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New Inventions Whether they're new modes of transport, innovations in communication or other radical solutions to the difficulties which arise when physical, mental or sensory impairment comes up against a disabling environment, this is the place to look for them. If you come across something that should be here and isn't, let us know. British Computer Society Disability Group The BCS Disability Group focuses on the role of IT in giving disabled people a better quality of life. Center For Accessible Technology American site dedicated to making mainstream education more accessible to disabled children through the use of computers. Technology experts make predictions for the next 100 years. Much emphasis on enabling technology and biological engineering. Article on the ethics surrounding genetic research. A site which links to interviews, articles and other sites devoted to speculations about the future, both technical and social. Have a look at 'Chronicle of the Future', published by The Sunday Times. Human Knowledge: Foundations and Limits An online hypertext attempting to define the limits of human knowledge, now and in the future. Information Society DisAbilities Challenge 'challenges Europe and its nations to make the Information Society fully accessible to people with disabilities.' The future of assistive neurotechnology. An American company developing brain to computer interfaces to restore muscle movement etc.
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