Sabato 24 ottobre 2015 a EXPO si terrà un evento congiunto ABF (Andrea Bocelli Foundation) e MIT (Massachussets Institute of Technology), “Technology for blind: from prototype to product”.
Programma:
Keywords: Social inclusion via augmented senses; Impact of academia technological research on society. Technological transfer. From a prototype to a product, Social Impact
10.00-10.30 am OPENING, Authorities, ABF and MIT  
10.30 - 10.40 How Can Technology Enhance Our Ability to Move Safely? Daniela Rus, CSAIL; MIT, US
10.40 - 10-50 Energy-Efficient System Design for Wearable Platforms  Anantha Chandrasekaran, EECS, MIT, US
10.50 - 11.00 Sensors, Integrated circuits and Applications:Opportunities and Challenges   Karthik Vasanth, Texas Instruments, US
11.00 - 11.10 Accessibility, how many meanings: one, no one, one hundred thousand? Franco Lisi, Istituto Ciechi, Milano,Italy
11.10 –11.20 Digital fabrication technologies in support of the visually impaired  Edoardo Calia,Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Torino, Italy
11.20 –11.30  Novel Approaches for Vision Restoration   James Weiland, USC, Ca, US
11.30 - 11.40 Aira.IO - Visual Interpreter for the Blind  Suman Kanuganti  Aira.IO, San Diego, CA, US
11.40 -  11.50  OrCam - See for yourself Yonatan Wexler, Orcam, Israel
11.50 - 12.00  Social inclusion via augmented senses: from academia to society Laura Giarré, ABF, Università di Palermo, Italy
12.15-12.30 CLOSING  Andrea Bocelli, ABF founder
12.30-14.00 Demo and exposition of some prototypes will be shown and tested. The results of the MIT fifth sense project will be part of this exposition.
14.00 Lunch The Demo will continue in the afternoon
Al seguente sito tramite il quale è possibile anche iscriversi all'evento tutte le informazioni: http://abfmit.com/workshop/2015/challenges-2015/