[vicsireland] Re: Irish student wins the overall award at the European Student Innovation of the Year finals
- From: "Paul Dromey" <pdromey@xxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:03:25 +0100
Hi Gerry and all.
Just to let you know that Kieran O'Callaghan is also a volunteer who helps
with a vision impaired swimming group here in Cork every week. Some of us
were involved with him as guinea pigs testing his new technology at Cork
University Hospital. We're all absolutely delighted for him as we know just
how much work and dedication he has put into his project.
Paul Dromey
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[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerry Ellis
Sent: 30 March 2012 22:42
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Subject: [vicsireland] Irish student wins the overall award at the European
Student Innovation of the Year finals
Hi, all,
Did you hear the interview this morning on Morning Ireland with Kieran
O'Callaghan of the Cork Institute of Technology? He is the first irish man
to win the very coveted European Student Innovation of the Year Award
outright for his device for visually impaired users. I understand from the
interview that the device detects obstacles and presents information to the
user by stimulating parts of the tongue. Fascinating!
He previously developed a tool to inform visually impaired swimmers where
they are in a swimming lane and when they are approaching the end of the
pool. As someone who is totally blind, I know from hard experience what it
is like to smack my hand against the end wall so that sounds like a great
idea as well.
See details at:
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/history-made-as-irish-student-wins-euro
pean-innovation-award-188714.html
http://www.cit.ie/currentnews?id=350
Take care,
Gerry ellis
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