[nfbmi-talk] FW: article about Cary Supalo

[Larry D. Keeler]

Yes, Alex is a pretty smart dude!
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From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at att.net>
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Cc: "'Shawn Mayo'" <smayo at blindinc.org>; "'George Wurtzel'" 
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Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 1:46 AM
Subject: [nfbmi-talk] FW: article about Cary Supalo


Hello,



Cary Supalo is a Blind Ph.D. chemist from Penn State.  His company loaned
the NFB Science Camp at Camp T some of these units for our campers to alpha
test.  We have had them there for 2 summers, now. Hopefully, next summer we
can get Cary to join us.



Notice, by the way, that Cary was a student at BLIND, Inc.  Speaks for
itself, doesn't it?  C'mon Michigan, let's get some more Google guys from
here and the next ones will be blind.  Did anyone meet Alex, the fellow from
Apple computers who was at our convention this past weekend?  Another
example of a blind guy in Technology.



Warmest Regards,



Fred



From: George Wurtzel [mailto:gwurtzel at blindinc.org]
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 9:49 PM
To: Fred Wurtzel
Subject: Fwd: article about Cary Supalo



hi Fred did U see this?

U generally are way ahead of me seeing this kind of stuff.

have a great day.

Cordially,

George M. Würtzel


Begin forwarded message:

From: Shawn Mayo < <mailto:smayo at blindinc.org> Hello,>
Date: November 9, 2011 2:38:41 PM CST
To: Allstaff <allstaff at blindinc.org>
Subject: FW: article about Cary Supalo

Carey is one of our graduates...



November 8, 2011

News Release

West Lafayette, Ind. - A Purdue Research Park-based company has received a
$500,000 SBIR Phase II award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to
develop technology that enhances hands-on science learning for students
affected by blindness and low vision.
Independence Science LLC will use the award to further develop Talking
LabQuest, the first portable scientific data collection device equipped with
text-to-speech technology to help students in science laboratory classrooms.

The company is developing Talking LabQuest in partnership with Vernier
Software & Technology LLC of Beaverton, Ore.; HumanWare Inc. of
Drummondville, Quebec, Canada; and ViewPlus Technologies Inc. of Corvallis,
Ore.

Cary Supalo, president and founder of Independence Science, said the NSF
award will allow his company to work with HumanWare and ViewPlus engineers
to create peripherals from their access technology products, including
BrailleNote, Tiger Braille embossers, the IVEO Learning System and the Audio
Graphing Calculator.

"HumanWare's BrailleNote is the most popular electronic note-taking device
in the blind community. Students use it to take notes in class, check email,
search the Internet and perform GPS navigation. We would like to use it as a
data collection device when interfaced with Talking LabQuest," Supalo said.
"We hope to use ViewPlus' Tiger Braille embossers to make raised-line
drawings of graph data and to interface the IVEO Learning System to provide
touchscreen navigation. ViewPlus' Audio Graphing Calculator allows a student
to type algebraic equations on a computer keyboard. These tools will enhance
the usefulness of the Talking LabQuest to the end user."

Supalo said Talking LabQuest can empower students who are underrepresented
in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). He said research
indicates that students who receive positive hands-on experiences have
greater interest in science learning, which increases academic achievement.

"This also is true for underrepresented populations, including students with
visual impairments," Supalo said. "The Talking LabQuest can empower students
in the laboratory, classroom and in the field. They can collect acceleration
and velocity data at an amusement park alongside their classmates. They can
track temperature of foods and pH levels in swimming pools or fish tanks.
This device is empowering both teachers and their students with blindness
and low vision in having more hands-on science learning experiences."

About Independence Science LLC

Officials at Independence Science are making their expertise available to
help school districts, colleges and universities, and state rehabilitation
agencies across the country meet Americans with Disabilities Act
requirements in the science curriculum. These technologies are being made
available to further serve as a dissemination tool to benefit any blind and
low-vision student in the United States.

About Purdue Research Park

The Purdue Research Park has the largest university-affiliated business
incubation complex in the country in four locations across Indiana. The park
network is home to about 200 companies that employ 4,000 people and are
located in West Lafayette, Merrillville, Indianapolis and New Albany.

Source: Purdue Research Park

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