Patrick Varine, Trib Live; Pitt researcher’s work featured by U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
"Rory Cooper, who was recognized earlier this year by the office with a trading card
created to honor U.S. inventors, holds more than two dozen patents
related to mobility-improvement research. Cooper is the director at
Pitt’s Human Energy Research Laboratories, a U.S. Army veteran and also
serves as director of the Paralyzed Veterans of America Research
Foundation...
Cooper was recognized in the patent office’s SUCCESS report, an
update on progress achieved through the 2018 Study of Underrepresented
Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success (SUCCESS) Act. The act
aims to promote patent applications by women, minorities, veterans, the
disabled and other underrepresented classes.
“Without diversity of thought, potentially life changing work for
wheel chair users and others with disabilities might not be possible,”
Cooper said. “We have a world-class team at our labs that is committed
to helping people with disabilities and older adults live full lives and
contribute to society as much as they can and they like.”"
Ethically-tangled aspects of 21st century societies and cultures. In the vein of Charles Darwin’s 1859 “entangled bank” metaphor—a complex and evolving digital ecosystem of difference and dependence, where humans, technologies, ethics, law, policy, data, and information converge and diverge. Kip Currier, PhD, JD
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