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05.21.12 – The Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has issued a notice inviting applications for funding opportunities concerning technology and media services for individuals with disabilities.  The priority aims to provide funding for projects which “identify resources needed to effectively implement evidence based technology tools that benefit students with disabilities, and develop and disseminate products that will help a broad range of schools to effectively implement these technology tools.”  The priority requires that all projects develop a technolo

06.05.2012 – Tactus Technology gave the first public demonstration of Tactile Layer, at the 2012 Display Week in Boston, Massachusetts.  Tactile Layer is a “deformable tactile surface” “with real physical buttons, guidelines, or shapes that rise out of the surface (and recede into invisibility) from any touch screen” In use, Tactile Layer would be installed into devices by replacing a “layer of the already existing display stack” thus not changing the thickness of the device.  Tactile Layer utilizes microfluidic technology to create physical buttons on the surface of the screen which “users

2013 International CES Call for Speakers
The Consumer Electronics Agency (CEA) has issued a Call for Speakers for the 2013 International CES to be held January 8 – 11, 2013 in Las Vegas, NV.  Conference sessions included in the Call for Speakers focus on business insights, home entertainment, lifestyle technology, wireless communications, emerging technology, disruptive technologies, and in-vehicle technology.  Those interested are asked to submit a proposal by June 5, 2012.

The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) has issued a notice of proposed priority for a Disability and Rehabilitation Research Project (DRRP) on employment of individuals with disabilities.  The notice highlights that current unemployment rates for people ages 25 to 54 are approximately two times higher for individuals with disabilities compared to individuals without disabilities and that the average yearly wage for individuals with disabilities is about $10,000 less than individuals without disabilities.

04.18.12 - The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) issued a Notice requesting comment on their Proposed Long-Range Plan for Fiscal Years 2013 – 2017.  Objectives within the plan include: