Software That Opens Worlds to the Disabled
From: New York Times - 12/17/2008
By: James Flanagan

One computer program would allow vision-impaired shoppers to point their
cellphones at supermarket shelves and hear descriptions of products and
prices. Another would allow a physically disabled person to guide a computer
mouse using brain waves and eye movements. 

The two programs were among those created by eight groups of volunteers at a
two-day software-writing competition this fall. The goal of the competition,
sponsored by a nonprofit corporation, is to encourage new computer programs
that help disabled people expand their capabilities. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/18/business/smallbusiness/18edge.html?_r=2&ei=5070&adxnnl=1&emc=eta1&adxnnlx=1229620625-MdQ3p3YiT1jio/kwopC3og

Links:
Project:Possibility
http://projectpossibility.org/

Project:Possibility Showcases Breakthrough Open-Source Software for Disabled Communities
http://stevens.usc.edu/read_article.php?news_id=294

Project:Possibility Projects
http://www.projectpossibility.org/projects.php

Good things come in three’s too ... introducing Project:Possibility
http://www.iheni.com/good-things-come-in-threes-toointroducing-projectpossibility/

Submitted by James R. Stachowiak, ATP