I am facilitating the downlink of the MIT Enterprise Forum for the Riverbend Technology Institute. Tonight's broadcast is about:
A.B.L.E. Tech:
Achieving Better Life Experiences
for People With Injury, Disability, and Aging
Challenges Through
21st Century Technologies
More info here.
BTW, one of the speakers is Hugh Herr. So I'm wondering is this the climber Hugh Herr that lost his feet and lower legs due to an ice storm? Anyone? This site indicates that yes it is.
About 35 local technology and accessibility enthusiasts are here for the viewing.
UPDATE: Excellent discussion of tech helps for disabled people. Question of ethics is, Who can afford them? Not even many Americans have access to this stuff, not to mention the other 5 billion people in the world.
Also, I waited on the phone for 20 minutes to phone in a question and didn't get too. Kind of took away from the end of the conference.
Posted by cmwillis at June 6, 2007 6:46 PM | TrackBack