Stephen Hawking gets an upgrade, no pun intended, by a source many would not think about...

[WelshDdraig]

First off, no pun was intended by the title, it just worked.

 

Original Article: http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/02/stephen-hawking-swiftkey-intel/

A article talking more in depth about the upgrade: http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/audio/intel_creates_new_communication_system_for_prof_stephen_hawking/1

 

Everyone knows or has heard about the astrophysicist at some point in their lives. Well, since 1997, Professor Hawking and Intel has worked together for his computerised speech method due to motor-neuron disease. He has used this system to create documents and communicate for more than a decade.

 

Now the time has come that he, and Intel, feels his system needs an upgrade. Who did they turn to help for? 3 guesses? No?

Swiftkey.

 

Intel sought to get help from one of the best input method creators ever. They wanted to retain the usability and the familiarity as Stephen Hawking is not that, and I quote,

 Hawking isn't interested in new tech like eye-tracking

Intel has improved the workflow by allowing context menus. Professor Hawking has been testing it for a couple of months and when he feels it is mature enough, he will release it to the public and open-source community in a hope it will help others with communication problems and disabilities.

 

My thoughts?

It's cool to see these articles out and about. Stephen Hawking relies on his computer, and, like the same with many computers, it needs an upgrade every now and then. As for Swiftkey, it's cool to see their effort make such an impact on communication methods.

 

What are your thoughts? Please leave them down below.

[Sonefiler]

cool

[eelnico09]

"Look! stephen hawking tested it, and used it, we must buy it!" It's all i see. Not that it's bad, or it wont help or anything, but yeah, that's what i think of this.

[Real_PhillBert]

[HippY]

"Look! stephen hawking tested it, and used it, we must buy it!" It's all i see. Not that it's bad, or it wont help or anything, but yeah, that's what i think of this.

he is not the only one with this disease or with his problem and I am sure that many Universities would make great use of this device at projects. 

[DildorTheDecent]

Thanks for the other news about Intel. All their new releases are rather boring once you've heard it for the millionth time. 

 

G(ood)G(uy) Intel.

[Master Disaster]

Headline made me chuckle

 

And yeah, it's good news for him and other sufferers. This kind of stuff can make a huge difference to peoples lives and no one car argue that's a bad thing.

[zanduh]

"Look! stephen hawking tested it, and used it, we must buy it!" It's all i see. Not that it's bad, or it wont help or anything, but yeah, that's what i think of this.

 

Could you tryyy to make it through the 4 sentence summary when it says "he will release it to the public and open-source community" right there?

[WelshDdraig]

Headline made me chuckle

Someone spotted why I put "no pun intended" virtual cookies to you. I contemplated at just leaving it as the first 5 words, but considered it a bit too offensive.

[KakaoDj]

Just a heads up, it's StephEn, not Stephan.

Nevertheless, this is bretty cool 

[HerEscutcheon]

Stephan?

[Majinferno]

Nice to see imporvements in this form of technology.

[WelshDdraig]

Just a heads up, it's StephEn, not Stephan.

Nevertheless, this is bretty cool 

I'll change that right now....