{"id":2263,"date":"2014-02-07T10:22:16","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T15:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2263"},"modified":"2014-02-07T10:22:16","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T15:22:16","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-2714","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2263","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap-Up, 2\/7\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each week gets better and better. And this week is no exception. A surgeon using a standing wheelchair, smartphones being controlled with nods &amp; winks, students building AT for their professors, and more&#8230;AT in the news for the week of 2\/3 thru 2\/7<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vIQWyp13beE&amp;feature=youtu.be\">How can you use an iPhone if you Can&#8217;t See?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.idigitaltimes.com\/articles\/21782\/20140204\/wearable-tech-google-glass-people-with-disabilities.htm\">Wearable Tech For People With Disabilities: How A Tech Specialist Is Modifying&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news-medical.net\/news\/20140205\/Communication-for-people-with-impaired-speech-an-interview-with-Professor-Mark-Hawley-Professor-of-Health-Services-Research-Director-of-CATCH-and-lead-researcher-for-VIVOCA.aspx\">Communication for people with impaired speech: an interview with Professor Mark Hawley<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.3news.co.nz\/Blind-man-making-apps-more-Appcessible\/tabid\/412\/articleID\/331127\/Default.aspx#.UvO0heF1VGY.twitter\">Blind man making apps more &#8216;Appcessible&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/qchristensen.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/23\/magnifier-apps\/\">Magnifier Apps for Android<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mymodernmet.com\/profiles\/blogs\/dr-ted-rummel-inspiring-paralyzed-surgeon\">Inspirational Surgeon Operates from Stand-Up Wheelchai<\/a>r<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/health\/2014\/02\/05\/271948355\/an-artificial-arm-gives-one-man-the-chance-to-feel-again?sc=tw&amp;cc=share\">An Artificial Arm Gives One Man The Chance To Feel Again<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnaindia.com\/scitech\/report-15-year-old-inventor-of-braille-e-reader-to-launch-india-s-cheapest-3d-printer-1959141\">15-year-old inventor of braille e-reader to launch India&#8217;s cheapest 3D printer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scidev.net\/global\/technology\/news\/consider-disability-at-the-outset-tech-designer-told.html\">Consider disability at the outset, tech designers told<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nhpr.org\/post\/new-technologies-make-winter-easier-amputees#.UvFF74fkge4.twitter\">New Technologies Make Winter Easier For Amputees<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wkuherald.com\/life\/article_9a2690b0-8d3b-11e3-8cf8-0017a43b2370.html#.UvFFh6YnJeQ.twitter\">Student-created Queerability expands into nonprofit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fredericknewspost.com\/news\/health\/vertical-challenge-raises-money-for-adaptive-skiing\/article_60d2ca44-05b9-5fc2-b73b-a1de6f9f4a28.html#.UvEu3cUnWrE.twitter\">Vertical Challenge raises money for adaptive skiing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/umoove-face-tracking-smartphone-games\/30696\/\">Umoove controls smartphones with a nod and a wink<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/accessibility.net.nz\/blog\/copyright-accessibility-and-ableism\/\">Copyright, Accessibility, and Ableism<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/america.aljazeera.com\/watch\/shows\/america-tonight\/america-tonight-blog\/2014\/1\/31\/a-silent-super-bowlthefightforamoredeaffriendlygame.html?utm_content=buffer6237d&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">A silent Super Bowl: The fight for a more deaf-friendly game<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2014\/01\/30\/ai-squared-launches-sitecues-saas-solution-builds-zoom-speech-websites\/\">Ai Squared launches sitecues, a SaaS solution that builds zoom &amp; speech on websites<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.baltimoresun.com\/2014-02-01\/news\/bs-md-ci-parking-spaces-20140129_1_placards-parking-authority-disabled-drivers\">City to reserve hundreds of parking spaces for disabled<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.app.com\/article\/20140202\/NJNEWS15\/302020018\/MIT-students-build-voice-recognition-device-professor-MS\">MIT students build voice recognition device for professor with MS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/nfl\/2014\/2\/2\/5370722\/steve-gleason-super-bowl-commercial-microsoft-surface\">Steve Gleason&#8217;s Super Bowl commercial will make you tear up<\/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=\"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2263\" 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>Each week gets better and better. 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