{"id":2600,"date":"2014-09-05T11:10:26","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T15:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2600"},"modified":"2014-09-05T11:10:26","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T15:10:26","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-9514","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2600","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap Up, 9\/5\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medical engineering, musicians with assistive technology, tactile space books, 3-D printed body parts&#8230;it&#8217;s like the coolest liberal arts college. 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