In 2021 COSA sponsored development of Handsfree.js and related utilities by Oz Ramos. Oz Ramos is a creative technologist on a mission to bridge together the assistive tech and creative tech communities through the development of Handsfree.js, a library and set of tools for working with hand and face tracking in the browser. Oz was inspired to begin working on what became Handsfree.js in 2018 while he was homeless after meeting another resident at the shelter who was there recovering from a severe stroke that left him unable to communicate their remote with friends and family. Oz’s commitment to the project stems from his belief that by onboarding millions of new people into the arts and tech, humanity will accelerate into the future a little bit faster.