Intel helps Stephen Hawking speak up
From: CNET - 12/02/2014
By: Ben Fox Rubin

The tech giant spent three years collaborating with the renowned scientist on
his new communication platform. Living with a neurodegenerative condition
that renders him almost completely paralyzed, Stephen Hawking relies on a
computer system to communicate with others. But the system he's been using is
now decades old, clumsy and time-consuming. So Intel - looking to give the
renowned British scientist a new voice - worked with Hawking for three years
to give him a new communication platform. On Tuesday in London, the tech
giant unveiled Hawking's new, custom-built system - called ACAT, or Assistive
Context Aware Toolkit - that is twice as fast as his old system. 

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Links:
How Intel Helped Stephen Hawking Communicate with the World (with videos 2:03)
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/how-intel-helped-stephen-hawking-communicate-with-104112393054.html

Behind the Scenes
https://iq.intel.com/behind-scenes-intel-keeps-stephen-hawking-talking/

Intel, SwiftKey upgrade Stephen Hawking's communication technology
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2853905/intel-swiftkey-upgrade-stephen-hawkings-communication-technology.html

Related:
Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end mankind
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30290540

Submitted by Ray Grott