+1
Sounds like some really cool things could come out of this
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:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Arie Meir" <ariemeir@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@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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