Links Page

www.belmontrotary.com 

Belmont Rotary is an international  service organization based twenty miles south of San Francisco.  Several members  will be assisting the Genoa Services with administrative matters and  monitoring the collection of donations for this non-profit to begin purchasing equipment for beta testing with 10 volunteers in the Bay area in the next few months. After the successful completion of the beta testing, the protocol can be duplicated and promoted by Rotary clubs around the world to serve the sight impaired persons in their local communities. Over $7,000 towards our goal of $18,000 has been raised by San Francisco area Rotary clubs to cover the cost of the initial beta testing.

www.baads.org

The Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors is a non profit 501(c)3 organization based out of Pier 40, San Francisco.  The philosophy behind BAADS is "co-ability"; pairing people with  "complimentary" disabilities; so two people, working together, can perform as one.  For example, pairing a blind sailor with a sighted paraplegic sailor to enter a sailing race.  Ed Gallagher is the current Commodore of this non profit organization.

http://www.accessdinghy.org/index.htm

BAADS uses several of the access dinghies. Access dinghies have developed a complete package of primary equipment and support equipment for the physically disabled to remove all the barriers to simply going sailing.

www.skype.com

Skype is the Voice Over Internet Protocol which allows video phone calls over the Internet. Genoa Services is currently using Skype to communicate with their remote guides. Skype is a free software anyone can download. It provides free calls around the world between Skype subscribers.

www.zgac.org

The Zero Gravity Arts Consortium (ZGAC) was founded in 2003 to assist artists in exploring space as a venue for artistic activity.

http://www.guidedogs.com/site/PageServer

Gorgeous Genoa was provided by the San Rafael, CA Guide Dogs for the Blind. 

www.southbeachyc.org

South Beach Yacht Club is the home of BAADS at pier 40: (THey also have great events!)

http://blog.logitech.com/2009/04/16/using-webcams-to-see/

Logitech website - Using webcams to see.

http://www.av-multimedia.com

Alison Victor of av-multimedia created the trailer showing how the Genoa System works.