[antimedia] antimedia: Valour-IT, the project to provide voice-activated laptops....

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Valour-IT, the project to provide voice-activated laptops....
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   ....to injured soldiers has [1]hit the bigtime with a blog post at
   PBS. Many more people will be introduced to Valour-IT and Soldiers
   Angels because of this. I guess we'll have to increase next year's
   goal even more.
   As [2]xformed says, it's amazing what two people with an idea can do.

     And if you ever thought one person, or two, couldnât change things,
     Iâd invite you to study the history of this 15 month old program,
     that has come from a twinkle in someoneâs eye, to affecting the
     lives of hundreds and on itâs way to helping thousands, and, Iâd
     suggest, a model for collaboration efforts via the power of the
     Internet. Not only did it bring many military associated people
     together, but it also saw others from all walks of life and
     political backgrounds join in to do something special:

   Much more special things will come in the future. Valour-IT may expand
   to provide PDAs to soldiers with traumatic brain injury. The PDAs
   would help them keep track of appointments and other commitments at a
   time when their memory functions aren't working so well.

References

   1. http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2006/12/digging_deepervalourit_milblog.html
   2. http://chaoticsynapticactivity.netfirms.com/nfblog/2006/12/07/valour-it-pbs-takes-notice/