The next rev of the firmware for Stephen Hawking's speech synth and wheelchair will be released under a free software license.
Communication through the use of this software is made possible by the pressing of a single computer button attached to Professor Hawking's wheel chair, this button being his ticket to interact, move around, write and speak.
As his disorder intensifies, he is looking to upgrade the software to combat the disease…
"I am developing this as an open source software so that scientists all over the world can work on this platform and modify it according to specific requirements," he added.
(Thanks, Dave!)
