[Blindtlk] Louis Braille Touch of Genius Prize for Innovation

[David Andrews]

>From: "Edward Bell" <ebell at latech.edu>
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>2008
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>Imagine the impact your innovation could have on providing increased 
>access to blind people around the world . . .
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>We invite you to apply for the Louis Braille Touch of Genius Prize 
>for Innovation.  The Prize will be awarded to an individual or group 
>of individuals who contribute to innovation in the field of tactile 
>literacy for blind people. The Prize can be granted for a new 
>educational method; a new tactile literacy product; or a new 
>technological advance. In any of these areas, the innovation must 
>demonstrate some aspect of tactile literacy. Tactile literacy refers 
>to any product, method, or service that has the effect of increasing 
>access to information through the sense of touch. The $20,000 prize 
>is provided through support from The Gibney Family Foundation and 
>National Braille Press.
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>The deadline to be considered for the Prize is June 15.
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>For more information about the Touch of Genius Prize and previous 
>winners, please visit www.touchofgeniusprize.org.
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>Questions?  Please contact Stephanie King
>at 617-266-6160 ext. 47 or GeniusPrize at nbp.org.