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Mainstreaming tech for the disabled

Nuance Software developer Nuance Communications, for instance, invented voice command technology to help people who are unable to type on a computer. Today, the company's algorithms are used in products ranging from Amazon.com's latest Kindle e-reader to cars from Ford Motor . Meantime, Mattel is incorporating technology, initially intended to help paraplegics, into a soon-to-be-released game controlled by players' brainwaves.

BusinessWeek

October 08, 2009 in Smart Autos, Homes, Sports, Restaurants... |

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