/RccjCkr\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/grathio.com\/2011\/08\/meet-the-tacit-project-its-sonar-for-the-blind\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The HRIAA Project: Behind the mission to help people and bots Kinect (Wired UK) <a title=\"http:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/news\/archive\/2011-09\/07\/hriaa\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/8Gcr4RT\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/nxABY8<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bookstream&#8211;New Cloud-based Library Delivers eBooks to Students\u2019 iPads, Smartphones, and Laptops <a title=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2011\/9\/prweb8770966.htm\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/bx5bGSS\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2011\/9\/prweb8770966.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Apple Filing May Signal Focus On Disability Market <a title=\"http:\/\/www.disabilityscoop.com\/2011\/09\/06\/apple-filing-disability\/13888\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/u3CAtv3\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3lxepue<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Successful blind <a title=\"#entrepreneurs\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search?q=%23entrepreneurs\">#entrepreneurs<\/a>\u00a0using eBay (Reuters) <a title=\"http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/small-business\/2011\/08\/25\/blind-entrepreneurs-boost-ebay-sales\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/D3sDoBO\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/goo.gl\/YDZ7QHT<\/a><\/li>\n<li>This Wheelchair by Ivo Tanchev Pushes Fashionably Forward <a title=\"http:\/\/www.wikio.com\/info\/?id=285087859\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/12lFnB4\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3fpr8x5<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Music from Your Mind: A Preview of Things To Come <a title=\"http:\/\/brainmindmusic.com\/2011\/08\/30\/music-from-your-mind-a-preview-of-things-to-come\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/xRBuj0B\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/4yrqszb<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Self-confessed eyeborg Rob Spence&#8217;s story is a real eye opener &#8211; Herald Sun <a title=\"http:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/technology\/sci-tech\/self-confessed-cyborg-rob-spences-story-is-a-real-eye-opener\/story-fn5iztw3-1226126706471\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/dmBBiJt\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3uxuu3j<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hopkins County Schools Choose Wizcom&#8217;s Research-Based Reading Pen 2 Assistive <a title=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url\/?fd=R&amp;sa=t&amp;url=http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/08\/31\/idUS124545+31-Aug-2011+HUG20110831&amp;usg=AFQjCNG26Gvg4QzU6u3No-L9G-nlbiQ67w\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ehkVkYN\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3ze6dzb<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thought-Controlled Robot Avatars Provide New Help for the Disabled &#8211; Fox News <a title=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/scitech\/2011\/08\/30\/thought-controlled-robot-avatars-provide-new-help-for-disabled\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/R3F6fsN\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3dautzc<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Online Bachelor\u2019s Degree To Cater To Students With <a title=\"#Disabilities\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search?q=%23Disabilities\">#Disabilities<\/a> <a title=\"http:\/\/www.disabilityscoop.com\/2011\/08\/29\/online-bachelors-degree\/13828\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/2QQCPnX\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/mUY8Bo<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Student-Designed Device Helps Kids Gain Independence <a title=\"http:\/\/www.disabilityscoop.com\/2011\/08\/30\/student-designed-device\/13834\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/znE3VSb\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/pmemsc<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NPR: Blind Teens Tap Into Senses At Chemistry Camp; one of our star scholars is running this program. <a title=\"http:\/\/www.northcountrypublicradio.org\/news\/npr\/138578929\/blind-teens-tap-into-senses-at-chemistry-camp\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/M9U3jsg\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/r1w9z2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Enabling the disabled with tech : Tech Podium by Hosted by Eileen Yu <a title=\"http:\/\/www.zdnetasia.com\/blogs\/enabling-the-disabled-with-tech-62301830.htm\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/G62Rd2v\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/plZDPC<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Paralyzed Veterans is the only <a title=\"#veterans\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search?q=%23veterans\">#veterans<\/a>\u00a0organization w\/ on-staff <a title=\"#architects\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search?q=%23architects\">#architects<\/a> providing design assistance to veterans. <a title=\"http:\/\/www.pva.org\/site\/c.ajIRK9NJLcJ2E\/b.6305451\/k.8CF7\/Accessible_Design.htm\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/VqX9zfA\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.pva.org\/accessibledesign<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Change People&#8217;s Lives Design Competition <a title=\"http:\/\/www.dexigner.com\/news\/23688\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/2kWyMx6\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3zov75b<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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); 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