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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Fellow Federationists:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A group of students at the University of Maryland at College Park are currently developing a new device which has the potential to significantly help blind students better understand the graphics and figures used in our math and science classes. Although this study has been in progress for some time now and these students have made a number of presentations at NFB events in order to gain participants for their research, they are now nearing their deadline and will soon need to collect and analyze data on their final product. Therefore, I am asking all who are interested and who live in the MD/DC/VA area to read the below solicitation and consider participating in this research as a blind tester. As they near completion on this important project, let’s show our appreciation to these students for their willingness to learn from our organization throughout this process. Here is their advertisement:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>"Earn $40 by participating in a short research study. University of Maryland students are developing a new touch screen aimed to help mathematics students learn math. This new touch screen technology allows users to FEEL images on a 2D surface. If you would like to help with this research study, please contact <a href="mailto:team-haptic@umd.edu">team-haptic@umd.edu</a> for more information."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Laura</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chris Nusbaum, Vice President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Greater Carroll County Chapter, National Federation of the Blind of Maryland<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Vice President, Maryland Association of Blind Students<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Board Member, National Association of Blind Students<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Coordinator of Social Media, National Federation of the Blind of Maryland<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone: (443) 547-2409<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:dotkid.nusbaum@gmail.com">dotkid.nusbaum@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Twitter: @Chrisn98 and @NFBMD<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>