Google.org awards $20M in grant to fund development of tech for the disabled

Treating the challenges faced by the disabled as issues that can be solved with smart engineering, Google's charitable arm, Google.org, has given $20 million USD in grants to nonprofit organizations around the world to help develop open-source technololgy for the disabled. The 30 winners of the Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities launched last spring were the recipients of said grants. About six of the 30 grantees were given $1 million USD, while the average grant was around $750,000 USD.

Some of the projects funded including developing libraries for the visually impaired, devices that can turn manual wheelchairs into powered ones, and cheap, 3D-printed prosthetics for children.

Source: The Verge