Educational Technology

May 31, 2016

Robotic Telepresence Device Allows Student to Attend School Virtually While Receiving Treatment

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:30 am

By Richard Chang, THE Journal

Brad Sandman and Tanya Jenkins both work at Suitable Technologies, based in Palo Alto. The company makes Beam, a mobile videoconferencing device that can be operated remotely with a computer or a phone. The Sandmans spoke with their company and convinced them to let Naya indefinitely lease the Beam+. Within a couple of weeks, Naya was virtually attending classes through Beam, even socializing with her friends, while she was lying in the hospital or at home in San Carlos, getting treatment or recovering. “I think it’s pretty cool,” she said. “I feel it’s more high tech. I feel really lucky to be in the Bay Area because of stuff like this.”

https://thejournal.com/articles/2016/05/17/robotic-telepresence-device-allows-student-to-attend-school-virtually.aspx

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