{"id":3446,"date":"2016-05-20T17:06:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T21:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3446"},"modified":"2016-05-20T17:06:55","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T21:06:55","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-52016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3446","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap Up, 5\/20\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t read this right now!!! The sun is shining, so get outside and get your vitamin D! But tomorrow, when it&#8217;s cold, rainy, and you&#8217;re stuck inside on a Saturday, you can thank us for the great reading material \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>AT in the news for the week of 5\/16 thru 5\/20<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2016\/04\/07\/pfizer-ibm-parkinsons\/?utm_content=bufferd09ca&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">Pfizer &amp; IBM Launch Research Project to Transform Parkinson&#8217;s Disease<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.office.com\/2016\/05\/19\/accessibility-enhancements-in-office-365-for-people-with-vision-impairments\/\">Accessibility Checker is coming by the end of the year to Office for Mac<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/alltechconsidered\/2016\/05\/19\/477023614\/for-wheelchair-users-a-robodesk-for-electronic-devices\">For Wheelchair Users, A RoboDesk For Electronic Devices<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.office.com\/2016\/05\/19\/accessibility-enhancements-in-office-365-for-people-with-vision-impairments\/\">Enhancing Office 365 usability with screen readers on mobile devices and more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/tech\/2016\/01\/13\/holy-braille-scientists-developing-kindle-style-tablet-for-blind.html\">Welcome to the future: A Kindle-style braille tablet!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2016-05\/wifb-wic051716.php\">Wyss Institute collaborates with ReWalk Robotics to develop wearable exosuits<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/3dprint.com\/134366\/3d-printing-disabled\/\">Affordable &amp; Accessible\u20133D Printing Proves to Be a Realistic Technology for Helping the Disabled<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/technology\/robots\/a20911\/mit-wearable-extra-hand\/\">MIT Device Makes You a Superhuman With a Third Hand &#8211; The Robotic Symbionts project is trying to bring<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/luisperezonline.com\/2016\/05\/16\/5-accessibility-features-every-learner-should-know\/\">5 Accessibility Features Every Learner Should Know<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2016-05\/uok-cto051216.php\">Clinical trials of robotic legs helping patients walk again<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.psfk.com\/2016\/05\/wearable-for-visually-impaired-through-indoor-spaces.html#.Vznm83K22bg.twitter\">Wearable For Visually Impaired Is A Guide For Indoor Spaces<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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=3446\" 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>Don&#8217;t read this right now!!! The sun is shining, so get outside and get your vitamin D! 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