(WSVN) – Technology that’s making life extra accessible for a South Florida man may additionally profit NASA. 7’s Kevin Ozebek has extra on a stellar mission to get astronauts again to the moon. Here’s tonight’s 7Spotlight.
Ever since he was a child, Rhonel Cinous, has dreamed of exploring outer house, and thanks to know-how, he’ll.
Rhonel Cinous: “It’s amazing. It’s amazing.”
Rhonel was paralyzed in a diving accident six years in the past. He now has to rely on hands-free, voice-control know-how so as to reside extra independently.
Rhonel Cinous: “It is how I do my banking. It’s how I contact my siblings. It’s how I order things that I need. It’s how I adjust the temperature in my home.”
Rhonel works with the United Spinal Association to assist others with disabilities.
He checks voice management software program packages to see in the event that they work.
Rhonel Cinous: “It is accessible for people who don’t have hand function, as I may not have, or it is available for individuals who can’t move head and neck.”
His years of work have been essential for the United Spinal Association, so the group determined to ship him on a mission.
Rhonel Cinous: “And they begin form of explaining that Amazon and NASA form of teamed up, and so they have been like, ‘Well, we decided — the powers that be all voted — and we want you to represent us.’”
Rhonel was selected to join a virtual crew for the final days of the Artemis 1 space mission.
Last month, the unmanned Orion Spacecraft launched on a 25-day mission orbiting the moon.
On board is a voice-control program called Callisto.
It works like Amazon’s Alexa, and Rhonel and his group are testing it out as a result of NASA plans to use Callisto when it sends astronauts again to the moon in 2025.
Rhonel Cinous: “And the hope and the plan for the program is to allow voice control to assist the astronauts and Mission Control to interact with the actual shuttle to help them throughout the actual mission.”
Just such as you ask your Alexa system to activate the lights or inform you the climate, Rhonel and his group will request Callisto to do the identical. Except, as a substitute of controlling a house, Callisto will management a complete spacecraft.
Rhonel Cinous: “To actually ask questions about the mission, the surface of the moon, what’s going on in the area, and to give it some commands.”
But there’s one factor this Star Trek fanatic would love to ask Callisto.
Rhonel Cinous: “Callisto, are the Klingons real?”
He might not get a solution to that query, however he’s excited his work will assist put together NASA for its subsequent journey to the moon.
Rhonel Cinous: “It’s amazing that not only was I chosen to be the person, but that they’re showing that people like myself have a place in these once in a lifetime events.”
And he hopes it creates an opportunity to make life extra accessible for individuals with disabilities again right here on Earth.
Kevin Ozebek, 7News.
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