were invented for people with special needs and later evolved into mainstream products Even today there are developments for challenged people that provide the basis for forward thinking technologies Without a car no job no activities To drive a car Constantin Grosch from Hameln Germany uses a technology called drive by wire that enables him to operate the steering wheel in spite of an impaired arm function The possibility of driving a car is still essential to remaining mobile especially in a rural region like the one I live in says the wheelchair user who drives his automobile while sitting in his electric wheel chair For him he says driving is a basic pre requisite for taking part in social life Without this opportunity I wouldn t be able to engage in any professional vol unteer or recreational activities on a continuing basis in my region The technology Constantin Grosch uses is supplied by Paravan a company specializing in con versions and modifications for disabled people Howev er the technology is no longer only of interest to people with disabilities because the future market of self driv ing cars requires this key technology for autonomous The possibility of driving a car is still essential to remaining mobile especially in rural regions Constantin Grosch Schaeffler supports environmental protection and inclusion with used IT hardware and was presented with a certificate of appreciation for its so cio economic commitment from AfB Work for People with Disabilities The reason behind this recognition was Schaeffler s donation of 8 970 IT devices particularly PCs note books and flatscreen monitors to AfB last year Most of the hardware removed from the company s inven tory was still fully functional and more than 83 percent of the devices were directly marketed on to other users With notebooks the rate was even 96 percent Defective devices were dismantled and turned over to certified recycling companies Due to the cooperation between Schaeffler and AfB 611 478 kilos 1 348 078 lb of iron equivalents 442 108 kilos 974 681 lb of CO2 equivalents and 1 362 718 kWh of energy were saved the latter equating to an annual av erage electric power consumption of 648 two person households Since 2008 Schaeffler has been work ing together with Europe s largest non profit IT organizations in that they turn over to AfB used hardware provided to them for data erasure re furbishing and resale The economic recycling of the equipment avoids electronic waste and saves natural resources In addition the partner ship with Schaeffler makes it possi ble for AfB to come closer to reaching its long term goal of creating 500 jobs for people with disabilities Schaeffler employee Gerd Goesswein center accepts the certificate from AfB DOUBLE BENEFIT h e r e a n d n o w 71

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