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01/01/2017

Happy New Year!
Iranian researchers have made a touchscreen for the blind that transforms digital information to braille.

Iranian researchers in Yazd Science and Technology Park have made a touchscreen for the blind that transforms digital information to braille. “We released ‘the braille touchscreen’ in order to make the digital information accessible to the blind,” said Moslem Azamfard, the project manager of this ne...

01/15/2016

Kay Ratzlaff and I are spending a busy week in the Florida panhandle working with two groups of TVIs in QPVI bootcamp. Their student data is looking good! We're peer reviewing their Functional Vision Assessments too. Two great groups!

12/02/2015

Let’s focus on inclusion in our schools. As a parent, teacher, or school administrator, you can learn how to influence the direction of special needs education in your community.

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09/25/2015

06/27/2015

The first-ever braille tablet has been developed, using a new liquid-based technology to create tactile relief outputting braille, graphics and maps for the blind and partially sighted.

Blitlab tablet converts files and web pages into braille and relief maps and images for the blind.

02/07/2015

The code that may treat blindness:
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141111-the-code-that-may-treat-blindness

Neuroscientist Sheila Nirenberg has found a technique that promises to treat blindness, and it all began with her idea to crack the brain’s visual code…

01/29/2015

Mark Cornell, who serves as the President of the U.S. Blinded Veterans Association, lost his vision two decades ago due to Lyme’s disease. However, incredible advances in technology are helping Cornell to see again, and he couldn’t be more thrilled.

Just over a month ago, we brought you the amazing story of Les Baugh, a Colorado man that spent 40 years as a shoulder-level double amputee as a...

07/08/2014

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a ring-shaped device that slips around a user’s pointer finger, scans any text above the fingertip, and reads it aloud in a robotic voice that could help open the world of letters to the visually impaired.

Hot off the presses of a 3-D printer, a prototype that could open the world of letters to the blind

05/14/2014

“Virtual Cane” for the Blind, powered by Arduino and Android

The Abstract When used by a blind individual, this device will replace the traditional White Cane. Furthermore, the device acts as a personal assistant,

04/10/2014

Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have made a major breakthrough which could help sufferers of the eye disease Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), that can cause central blindness in sufferers.

Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have made a major breakthrough which could help sufferers of the eye disease Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), that can cause central blindness in sufferers.The scientists found that a component of the

08/29/2013

Google is moving away from the H.264 video codec to VP8, a royalty-free codec that it launched in 2010. Using the VP8 codec means video Hangouts will be in high definition, which wasn’t previously possible with H.264. That’s because hosting a 10-person video call with H.264 apparently takes a lot of processing power.

Google Hangouts is already a good option for casual connections or business meetings, but now the service is getting an upgrade to 720p HD video.