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Communicate  For a man who was diagnosed with a devastating
motor neuron disease at age 21 and given just 3 years to live,
the brilliant British scientist Stephen Hawking, who celebrated
his 70th birthday Sunday, continues to amaze. What you may not
have known about Stephen Hawking is how Intel has helped the
paralyzed, voiceless scientist communicate to the world since
1997.  Travis, an Intel application engineer, has traveled from
Oregon to England every couple of years for the last decade to
hand-deliver a customized PC he has created for Hawking. Here
Travis talks about his unique project, the technology that
powers the customized system, and how Intel co-founder Gordon
Moore got Hawking to switch from AMD to Intel. Read more >