Creative Commons Qatar marks one-year anniversary

Source: AME Info

The one-year anniversary celebration was hosted by Carnegie Mellon University-Qatar and supported by the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR). "Creative Commons is truly about bringing people together. It's about sh ...
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Prosthetic foot made in Mississauga earns gold award

Source: The Mississauga News

A prosthetic foot that's manufactured in Mississauga using materials from a company in Meadowvale was recently honoured at the Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA). The Rhythm Foot is billed as an affordable and effectiv ...
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More options for those suffering from vision loss

Source: Today Online

I REFER to the letter "Reading made possible for the blind" (May 23) about a woman adapting to vision loss by using assistive technology to "read" her books. As an optometrist specialising in low vision rehabilitat ...
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ATIA 2013 Conference Call for Papers Open

Source: ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy Practitioners

The Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) has opened the Call for Papers for its 2013 annual conference, to be held Jan. 30-Feb. 2 at the Caribe Royal All-Suites Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, FL. The dea ...
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Female students practice roles of engineers, orthopedic surgeons

Source: UDaily

2 p.m., May 24, 2012--Lt. Gov. Matt Denn visited the University of Delaware campus on Saturday, May 19, to see just how assistant professor Jenni Buckley was encouraging high school and early undergraduate female s ...
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Innovative Prosthetic Foot Wins Prestigious Medical Design Award

Source: PRWeb

The Rhythm Foot is an innovative and affordable prosthetic made with DuPont™ Hytrel®. The Rhythm Foot shows that high-performance and life-enhancing benefits can be delivered through materials science. It also demonstrates how people with di ...
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International Conference for Professional Services for Persons who are Blind and Visually Impaired Tackle Eye Health, Technology, Education, Access, Mobility and More

Source: Emediawire.com

As we enter the next decade of digital living, the question becomes how do we, as professionals and advocates, provide more access, real-time education, quality tools and good paying jobs for others who are interdepen ...
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Festivalâs sneak peek features film by Campbell Scott

Source: The Register Citizen

LITCHFIELD — The Litchfield Hills Film Festival is thrilled to announce the Sneak Peek of Company Retreat at the 2012 Festival in Torrington, written and directed by acclaimed actor/director Campbell Scott. ...
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Labor Department's Disability-Related App Challenge - Deadline August 23

Source: Disability.gov

WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy today announced the launch of its first disability-related application challenge, which is designed to generate innovative tools that will impr ...
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