Articles about ALS

Ex-NFL player Steve Gleason launches eye-controlled wheelchair system inspired by Microsoft hackathon

It all started with a hackathon. Back in 2014, a team of Microsoft employees developed the EyeGaze, a wheelchair that… Read More

Microsoft teams with Answer ALS, makes $1M donation to ambitious big data project

Several years ago, former football player Steve Gleason came to Microsoft with a challenge: develop technology to ease the effects… Read More

Stephen Hawking, take heart: Revalesio’s ALS drug gets regulatory boost from FDA

Revalesio, a biomedical company headquartered in Tacoma, Wash., says it’s been cleared to benefit from federal incentives for the development… Read More

Glowforge employees bring back the Ice Bucket Challenge to support ALS in name of customer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk2jHI2H7a8 Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge? Turns out it’s been a very helpful thing for the past two years, and Thursday the… Read More

It’s back: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella takes the Ice Bucket Challenge for round two

Soaked CEOs in the summertime can only mean one thing: the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is back. Earlier this month, the… Read More