RERC-ACT Student Design Competition for cognitive assistive technology

The Rehabilitiation Engineering Research Center on Advancing Cognitive
Technologies is conducting a student design competition, with a first prize
of $5000, over the coming year. Examples of appropriate projects include: 

    Improvement in accessibility of  information on the World Wide Web for
    persons with cognitive disabilities 

    Memory aids for people with Alzheimer's disease 

    Automated monitoring and coaching to help a person with a brain injury
    follow accepted conversation patterns 

    Aids for using public transportation 

    Prompting systems for work or daily life tasks 

    Interfacing an augmentative or alternative communication device, usable
    by a person with a cognitive disability, to a smartphone or email client 

    An email client or Web browser usable by a person with a cognitive
    disability 

    A communication device that helps a person with a cognitive disability
    stay in touch with friends, family, or care givers 

    Educational games usable by a person with a cognitive disability 

Please note that these are only examples; entrants are encouraged to respond
to needs they identify, using their creativity. 

The competition is open to undergraduate students who are enrolled in
accredited institutions of higher learning. 

Please see the details of the competition at 
http://rerc-act.org/NewsAndEvents/index.cfm?page=StudentDesignCompetition

Clayton Lewis
Professor of Computer Science
Scientist in Residence, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities
University of Colorado
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~clayton

Submitted by Edmund LoPresti

