{"id":1987,"date":"2013-08-16T09:58:11","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T13:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2013-08-16T09:58:11","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T13:58:11","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-81613","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=1987","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap-up, 8\/16\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AT in the news for the weeks of 8\/5 thru 8\/16<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/easton-lachappelle-3d-printed-prosthetic\/28685\/\">Teen&#8217;s inexpensive 3D-printed prosthetic could open doors for amputees in the third world<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2013\/08\/05\/google-glass-hearing-impaired\/?utm_source=buffer&amp;utm_campaign=Buffer&amp;utm_content=buffer67eb1&amp;utm_medium=twitter\">&#8220;Google Glass: Not for the Hearing Impaired&#8221; &#8211; author explains issues with accessibility<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ndipat.org\/blog\/look-ma-no-buttons\/?goback=%2Egde_97729_member_263744669\">Look Ma, No Buttons! 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