Quality of Life Technology Center - Carnegie Mellon University

Aaron Steinfeld, Jeff Bigham and John Zimmerman received a 5-year renewal of their RERC on Accessible Public Transportation. Alex Hauptmann received funding from the CMU Disruptive Health Technology Institute for a computerized coach for proper inhaler use. Fernando De La Torre received funding from the CMU Disruptive Health Technology Institute to develop techniques for detecting symptoms of Parkinson's Disease. Jim Osborn received funding for a "Successful Aging" project from CMU's Metro21 initiative. Jason Hong's team has been selected to be part of the DARPA Brandeis project to advance the state of the art for privacy Jennifer Mankoff and Scott Hudson have teamed up with E-nable in a new initiative for DIY maker-based assistive technologies.