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> Nike’s new Elite EasyOn backpack was designed with innovative features making it accessible for as many athletes as possible, including those with low dexterity or motor skills. > > Originally developed for athletes competing in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, the backpack is now available to everyone through the company’s online store for $150.

Lots of focus on AI, as you would expect from Microsoft, but also sessions on C#, Blazor, Entity Framework, VS and VS Code, microservices, performance, testing, security, and accessibility

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/21984550

> Article by Steven Aquino > > An excerpt follows: > > > For sporting events like the Olympics and Paralympics, ... it’s paramount the (audio describer) be knowledgeable of the sport they’re describing; the quality would be otherwise sullied if the describer didn’t, for example, know the intricacies of basketball or anything else. The information conveyed has to be delivered with the proper context behind it in order for a Blind or low vision person to visualize a moment in their mind.