World-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking’s physical condition is further deteriorating, and Intel wants to help the famous scientist continue to share his ideas with the world. Hawking, who at 21 was diagnosed with a motor neurone disease, has been confined to a wheelchair for much of his adult life. However, he has been able to communicate with others — and produce intellectual feats such as breakthrough theories about time and gravity, as well as bestsellers including A Brief History of Time — through adaptive speech and computing technologies.
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Intel Explores New Modes of Communication for Stephen Hawking
Posted by: Erika Morphy January 10, 2012 07:01 AMWorld-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking’s physical condition is further deteriorating, and Intel wants to help the famous scientist continue to share his ideas with the world. Hawking, who at 21 was diagnosed with a motor neurone disease, has been confined to a wheelchair for much of his adult life. However, he has been able to communicate with others — and produce intellectual feats such as breakthrough theories about time and gravity, as well as bestsellers including A Brief History of Time — through adaptive speech and computing technologies.