Sunday, August 30, 2009 BUENOS AIRES: High school students of the ORT technical school in Argentina have presented a new technology that could help severally disabled people get online at a very low cost.The software and webcam system was developed by the two 18-year-olds so that one of their friend's who suffers from Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) could use the computer.Eye movements are translated by the Eye Mouse with a standard webcam into on-screen actions.It means that people who suffer from SMA like Nicolas Rossi can control the computer with their eyes.
BEIRUT: Thousands of people converged Saturday on central Beirut to mark the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri.Waving Lebanese flags and carrying pictures of the slain leader, men, women and children gathered under sunny skies in Martyr's Square where members of the parliamentary majority were to address the crowd. The rally comes as final preparations are underway in The Hague for the launch of the international tribunal set up to bring Hariri's killers to justice. It also comes as the country prepares for legislative elections in June that will pit Western-backed political parties against a Hezbollah-led alliance backed by Syria and Iran.Hariri died in a massive car bombing on February 14, 2005 that also killed 22 others. The assassination was widely blamed on then Lebanese power-broker Syria, which has denied any involvement. The attack on the Beirut seafront was one of the worst acts of political violence to rock Lebanon since t...
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