Leveraging Technology to Help People with Disabilities From: IEEE The Institute - 04/03/2015 An IEEE member is upgrading Stephen Hawking's communication system and making it open source Not many people can say they Skype and joke around with Stephen Hawking. But IEEE Member Lama Nachman has developed that rapport after working closely with him over the past three years to upgrade his communication device. Read the entire article at: http://theinstitute.ieee.org/people/profiles/lama-nachman-leveraging-technology-to-help-people-with-disabilities Related (from 2013): Technologies Improve Quality of Life http://theinstitute.ieee.org/technology-focus/technology-topic/technologies-improve-quality-of-life Building Smarter Wheelchairs http://theinstitute.ieee.org/technology-focus/technology-topic/building-smarter-wheelchairs Home-Assistant Robot for an Aging Society http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6218159&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fiel5%2F5%2F6239645%2F06218159.pdf%3Farnumber%3D6218159