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It’s a Sign: AI Platform for Teaching American Sign Language Aims to Bridge Communication Gaps

NVIDIA AI Blog

NVIDIA, the American Society for Deaf Children and creative agency Hello Monday are helping close this gap with Signs, an interactive web platform built to support ASL learning and the development of accessible AI applications. Most deaf children are born to hearing parents.

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What are Key Messages and How Can Nonprofits Use Them Effectively?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This information becomes the foundation of your messaging, so don’t skip this discovery phase! They love to ride (what matters to them), and they are committed to helping children with disabilities have better lives (their values.). So, get out there and talk to your target audiences, and learn where they hang out!

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Building Strong Families + Powerful Communities with Illinois Action for Children + Salesforce

Cloud 4 Good

Illinois Action for Children (IAFC) is committed to building strong families and powerful communities through the administration of programs and advocacy efforts focusing on children. For more information on Illinois Action for Children, including how to support its mission, visit actforchildren.org. Written by Blake Becker.

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Edtech startup bina raises $1.4M to teach 4- to 12-year-olds, launch School-as-a-Service

TechCrunch

billion primary-age children, only a few can access high-quality education, and approximately 58 million primary-age children are out of education, most of whom are girls. So these are the big names of the last year for the first phase. But the strategy is that we’re building it in two phases.

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Melinda French Gates explains her $1 billion promise to change the world for women

Fast Company Tech

But, the biggest time was: I absolutely knew that I was going to leave my career at Microsoft to raise my children; That was my decision. One of the things I’m often saying to myself now is: You are in a new phase of your career. I’ve wrestled with it many times, leaving the Foundation for sure.

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Willo launches its tooth-brushing robot for kids

TechCrunch

Are you 100% sure that your children are brushing their teeth properly? A New York-based startup called Willo has been working for several years on a device that should transform the tooth-brushing experience for children. Willo specifically targets children because they tend to struggle to reach every tooth and brush properly.

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3 experiments for early-stage founders seeking product-market fit

TechCrunch

Here’s what they had to share: Pre-MVP/customer discovery phase: Tiny Organics. Tiny Organics is a plant-based baby and toddler food company on a mission to shape childrens’ palates so they’ll choose and love vegetables from their earliest days. Construct concept prototypes.

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