Georgia Tech and Shepherd to Study Wireless for Disabled
From: Rehab Management - 11/20/2006

Georgia Tech's Center for Advanced Communications Policy (CACP) and the
Shepherd Center, a catastrophic care hospital in Atlanta, have been awarded a
$4.75 million Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) grant on
wireless technologies aimed at enhancing the lives of people with
disabilities. 

This second 5-year grant, awarded from the National Institute on Disability
and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) under the US Department of Education,
supports the continuation of the innovative wireless activities undertaken
during the first 5 years of the Wireless RERC at Georgia Tech and Shepherd.  

Areas of new technology development include emergency communications,
location-based services, advanced auditory interfaces for handheld electronic
devices, and universal remote control systems that allow a cell phone to
seamlessly operate other electronic devices and appliances.  

The RERC team will also partner with wireless product manufacturers, mobile
wireless service providers, and consumer volunteers with disabilities to test
and report on the usability of a variety of wireless devices. Results from
this product testing will be used to create an online resource of wireless
product reviews that highlight important usability features.  

Read the entire article at:
http://www.rehabpub.com/RMN/2006-11-20_4.asp

Links:
Shepherd Center
http://www.shepherd.org/

CACP
http://www.cacp.gatech.edu/
http://www.cacp.gatech.edu/News/2006_news_id101.php

Wireless RERC
http://www.wirelessrerc.gatech.edu/

