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Inventor, Creators, Hackers, Tinkers and Change Makers – Join us for an exciting 48 hr Access Makeathon in Vancouver on January 27 – 29, 2017. Come build an open source assistive technology that directly address the needs of people with disability.
For the last days of 2016, the LipSync team is working hard to “freeze” the design ahead of the Access Makeathon on January 27th.
There’s one thing, though, that we’re still trying to nail down — the joystick.
In partnership with Rick Hansen Foundation, SFU’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology, TechSoup NetSquared, Tom Global, UBC Women in Engineering, and UBC Young Women in Engineering and Science, we are organizing a 48 hour event called the Access Makeathon from January 27th to 29th, 2017.
Last week, we welcomed two new, albeit temporary, members to our team — Angela and Kelly. For the week, we had two high school students come and actually make some LipSyncs.
In 2013, Lorne suffered a fall which resulted in a broken back and severe brain trauma. The Neil Squire Society’s Computer Comfort program helped him re-learn how to use a computer and now he gives back to others.