Former Saints standout in recovery after surgical procedure
Former Saints standout in recovery after surgical procedure
Microsoft’s last year Super bowl commercial celebrated what technology can do, as told by Steve Gleason, a former pro football player who is living with ALS. He uses a Surface Pro running Tobii’s eye gazer technology to speak, and do many other kind of activities. He is visiting Microsoft’s campus this week for attending the hackathon. A team is working on a solution that would allow people like Gleason to turn their Surface On/Off using the eye gaze. As powerful as the Surface Pro 3 is, Gleason knows it can be even more accessible. Since the Super Bowl, he has sent Microsoft a list of proposed improvements, including better predictive typing software and larger fonts. His ideas reflect the spirit of this week’s company-wide hackathon, when our employees team up to challenge, adapt and improve our products and services with more than 2,000 suggested hacks. Microsoft listened and invited Gleason to the hackathon to explore his ideas in work hosted by the Microsoft Ability Community. Gleason will work with a...
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Yeah, it's the "ice bucket challenge," with throwing and running and hard nipples.
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Last year, Microsoft aired the Surface Pro 3 commercial featuring former NFL player Steve Gleason, battling Lou Gehrig’s disease during Super Bowl event. It was a tear-jerker. AdAge today confirmed that Microsoft will be returning to Super Bowl this year with another ad. Microsoft is yet to release any details about this upcoming ad. But [...]
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NBC profiled Steve Gleason on their pregame show Sunday
Former Saints standout expected to be released on Monday night
https://twitter.com/teamgleason/stat...75838951161856@TeamGleason: So all u Rajin Cajuns know, Rivers just sat down in front of the TV and said, "Go, Rajin Cajuns." Next pitch. Yard.
-SG
Dude's typing with his eyes, so I think we can excuse the misspelling.
Yup. 😀
Gleason's next tweet:
@TeamGleason: I am not creative enough to make this up. Rivers fell asleep for that LSU homerun.
-SG
Just as with OT, sad to see guys like that struck down in the prime of life.
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