It says the Chairman’s AAA program recognizes products, services, standards, or other innovative developments and accessible telecommunications and technology. They are seeking nominations for the awards. It says that the FCC is interested in hearing from you. I’ll read a little bit from the press release. Nominations for those awards are going on through April 13 of 2017. They are getting ready to do the 2017 awards. It’s a contest I pay attention to every year because I think I find some cool and interesting things every time I look.
You wonder what those interviews have in common? I found both of those folks because they were winners of the FCC Chairman’s Award for Advancements in Accessibility, or the Chairman’s AAA. Coming up in a couple weeks, we will talk with the folks over at Unis Tactas. I will pop a link in the show notes over to .Ī few weeks ago we interview the folks over at SOS QR. You need to check out this fascinating story. They also say that the resolution of the system is incredibly high, almost the same as a human eye. It’s interesting that they talk about the fact that it requires an outside power source that will use induction to get power into the eye to power the reception and transmission of this data.
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This article is full of diagrams and lots of technical details but it’s fascinating. We are talking about for the first time a nano -sized system that can detect light patterns and transmit them without some sort of an internal power source directly into the retina. They are creating a system of nano wires and an induction power system that will sense light and transmit those images through a wire matrix to stimulate retinal neurons.
There is a team of engineers over at the University of California, San Diego, who are working with a startup called nano vision biosciences. Or drop us a note on Twitter at INDATA Project.įrom the folks over at Kurzweil, accelerating intelligence, their headline reads, “First nano engineered retinal implant could help the blind regain functional vision.” This is a fascinating story and I don’t have time to cover it in detail. We hope you’ll check out our website at give us a call on our listener line at 31. We learn about that from the folks over at Kurzweil AI. We need you to nominate yourself or somebody else who is doing cool stuff in the world of accessibility.Īnd a fascinating story about the first nano engineered retinal implant.
Information about the FCC Chairman Awards, those are coming up. Today we have part two of my interview with Eric Damery over at Freedom Scientific where we talk about JAWS, ZoomText, Fusion, and all kinds of stuff. It’s scheduled to be released on March 31, 2017. Welcome to episode number 305 of assistive technology update. WADE WINGLER: Hi, this is Wade Wingler with the INDATA Project at Easter Seals crossroads in Indiana with your Assistive Technology Update, a weekly dose of information that keeps you up-to-date on the latest developments in the field of technology designed to assist people with disabilities and special needs.
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If you have an AT question, leave us a voice mail at: 31 or email out our web site: įollow us on Twitter: us on Facebook: -transcript follows -ĮRIC DAMERY: Hi, this is Eric Damery, I am the Vice President of Software Product Management of VFO Group, and this is your Assistance Technology Update. | First nanoengineered retinal implant could help the blind regain functional vision | KurzweilAI Ĭhairman’s Awards for Advancements in Accessibility Part 2 – What’s new with VFO – Eric Damery, JAWS, Zoomtext, Fusion and more Your weekly dose of information that keeps you up to date on the latest developments in the field of technology designed to assist people with disabilities and special needs.