March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month which seeks to raise awareness about the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities in all facets of community life, as well as awareness of the barriers that people with disabilities face in connecting to the communities in which they live.
We have several innovators that are developing wearables and other devices and technology to help people with disabilities to be able to access and be a part of their communities. To celebrate these initiatives, we want to promote the work that the Intel® Software Innovator and Intel® Software Developer Black Belt communities are doing to make technology accessible and to enhance the lives of everyone.
Spring Break Game Jam
March 27 & 28, 2017, 12:00 – 4:00pm, Newberg, Oregon
Soma Games is proud to partner with Fidgetech on their upcoming Game Jam. Fidgetech provides job-placement and training tools to adults on the autism spectrum and Soma Games is pleased to introduce these men and women to the world of video game development and the myriad of job opportunities in the field. Young adults on the autism spectrum (17 or older) will learn Unity 3D game design with FIDGETECH and Soma Games talented team. Intel Software will also be there to support and to present on technology opportunities at Intel.
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Innovator Collaboration Opportunity with SmartNotify
SmartNotify specializes in the communication layer with a focus on better safety and communication tools at home, in the office, or when traveling. We would love to collaborate with innovators and teams from Intel during Disabilities Awareness Month. We know that several innovators work in computer vision or have produced prototypes targeting different disability groups, the idea would be to push this further and include the communication part in the workflow.
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Below is a selection of projects currently on Intel® Developer Mesh and are designed to do things like help blind people to see, maintain health or moods with wearables, or use gestures to navigate wheel chairs, and more. If you have a project that can help disabled people to improve their lives, become more mobile, and be a bigger part of their communities you should add it to Mesh to share with us.
A trans-radial prosthesis to send data into the cloud and help orthopedics to follow the user’s progress
A sensory device for the hearing impaired so they can detect objects coming behind them
Control an LED strip with your mind via brain-computer interface using EEG waves and an Intel® Edison board
Facelock uses for facial recognition to automatically open the deadbolt when a user is detected
A solution for people with upper body motor disability, this device recognizes foot gestures and converts them to text
A commercial grade software for real-time American Sign Language translation
Want to learn more about the Intel® Software Innovator Program?
You can read about our innovator updates, get the full program overview, meet the innovators and learn more about innovator benefits. We also encourage you to check out Developer Mesh to learn more about the various projects that our community of innovators are working on.
For more such intel Modern Code and tools from Intel, please visit the Intel® Modern Code
Source:https://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2017/03/17/intel-software-innovators-developmental-disability-month-projects-events
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