Computer Science with Soul From: Michigan Engineering - 05/07/2014 By: Nicole Grace Moore Technology could help people with disabilities live fuller lives - if it were affordable. Motivated by one amazing young lady, David Chesney and his students are working to make a difference. For the past two years, students in David Chesney's senior-level software engineering class have been making tools that might broaden Grace's abilities to connect with the world around her. While they've come up with several promising custom technologies, they're also aiming for something bigger – to help fill a void in the marketplace for affordable assistive technologies. Read the entire article and view a video (6:20) at: http://dme.engin.umich.edu/grace/# Low-cost solutions http://dme.engin.umich.edu/grace/#low-cost-solutions An assistive technology incubator http://dme.engin.umich.edu/grace/#an-assistive-tech-incubator The broader perspective http://dme.engin.umich.edu/grace/#the-broader-perspective Links: David Chesney http://eecs.umich.edu/cse/faculty/chesney/articles_media.html Shouts and Whispers: Small Events Leading to Big Changes http://www.eecs.umich.edu/eecs/about/articles/2013/Chesney_at_TEDx.html Engineering for Grace feature (University of Michigan) (video 4:06) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egt19owIAQI