[nfbmi-talk] FW: article about Cary Supalo

Sat Nov 12 05:30:47 UTC 2011

This makes me wish I were 40 years younger; thank God that we're finally 
letting our LIGHT shine before all men.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Amy Sabo
Sent: November 11, 2011 23:38
To: 'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] FW: article about Cary Supalo

Hello fred,

Thanks for forwarding this from both george and shawn from blind
inc to this list. I have forwarded this message article onto the
nabs list for more information and, also to read it too!

Thanks again and, I will talk to you soon.

Hugs,
amy

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Fred Wurtzel
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 11:46 PM
To: 'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'; Michigan Comm for
the Blind Vision 20/20 List; Boonec at michigan.gov;
kboone2920 at comcast.net
Cc: 'Shawn Mayo'; 'George Wurtzel'
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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