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Discuss “CMU, Pitt receive $15 million research grant”

Researchers in Pittsburgh are embarking on their first year of finding new ways to give sight to the blind, mobility to the handicapped, and independence to the elderly.

The National Science Foundation has awarded Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh a five-year, $15 million grant to establish the new Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center. At the center, members of the scientific, engineering, and medical communities will work together to develop technologies to help older adults and people with disabilities live more independently and productively.

The group of researchers is still working on the total concept of the project, said Cliff Brubaker, dean of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences...

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