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Internet of Things Project Allows Quadriplegic Driver to Race

Kristen Hall-Geisler | Popular Science | June 1, 2016

The Internet of Things is cool, and semi-autonomous cars are cool. Putting them together is extra cool. But putting them together to enable former IndyCar driver, current co-owner of IndyCar team Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, and quadriplegic Sam Schmidt to race again is the highest level of cool. Volunteers working at the tech company Arrow have been working on its SAM (Semi-Autonomous Motorcar) project for a few years now. Their goal was to take the latest in IoT innovations and enable Schmidt to actually drive again...

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The State of Accessibility in Linux and Open Source Software

Spencer Hunley is an autistic professional, former Vice Chair of the Kansas City Mayor's Committee for People with Disabilities, and current board member of the Autism Society of the Heartland & ASAN's Kansas City chapter. In August, Spencer will be giving a talk, Universal Tux: Accessibility For Our Future Selves, at LinuxCon in Chicago. He also gave a talk, Maximizing Accessibility: Engaging People with Disabilities In The Linux Community, at LinuxCon North America 2013. In this interview, Spencer provides an update on the state of accessibility in Linux and open source software... Read More »