1. The Road Ahead: Emerging technology and disability Ben Foss Intel Corporation 2011 National Association of Law Students with Disabilities Conference Jan. 22, 2010

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3. Moore’s Law

4. 1982 Osbone Executive vs. 2010 Smartphone: Weight: 100X Cost: 10X Speed: 160X Size: 645X

5. Short history of cell phones: What a short, strange trip it has been? 1980s – industry born – simple phone service for wealthy. Devices size of a brick. 1990-1998 – standardization of networks and SIMs, standards for cross network communication and billing. 1999 – first MVNOs appear, beginning the lowering of cost. 2004 – end of ‘walled garden’; start of access to Internet. 2008 – independent software developers enter market for apps. 2009 – open to social networking sites. 2011 – operators ready for micro-payments via phone. Source: wwww.visionmobile.com

6. Size, growth and capabilities Total mobile subscriptions hit five billion in July of 2010. 4.6B are simple, non-smart phones. Consider cell phone use in these three countries: US: 281M in use, 91% penetration China: 832M in use, 61% penetration Nigeria: 76M in use, 50% penetration The ‘smart phone’ market is exploding. Today’s smart phone would have been owned only by the CIA in five years ago. What if I have disability? Stigma and cost drop dramatically if you use a phone to get access. Demo Text to Speech and Reader Functions Source: MIT Report:http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20100928VL201.html; CTIA surge http://files.ctia.org/pdf/CTIA_Survey_Midyear_2009_Graphics.pdf; NCC http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?cid=661317;http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20100928VL201.htmlhttp://files.ctia.org/pdf/CTIA_Survey_Midyear_2009_Graphics.pdf http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?cid=661317