[accessibleimage] Phantom, Currency,

Instead of using a computer mouse, FreeForm users hold a stylus-like PHANTOM® haptic device, and literally sculpt by touch – actually “feeling” the implant or prosthesis and the patient’s skull or soft tissue, as they are designing on-screen – just as they would if they were working with wax or clay. FreeForm allows medical teams to review electronically and make swift refinements for an accurate fit before exporting for rapid prototyping or milling. 

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/leading-medical-teams-rely-on,450467.shtml

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Money Ruling A Remarkable Woman’s Legacy

Background to the suit excerpt
"In May 2002, Lovitky sued the Treasury Department on behalf of the American Council of the Blind, arguing that its failure to design a currency that is accessible to blind people is a form of discrimination. 

In November 2006, the court ruled in favor of the Council."
"WASHINGTON - He thinks of her every time he gazes at the painting — a blazing orange sun she drew a few years after the tragedy. It is the only splash of color in his tiny K Street office and it gives him great joy, and a stab of sorrow.
He thinks of her every time he plucks a new $5 bill from his wallet and sees the large purple numeral emblazoned in the corner. It reminds him of how he used to sort her money: $1 bills in one envelope, fives and tens in others.
And of course he thought of her last month when a federal appeals court ruled on a case that could result in the redesign of the entire U.S. currency. It was one of the great legal victories of 53-year-old attorney Jeffrey Lovitky’s career, and he wishes she could have been there to share it. 

But had she been there, it might never have happened.
For the lawsuit filed on behalf of the American Council of the Blind was never just about discrimination or changing the currency so the blind can distinguish a $1 bill from a $20.
It was about a brilliant, gifted woman who changed so many perceptions and overcame so many obstacles that those who knew her never doubted her ability to continue inspiring enormous change, even from the grave. 

It was about the memory of a smile.

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In his second-floor office, Lovitky sifts through a well-thumbed photo album. “Here’s a Sandy smile,” he says, plucking a picture from the page. “And here’s one. And this is truly a Sandy smile.”
The pictures show a petite brunette nestling into his shoulder under a cherry blossom tree, playfully pushing him in an oversized beach wheelchair on the sand, clutching his arm at a black tie event at which she was receiving yet another award.
His eyes mist at the memory — Sandra Welner, the brilliant physician whose dazzling smile and tenacious spirit stole Lovitky’s heart." 


http://twilit.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/money-ruling-a-remarkable-womans-legacy/
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/jun/29/currency_redesign_idea_came_love_not_money/

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Jeffrey Lovitky carries these photographs of himself and Sandra Welner, who was blind and died in 2001, with him, in Washington, on June 16. In May 2002, Lovitky sued the Treasury Department on behalf of the American Council of the Blind, arguing that its failure to design a currency that is accessible to blind people is a form of discrimination. 

http://www2.ljworld.com/photos/2008/jun/29/150781/
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/jun/29/currency_redesign_idea_came_love_not_money/


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http://kerryapringle.blogspot.com/2008/06/and-race-is-on.html
http://www.flickr.com/groups/beginnerstreetphotography/discuss/72157605883073423/
Blind Sided Studio & Gallery - Resource Centre for Blind & Visually Impaired Photographers 

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Blind man has a career building Adirondack chairs
Sunday, June 29 The Grand Rapids Press
"For Art Wright, 49, and his wife, Terri, 46, who live in southwest Grand Rapids, building Adirondack furniture has given the couple hope in making a new life.
"I not only make the chairs, but footrests and tables," said Wright, a former machinist who lost an eye due to an accident, and most of his remaining sight to diabetes last year. Attending the training center of the Michigan Commission for the Blind, he learned how to build Adirondack chairs from custom-made patterns or jigs and now makes the furniture in his workshop, which has been adapted to suit his needs. 

Made with pressure-treated wood but left unstained, the chairs are sturdy."


http://www.mlive.com/homeandgarden/grpress/index.ssf?/base/features-0/1214720105118560.xml&coll=6#continue


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