Interesting Research Programs @ ASU

ASU's been doing some interesting things with technology lately. Kenneth Spector is an ASU student who completed an internship this summer as an SDET on the Office team. Channel9 recently did a profile on his work at Microsoft. Why was his experience different? Because he's blind.The video's about 12 minutes long, and it's worth watching.

ASU has a lot if accessibility programs going on. Wired Magazine recently did a whole piece on something that I got to see up close and personal earlier this year. The system is called iCare, and it uses a sophisticated camera system and the .NET Framework to scan books, and read them back to you in real time. At the time, I was amazed, and now even more so. This stuff is really cool. I hear at some point the Lions Club is going to have them installed in libraries. Can't wait to see that happen.