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An Israeli organization focused on creating technology to help the disabled has won a $700,000 grant from Google.
The Internet search engine giant awarded the grant to Tikkun Olam Makers (TOM) as part of its “Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities campaign. TOM holds 3-day marathons bringing technologists and engineers together to invent products for people with disabilities.
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The group claims to have created 120 product prototypes since 2014, such as a bionic hand and a walker to help disabled people climb stairs.
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