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assistive technology

(1) Technologies that support automobile drivers. See automotive safety systems.

(2) Hardware and software that help people who are physically impaired. Often called "accessibility options" when referring to enhancements for using the computer, the field of assistive technology is quite vast and even includes ramp and doorway construction that supports wheelchairs. For more information, visit the Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) at www.atia.org.

Enhancements for using the computer include alternative keyboard and mouse devices, replacing beeps with light signals for the deaf, screen magnifiers and text enlargers, as well as systems that form Braille letters from on-screen text. See screen reader, voice recognition, TDD/TTY and accessibility.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-July 30, 2019-: Connectivity Enabling Technology Market to Enjoy Explosive Growth: Key Players| Broadcomm, Hosiden, Atmel

The Nix Portfolio relates to, among other things, the enabling technology for authenticating and using embedded SIM cards in next generation IoT, Machine-to-Machine, and other mobile devices, including smartphones, tablets and computers as well as automobiles and drones.

A fresh study has been added to the vast repository of the Marketing Research Hub (MRH), which is titled "Global Cloud enabling Technologies Market 2017-2021." This study focusses on the functional analysis of the cloud enabling technology industry, with the evaluation of market drivers, growth, trends, and challenges, as well as prospects of this industry for the forecast period of 2017-2021.

Exelis (NYSE: XLS) said it has been awarded the 2015 IHS Jane's Air Traffic Control (ATC) Award in the Enabling Technology category.

Like CC-Link, Festo sees the CPX as an enabling technology that helps make realising ambitious automation projects as straightforward and 'designer-friendly' as possible.

Nasalfent incorporates Archimedes' proprietary PecSys(tm) nasal drug delivery system, an enabling technology which can optimise fentanyl's rapid absorption to give a profile that should provide fast, tolerable pain relief in these patients.

Jack Armstrong, manager of construction industry sector for BASF, explained, "We participated in the LEED-H pilot to shed light on BASF chemistry as the enabling technology for zero-energy and high-performance homes."

Maxwell (U.S.) is the leading company commercializing ultra-capacitors, an important enabling technology that stores energy produced by wind or solar, or in hybrid vehicles, for later use.

The FFIEC white paper (www.xbrl.org/us/us/FFIEC% 20White%20Paper%2002Feb2006.pdf) says the use of XBRL in call reports "plays a significant role in enabling technology throughout the supply chain, delivering significant benefits and value to each stakeholder." More information about XBRL is available at www.xbrl.org/us.

Virtualization at both the block and file level remains a prime enabling technology in corporate-wide data management.


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