The multi-disciplinary scope of the project, spanning robotics, psychology, assistive technology and autism therapy, harnesses technology to assist communication.
"One such strategy is to use technology to assist police in early-stage investigations.
Ocen advises potential applicants to check out universities' use of technology to assist students.
Many private investigators readily turn to this type of technology to assist with surveillance cases.
FIFA is still dithering about using video technology to assist referees, long after other sports adopted it.
But Sepp Blatter, the president of FIFA, has stated that he is against the use of technology to assist referees.
"Any way that we can use technology to assist drivers or local governments is going to help spread drivers out or fix problem areas on the roads".
She declared that she was contemplating introducing new technology to assist distressed callers to Saneline, the organisation's successful telephone service: "I'm afraid I'm not politically correct," she confided.
The Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, has said before this weekend's meeting of the game's lawmakers that trials of video technology to assist officials should start "sooner rather than later".
The England manager said it was "incredible" that there was no technology to assist the referee, after Frank Lampard's 38th‑minute shot was not deemed to be a goal despite bouncing off the bar and hitting the ground at least a foot over the line.
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