The couple were struck by the need for such a product when Miri observed the problems her professor at Pratt (who has a hook replacementfor a missing forearm) had while trying to use an animation program with many different menus, which required shifting between the keyboard and the mouse.
Vonage Managing Director Kerry Ritz said that the Wi-Fi device was not a replacementfor the cell phone, but was a different product that could be used for different applications.
The polymers can be used in just about any form of product from hydrogels and solutions to coatings for things like hospital equipment and even replacement joints (infections from contaminated hip, knee, and other joint replacements have been on the rise recently).