A team of NTID students took top honors in a technology competition for their device designed to help deaf athletes. V-Sports won $5000 as part of the New Big Idea contest. Team members include:
business administration major Jeremiah Thompson
applied mathematics technology major Tyler Swob
accounting technology major Michael Della Penna
engineering technology student Shane Qualls
hearing and computer engineering student Ken Hertzog
The students tested their prototypes at Rochester School for the Deaf. Team Get Dancin’ won Second place. They pocketed $3,000 for an idea to open a dance studio for the deaf, where teachers would use sign language. The team was made up of:
graphics design major Nicole Hood
accounting technology major Nic Shaw
Master of Science Program in Secondary Education student Samatha Braidi
Third place and $2,000 went to team WaterSocket:
packaging science major Casey Jaeger
Matthew Hente
mechanical engineering major Richie Prilenski
Their idea is to create a waterproof cover for tcochlear implants using a super hydrophobic spray.
The competition was sponsored by ZVRS video relay service.
A team of NTID students took top honors in a technology competition for their device designed to help deaf athletes. V-Sports won $5000 as part of the New Big Idea contest. Team members include:
business administration major Jeremiah Thompson
applied mathematics technology major Tyler Swob
accounting technology major Michael Della Penna
engineering technology student Shane Qualls
hearing and computer engineering student Ken Hertzog
The students tested their prototypes at Rochester School for the Deaf. Team Get Dancin’ won Second place. They pocketed $3,000 for an idea to open a dance studio for the deaf, where teachers would use sign language. The team was made up of:
graphics design major Nicole Hood
accounting technology major Nic Shaw
Master of Science Program in Secondary Education student Samatha Braidi
Third place and $2,000 went to team WaterSocket:
packaging science major Casey Jaeger
Matthew Hente
mechanical engineering major Richie Prilenski
Their idea is to create a waterproof cover for tcochlear implants using a super hydrophobic spray.
The competition was sponsored by ZVRS video relay service.
The founder of Ultratec gets an honorary doctorate today. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is honoring Robert Engelke for his work in helping develop an inexpensive TTY (Text Telephone) in 1978 from out of the basement of his Wisconsin home. His teletypewriter plugged into a regular phone line, allowing deaf people to communicate with other TTY owners. The young, hearing engineer sold it for less than $200 - way below the typical model which could run as much as $1000. No longer a luxury item that very few in the deaf community could afford, Engelke made it possible for the average person to own one. He was motivated by a deaf friend, Herb Pickell. He attended a National Association of the Deaf conference to get feedback. He continued to have people who are deaf involved in product development ever since.
Here's a video report on the man who set off a fire alarm because he did NOT want to see captioning during a showing of the movie The Avengers. This video report, posted on DeafNewsToday.com, comes from WMAR-TV in Baltimore. Or you can read the story here.
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ASL Deafined is now iPad friendly! Of course, we’ve always been friendly toward iPads and any other new technologies, but we’re VERY excited to announce that ASLdeafined.com can now be smoothly interacted with on a tablet device. It is a portable sign language tutor in your bag! No excuses for delaying on your next lesson now that you have access on the go. Stuck at the waiting room in the doctor’s office? Simply log into ASLdeafined.com and learn a few new words while you wait. Everyone else late to the meeting? Take a few minutes to slam dunk some vocabulary before the others arrive. All caught up on your homework? Review signs you struggle with before playing that next round of Angry Birds. Anywhere you can imagine, ASL Deafined will be there (although, we don’t suggest trying this in the car… best to keep both hands on the wheel). Have fun and keep us posted on your experiences! We’d love to receive comments from our readers about the clever ways they’ve fit American Sign Language into their days using iPads.
KUSA-TV reports in the video below on DeafNewsToday.com about the Rocky Mountain Deaf School's attempt to build a much needed new facility. To read the story, click here.
Nearly 50 people picketed an Illinois hospital today over the use of video interpreters. The Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria has used VRI (Video Remote Interpreters) for about a year. But deaf patients say the system is flawed. There areconstant equipment problems, difficult-to-see video screens, miscommunication over signs based on the regional differences between the patients and the interpreters, and the loss of human contact. Some carried signs reading I Want a Live Interpreter and Honk for Deaf Rights.
A new 911 texting services designed to help the deaf community in Syracuse. WSYR-TV reports in the video posted below on DeafNewsToday.com or read the story here.
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