Reading machines for the blind: a study of federally supported technology development and innovation
In 1943, Vannevar Bush established a federal government program within the wartime Office of Scientific Research and Development to develop sensory aids for the blind. From the first, the program was intended to benefit not only veterans but all blind Americans. Over the next forty years, six firms...
Main Author: | Hauger, J. Scott |
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Other Authors: | Science and Technology Studies |
Format: | Others |
Language: | en |
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Virginia Tech
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26321 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02272007-092410/ |
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