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iPods and Wheelchairs

Wow. iPod + tongue piercing = way for paralysed people to steer electric wheelchairs http://t.co/DVjk9iAuOJ

— New Scientist (@newscientist) November 28, 2013

The Tweet announcing a marriage of old and new technology is pretty cool. The video is pretty cool too.

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Some see problems. Then there's this to consider:
“More and more technology is getting adopted and put into mainstream because there are cost savings, but accessibility is not taken into consideration. People with disabilities are getting marginalized more and more,” said Harry Lew, manager of research and development at the Neil Squire Society, which advocates for assistive technologies on devices such as cellphones.
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