TechBridgeWorld

06/23/2016

https://compassionateengineering.wordpress.com/2016/06/22/our-story/

We are excited to share with you important highlights of our work in compassionate engineering with the Mathru school, captured in a series of 7 short videos. We are grateful to Matt Richards from …

03/16/2016

Dear Friends of TechBridgeWorld:

We have been contemplating the evolution of TechBridgeWorld’s work for a while now, and after considerable careful thought, we have come to the conclusion that it is time for the members of TechBridgeWorld to pursue new endeavors outside the university that build on the accomplishments and lessons learned from our research. TechBridgeWorld will therefore be closing its doors at the end of the Spring 2016 semester.

We would like to thank everyone who has been involved with TechBridgeWorld, whether you were a student, visiting researcher, staff member, donor, project partner, CMU colleague, advisor, volunteer, well-wisher, etc. We are confident that together, we have contributed to a better future where technology can bridge divides rather than exacerbate them.
For a summary of our projects and accomplishments and links to publications, please visit: https://techbridgeworld.wordpress.com/. To learn more about TechBridgeWorld’s impact among partners, students, alumni, and donors over the years, please visit: https://techbridgeworld.wordpress.com/impact/.

Thanks for following us!
--Bernardine and Ermine

2004 - 2016: Technology with a Global Heart

11/12/2015

Our Braille Tutor project is a finalist for the Awards Contest! Vote for our project today! Look for the entry submitted by Ermine T. You can vote once a day until 12/3/15.

VOTE: http://j.mp/ErmineTeves

Braille Tutor Project Website: http://www.techbridgeworld.org/programs/brailletutor

InfyMakers! Showcase your innovative thinking and making to solve problems facing individuals, communities and our world! Makers Wanted.

11/05/2015

Rethink Robotics recently released a SECOND video featuring our Assistive Robots for Blind Travelers project, which is part of the Field Robotics Center at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh Campus). Watch this video to learn more about this important work and what stakeholders have to say about this project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trd0IX_8xoU

Project website: http://www.techbridgeworld.org/assistiverobots

The Field Robotics Center (FRC) at Carnegie Mellon University invents robots and trains robotics leaders to expand the bounds of human experience. The TechBr...

10/14/2015

Here's 25 women in robotics you need to know about: http://robohub.org/25-women-in-robotics-you-need-to-know-about-2015/

2 are part of TechBridgeWorld! (Founder and Director M. Bernardine Dias and Advisor Ayorkor Korsah)

25 women in robotics you need to know about – 2015

10/02/2015

Carnegie Mellon University recently featured iSTEP TechBridgeWorld in the news! They featured the open source release of iSTEP 2015 software tools - SignBook and Speak Up! http://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2015/september/istep-software.html

The software tools were developed by the iSTEP 2015 team in partnership with the Mathru Educational Trust for the Blind's Center for the Deaf and Differently-Abled. SignBook allows teachers to create a local database of animations depicting a sign and is used to support new teachers and staff in learning the local sign language. Speak Up! is a suite of voice-powered games that encourages students to vocalize and to exercise the volume and pitch of their voice. We encourage you to download and use these tools!

http://www.techbridgeworld.org/istep/downloads.html

Carnegie Mellon University’s TechBridgeWorld research group today announced the release of open source software that can help educators of children with hearing disabilities create video dictionaries of sign languages and use games that encourage vocalization by children learning to speak.

08/25/2015

Rethink Robotics' video feature about our Assistive Robots work is up! Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiBpVJN_TsU&feature=youtu.be

Press release: http://www.rethinkrobotics.com/news-item/a-vision-for-the-future-baxter-shines-in-research-to-guide-the-blind/

Project website: http://www.techbridgeworld.org/assistiverobots

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s TechBridgeWorld are using Baxter to explore how technology – and specifically, robots – can help the blind and vi...

07/29/2015

Rethink Robotics in the house! Here's a behind-the-scenes photo of TechBridgeWorld Founder and Director Bernardine Dias being interviewed on our Assistive Robotics work. Here's a link to the project that Rethink Robotics is featuring: http://www.techbridgeworld.org/assistiverobots/

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05/28/2015

If you are at ICRA 2015 join the inaugural Developing Countries Forum tomorrow (May 29)! TechBridgeWorld Founder and Director Bernardine Dias, TechBridgeWorld Advisory Board member Ayorkor Korsah, and Chinwe Ekenna are organizing the forum: http://icra2015.org/…/11-conf…/37-developing-countries-forum

Developing Countries Forum Friday, May 29WSCC 604 Interest in robotics is increasing in many parts of the world, and developing countries are no exception. From research projects aimed at developing novel robotic systems for unique challenges, to education and outreach programs that use robotics to…

05/28/2015

Our very own Braille Tutor project is featured on the Developing World Robotics website, which is part of the ICRA 2015 conference in Seattle, Washington. Check out this website to learn more about robotics in developing countries.

http://www.developingworldrobotics.org/

The TechBridgeWorld research group at Carnegie Mellon University developed the Braille Writing Tutor and the Stand-Alone Braille Writing Tutor to help blind children learn the slate and stylus method of writing braille.

03/30/2015

Check out our feature on PCMag! http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2478823,00.asp

The Braille Writing Tutor provides guided practice for beginners learning to write braille.

03/18/2015

We are excited to announce that TechBridgeWorld was recently awarded "The 2014 Louis Braille Touch of Genius Prize for Innovation" for our Braille Tutor project! Rahul Kumar Namdev will receive an honorary mention for his work on the Intuitive STEM Accessibility System. The Prize is provided through support from The Gibney Family Foundation and National Braille Press. We thank the many people who have been involved with our Braille Tutor project since it started in 2006. Read more: http://techbridgeworld.org/archive/news.html

We are excited to announce that TechBridgeWorld was recently awarded "The 2014 Louis Braille Touch of Genius Prize for Innovation." The Prize "was established to recognize an individual or group of individuals who contribute to innovation in the field of tactile literacy for blind people." TechBridg…