24 Jun
2015
24 Jun
'15
1:57 p.m.
+1
Sounds like some really cool things could come out of this
On Jun 24, 2015 1:27 PM, "Patrick O'Doherty" <p(a)trickod.com> wrote:
FWIW Arie was at the NB meeting last night talking
about this. It sounds
like a really awesome event, where folks can hack on things to make a
real difference in the lives of others.
p
On 6/24/15 1:24 PM, Jenny Ryan wrote:
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From: "Arie Meir" <ariemeir(a)google.com
<mailto:ariemeir@google.com>>
Date: Jun 24, 2015 12:13 PM
Subject: [sudo-info] reaching out from google.org <http://google.org>
regarding an assistive technology hackathon
To: <info(a)sudoroom.org <mailto:info@sudoroom.org>>
Cc:
Dear Sudoroom community,
I'm reaching out from the philanthropic arm of Google, Google.org which
supports non-profits aimed at technical innovation.
In our attempt to expand opportunity and independence for people with
disabilities we have recently launched a campaign
<https://get.google.com/disabilitiesimpactchallenge/open-call.html>
aiming
to identify
and support non-profits doing innovative work in the assistive
technology space.
The reason for this email is that in addition to the campaign,we are
thinking of organizing
a hackathon around mid-late august focused on assistive technology
using this event <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_BQzJD9gpo>
as a source of inspiration.
The basic idea is to bring the need-knowers (people with disabilities
and their
families/caregivers) together in the same room with tech folks
(hackers/makers/designers) and develop prototypes for affordable
products that
could serve the needs of the community of people with disabilities.
We thought that the hacker community of Sudoroom might find it
interesting/relevant
and some folks perhaps wish to participate.
We are trying to gauge the level of interest in something like this from
the hacker/maker/developer community.
Thoughts ? Ideas ? What should we think of to make this event more
relevant/interesting to the folks involved ?
With kindest regards,
On behalf of Google.org,
Arie Meir
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