About 2 years ago, Mick Ebbling and his wife Caskey started a non-profit organization, the Not Impossible Foundation to help a friend, the legendary L.A. graffiti artist Tony “TemptOne” Qua. Tony has ALS– aka “Lou Gehrig’s Disease”–which slowly paralyzes the body until no physical movement is possible. Right now he’s in a hospital bed in Los Angeles. His mind is completely lucid, but he can’t move any part of his body except for his eyes.
In April 2009, they brought together some of the most amazing artists and innovators from the Graffiti Research Lab and Open FrameWorks to make make a low-cost, open source, creative technology and communication tool. And it worked! The EyeWriter 1.0 was born.
Now we need to get this technology to other paralyzed people who need it: disable veterans, artists, writers, painters, etc.
Enter: Pepsi-Cola. Pepsi has a new grant program called “Refresh Everything” where they let anyone apply for funding for a good cause. Every month, you can vote for your favorite cause, and at the end of the month, whoever gets the most votes wins funding. The goal is to WIN this grant and to start by making 1,000 EyeWriters available to anyone who needs them, regardless of their income level or location.
THIS IS WHERE YOU COME IN. Simply CLICK HERE TO VOTE for The EyeWriter. It takes a minute to register, but it’s for a great cause (and you won’t get any more junk emails than you already do.) The voting closes August 31, and you can vote once a day, every day. That’s the key…voting everyday!
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