[nfbmi-talk] FW: article about Cary Supalo

Sat Nov 12 21:31:10 UTC 2011

You are so welcome fred... I'm was happy to help you out!

Hugs,
amy

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[mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Fred wurtzel
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 12:27 AM
To: 'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] FW: article about Cary Supalo

Hi,

thanks for forwarding to NABS.  We need as many blind scientists
and engineers as we can get.  These are the people who can put
accessibility into new products.  Never mind they are great
paying jobs.

Warmest Regards,

Fred

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On Behalf Of Amy Sabo
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 11:39 PM
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-----
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[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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