{"id":3140,"date":"2015-08-21T10:11:20","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T14:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3140"},"modified":"2015-08-21T10:11:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T14:11:20","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-82115","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3140","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap Up, 8\/21\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apps for loneliness and\u00a0video games for depression. Pants that communicate when you can&#8217;t and machines that will\u00a0hike for you when you can&#8217;t. 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