{"id":324,"date":"2011-11-04T11:35:40","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T15:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=324"},"modified":"2011-11-28T13:32:08","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T18:32:08","slug":"weekly-wrap-up-friday-1142011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=324","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Wrap-up Friday 11\/4\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Assistive technology in the news for the week of October 31- November 4<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/hatch-unveils-istartsmart-mobile-educational-technology-system-for-early-learners-2011-11-02\">Hatch Unveils iStartSmart Mobile Educational Technology System For Early Learners<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/tjmccue\/2011\/11\/02\/assistive-technology-device-for-the-blind\/\">Assistive Technology Device for the Blind <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/wireless-technology-drives-advances-in-hearing-aid-design-and-accessories-2011-11-02\">Wireless Technology Drives Advances in Hearing Aid Design and Accessories<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omaha.com\/article\/20111031\/NEWS01\/710319911\/0\">Mission: Keep homes accessible with help from a Reeve Foundation grant <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/osxdaily.com\/2011\/11\/01\/siri-imessage-and-airplay-coming-to-mac-os-x\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+osxdaily+(OS+X+Daily)\">Siri, iMessage, and AirPlay Coming to Mac OS X? <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.medianama.com\/2011\/11\/223-le-chal-android-powered-shoes-for-visually-impaired\/\">Powered Shoes For Visually Impaired<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/transition.fcc.gov\/Daily_Releases\/Daily_Business\/2011\/db1028\/DOC-310717A1.pdf\">FCC Honors Innovators in Accessibility Communications Technologies \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/automaton\/robotics\/medical-robots\/robot-helps-you-put-your-shirt-on\">Robot Helps You Put Your Shirt On<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Technology\/wireStory\/toyota-shows-machines-sick-elderly-move-14855252\">Toyota Shows Machines to Help Sick, Elderly Move<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webaim.org\/blog\/at-experiment-dragon\/\">Assistive Technology Experiment: Dragon NaturallySpeaking<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/hims-helps-improve-the-lives-of-people-with-macular-degeneration-with-its-lifestyle-hd-high-definition-desktop-video-magnifier-2011-11-01\">HIMS Helps Improve the Lives of People with Macular Degeneration<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tribune242.com\/10312011_disabled_news_pg-with-photo\">High-tech gifts handed over to people with disabilities <\/a><\/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=324\" 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>Assistive technology in the news for the week of October 31- November 4 Hatch Unveils iStartSmart Mobile Educational Technology System For Early Learners Assistive Technology Device for the Blind Wireless Technology Drives Advances in Hearing Aid Design and Accessories Mission: Keep homes accessible with help from a Reeve Foundation grant Siri, iMessage, and AirPlay Coming [&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":[3,27,14,5,33],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324"}],"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=324"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions\/329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}